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Crystal is a Soundiron Kontakt library of glitchy, glass-based percussion, and the Crystal Black Friday deal takes 50% off, so it comes to $19.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
The maker describes over 600 crystalline strikes, stingers, multisamples and effects, all built from glass field recordings that were twisted and mangled into ready-to-use glitch percussion.
Soundiron says the sounds are meant to cut through a mix. Crystal fits a wide spread of electronic and atmospheric styles, including ambient, glitch, downtempo, chillwave, dubstep, IDM, EDM, dub, post rock, soundtrack work and minimalist pieces.
It is also pitched at sci-fi sound design and at user interface SFX for games and apps.
The percussion is split into kicks, snares, toms, cymbal-like hits and special effect strikes. Crystal's library holds 88 offbeat kicks and 113 distinctive snares, each grouped into 2 styles, plus 72 odd toms in 2 styles. Accent sounds such as splashes, crashes, clicks, blips and snaps number 51 and also come in 2 styles. Effect strikes, stingers and stabs, both long and short, total 131 across 4 styles. There are 219 acoustic glass multisamples covering taps, strikes, clinks, clangs and rattles, along with 18 ambient, tonal pad and environmental presets. The pack also includes 19 ready-made percussion kits, so a full set can be loaded right away.
The idea, according to the makers, is that every sound is cohesive enough for any hit to follow any other. They suggest sequencing the bass preset on downbeats and the effects preset in the gaps between them. That keeps the groove structured while the effects add chaos.
Crystal ships as 8 Kontakt instrument presets with dozens of selectable articulations. They come with a custom interface for shaping and mixing the sound.
Controls include attack, edge, release, transient offset, dynamic swelling, filter type selection, filter cut and resonance, and vibrato/ring mod. Banks can be loaded with optional key-switching.
The multi-mode arpeggiator has a step sequencer for building patterns, and it adapts to what you play.
The FX rack covers EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion and amp and speaker simulation. The convolution reverb offers cathedrals, churches, halls, bunkers, garages, tunnels, chambers, rooms and otherworldly effect impulses.
The library is 737 MB installed and holds 692 samples, with 8 Kontakt 5.5.nki preset banks. Audio is 24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed stereo PCM wav.
It needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process do not support it.
On the system side, that means Windows 7 or later or macOS 10.8 or later. A dual core CPU and 2 GB of RAM are listed, with a SATA or SSD drive recommended.
All samples also come as categorized, clearly named stereo wav files. You can drop them into any wav-compatible sampler, editor or sequencer.
Yes. The Crystal Black Friday deal takes 50% off Soundiron's glass-based glitch percussion library for Kontakt, so it comes to $19.50. The offer ends Dec 6, 2026.
Crystal has over 600 sounds built from glass recordings: 88 kicks, 113 snares, 72 toms, 51 cymbal-like hits, 131 effect strikes and 219 glass multisamples. You also get 18 ambient presets and 19 pre-built percussion kits.
No. Crystal needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later to load its.nki presets. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process do not support this library.
Controls include attack, release, transient offset, dynamic swelling, filter type and resonance, and an arpeggiator with step sequencer. The FX rack adds EQ, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp simulation and convolution reverb with 70 impulses.
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