Cinematique Instruments

Soundsandgear (Online, Blog, USA): If you like to tweak, but still keep things simple…please check GECKO out. Having 6 layers of sounds to mix and match is just plain fun, especially when they make it so simple to create new “scenes”. The interface of course makes you wish you could load up your own samples, but I feel the raw materials they give us to work with are great. Read More...

http://soundsandgear.com/cinematique-instruments-complex-environs-gecko-review/ Sound On Sound (Online, Print, UK): Overall, whichever format you choose, Cinematique Instruments is a unique and inspiring collection of beautifully recorded, yet unusual sounds that will add extra spice and flavour to your music. Score= 4,5. Read More...

Beat/ Beat Online Music (Print & Online, Germany): Cinematique Instruments convinces entirely with an excellent audio quality as an assortment of rare instruments. The fine and expressive sounds are truly an asset to game- and filmscore producers and composers. The library is an enrichment and an unique inspiration for musicans of almost every music genre. (translated from "Als exklusive Sammlung exotischer Instrumente in hervorragender Klangqualität vermag CI auf ganzer Linie zu überzeugen. Die edlen und äußerst expressiven Klänge stellen eine wahre Bereicherung für Film- und Gamemusik-Produzenten, aber auch eine einzigartige Inspiration für Musiker verschiedenster Genres dar.") Beat-Website...

Computer Music (Print, UK): Cinematique Instruments is another interesting package which covers unusual string instruments of centuries gone by. Variations of zithers, auto harps and celtic strings are included. As a bonus the producers have also packed in a selection of percussion samples which have been chosen especially for their weirdness.

audionewsroom.blogspot.com (Online, Italian): Cinematique Instruments definitely lives up to my expectations (and to its name). It provides plenty of unique and inspiring patches. I've already started... Read More...

recording.de (Online, Germany): "You get de facto some instruments which are not consonant with the standard - meant in a good way." (translated from "Hier bekommt man tatsächlich einige Instrumente, die nicht dem Standard entsprechen – und das im positiven Sinne" Read More...

PC Music (Online, UK): "I've had a great time checking these out and can heartily recommend them to anyone after something unexpectedly delightful." Read More...

Sound & Recording (Print, Germany): "It´s not even the sound but also the handling that makes these instruments convincing on all accounts. Nice to have playable instruments which are usable without reading an encyclopedia" (translated from "Vom Handling her überzeugen die Sounds auch auf ganzer Linie. Es ist mal wieder schön, ein paar spielbare Instrumente zu bekommen, für die man keine Enzyklopädie lesen muss.") Link...

ALLSOUND.org (Online, USA): "Moving away from the neatness of synthesizers and sample-based instrumentation, the collection has a unique package of sound...". Read More...