OUT NOW: Hearth and Hollow - Folk Voices

Mandolin Swarm

Chaotic patterns of beauty

  • Overview
  • Listen
  • Walkthrough
  • What's included
  • Tech specs
  • Chaotic patterns of beauty

    The perfect blend of mandolins, charangos and ukuleles, featuring eighteen players spaced evenly in pairs between ribbon microphones, in The Hall at AIR Studios. From a beautiful patina of plucked notes to jets of long notes created by a multitude of chaotic unmeasured tremolos, the result is truly inspiring swarms of beauty.

    • Hard drive delivery available at checkout
    • You can buy now and download any time

    Requires Kontakt (full license)

    6 mic signals

    Kontakt Full

    Listen to Mandolin Swarm

    Mandolin Swarm GUI 1

    The overview panel

    This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

    Mandolin Swarm GUI 2

    General controls panel

    This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.

    What's included

    Instruments main mics

    • Big ensemble chords
    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble

    Cog patches

    • Big ensemble chords
    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble

    Individual patches

    • Big ensemble - long chords
    • Big ensemble - long measured tremolo 90bpm
    • Big ensemble - long measured tremolo 120bpm
    • Big ensemble - long tremolo
    • Big ensemble - short fx behind bridge
    • Big ensemble - short pluck alt
    • Big ensemble - short pluck muted
    • Big ensemble - short pluck
    • Small ensemble - long tremolo
    • Small ensemble - short pluck muted
    • Small ensemble - short pluck

    Time machine patches

    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble


    Instruments stereo mixes

    • Big ensemble chords
    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble



    Cog patches

    • Big ensemble chords
    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble

    Individual patches

    • Big ensemble - long chords
    • Big ensemble - long measured tremolo 90bpm
    • Big ensemble - long measured tremolo 120bpm
    • Big ensemble - long tremolo
    • Big ensemble - short fx behind bridge
    • Big ensemble - short pluck alt
    • Big ensemble - short pluck muted
    • Big ensemble - short pluck
    • Small ensemble - long tremolo
    • Small ensemble - short pluck muted
    • Small ensemble - short pluck

    Time machine patches

    • Big ensemble
    • Small ensemble


    Microphones

    • Close
    • Tree
    • Ambient
    • Outrigger
    • Tree 2
    • Gallery

    Mixes

    • Fine
    • Medium
    • Broad

    Tech specs

    Mac system requirements

    Mac OS 11, 12 or 13 

    Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported

    Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM

    Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    PC system requirements

    Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Machine must be connected to the internet during install

    32-bit DAWs not supported


    File size

    37.80 GB disk space required during install

    18.90 GB download size

    Too large to download? Choose hard drive delivery at checkout


    Kontakt player

    Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

    Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    Mandolin Swarm sounds great with…