Elevation for Icarus offers a wealth of evolving and organic sounds derived from many different acoustic and electronic sources. Dozens of samples were especially prepared to make the best of the re-synthesis algorithms in Icarus, vocal tones and phrases, speech, woodwinds, brass instruments, bells, percussion instruments, strings and electronic sounds were used as audio sources, the resulting wavetables were further processed and edited in Icarus. Some patches have been created entirely inside the onboard wavetable editor. From lush pads and elevating soundscapes to dark and massive drones, haunting atmospheres, beautiful textures, pristine plucks and complex sequencers, this sound library will elevate your music.

All patches have the modulation wheel assigned which often introduces rhythmical, tempo-synced modulations and/or interesting animation of morph, filter, amplitude and FX, a lot of presets also use aftertouch and velocity as modulation sources.

You can view/download the PDF for this library with more details, the licence agreement and the patchlist including descriptions for each patch here.

Specs:

• *102 patches.
  *200+ original wavetables embedded in the presets.
  *All patches have the modulation wheel assigned, many also use aftertouch and velocity to expressively shape the sound.
  *Library size: 136.2 MB installed.
  *Delivery: download.
  *Price: € 33 EUR.

Patch categories:

• * Arp - Sequencer (12)
  * Drones - Soundscapes (36)
  * Instruments - Synths (20)
  * Pads (14)
  * Plucks - Bells (7)
  * Vocal (13)

Please note: In order to play the presets from this sound library you need to have Icarus version 1.6 or higher installed on your system.

Product page.

All demos below were produced entirely with Icarus using only patches from Elevation, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the outputs and some volume automation, if several instances of Icarus were used in a track.

Audio demos:



Youtube playlist:



Thanks for reading.
Simon Stockhausen :phones:

Demo for a single patch from Elevation for Icarus - some modulation wheel action in the middle of the demo.



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Improvising with a single patch from Elevation for Icarus which uses re-synthesized psaltery tones (plucked and bowed) in 2 oscillators.



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Epic synth demo using two patches from Elevation for Icarus - 100% Icarus.


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Improvising with an Icarus patch from Elevation:

Demo for a single Icarus patch from Elevation for Icarus which uses re-synthesized soprano sax trills in three oscillators. Some modulation wheel and aftertouch action.



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Demo for an Icarus patch from Elevation which uses re-synthesized soprano sax arpeggios (which turn into beautiful overtone melodies). Re-synthesis in Icarus is a blast!


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Improvising with an Icarus patch from Elevation which uses re-synthesis of alto sax tones in three oscillators - 100% Icarus.


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Improvising with an Icarus patch from Elevation which uses re-synthesis of alto sax tones in two oscillators, some modulation wheel action towards the end.


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Demo for an Icarus patch from Elevation which uses re-synthesis of music box tones in three oscillators, some modulation wheel, aftertouch and pitch-wheel action - 100% Icarus.

Dreamy night improvisation using three Icarus patches from Elevation - 100% Icarus.


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Ambient texture layering three Icarus patches from Elevation, some modulation wheel action - 100% Icarus.


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Video demo for an Icarus patch from Elevation which uses re-synthesized cello pizzicatos in 3 oscillators:


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Dreamy ambient music featuring three patches from Elevation for Icarus, some volume automation and a limiter on the master output.

Demo for a single Icarus patch from Elevation using a re-synthesized trombone texture in 2 oscillators, 100% Icarus.


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Video demo for an Icarus patch from Elevation, the modulation wheel totally changes the pluck-like character of the sound into an evolving lush pad with filter movement, aftertouch adds vibrato.


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Improvising with a drone patch from Elevation which combines re-synthesized rubbed gong sounds with FM synthesis.


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Short demo track featuring two sequencer/arpeggiator patches from Elevation for Icarus.

Slightly epic synth track featuring two patches from Elevation - 100% Icarus.

Improvising live on video with an Icarus patch from Elevation, some modulation wheel and aftertouch action, 100% Icarus.

Demo for a single patch from Elevation for Icarus - made from/with re-synthesized waterphone sounds.


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Demo for a single patch Elevation for Icarus, re-synthesized/wave-tabled electric guitar feedback tones, layered in three oscillators. Modulation wheel/aftertouch and pitchbend action was recorded while playing the demo.


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Improvising live on video with a vocoder patch from Elevation, modulation wheel and aftertouch action added on the fly.


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Dreamy music combining three patches from Elevation for Icarus - some volume automation and a limiter on the master output. Only a few days of work left for this project, all fence-sitters should pre-order soon, if they want to save some cash.

Live on video: stepping through/improvising with three Icarus patches from the drones&soundscapes category.


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Slightly soundtrack-ish demo using three patches from Elevation, a limiter on the master output, 100% Icarus.

Improvising with a patch from the Instruments&Synths-category from Elevation for Icarus.

Patch description:

This sound library has now been released, please check the updated specs in the first post of this thread.

Three patches from Elevation for Icarus in action using the updated version 2 of Icarus.