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Ensemble Metals Black Friday pricing is $49, 67% off, until Dec 18, 2026, on Heavyocity's Kontakt library of cinematic percussive metals from the Master Sessions line.
Master Sessions is Heavyocity's boutique scoring line, recorded in New York City and built on its own engine running inside Kontakt. Ensemble Metals is the one dedicated to metallic percussion.
The maker says it covers everything from piercing highs to booming lows.
Every ensemble was captured with six players performing at once, then processed with Heavyocity's sound design. The 12 ensembles run from big and punchy (kegs and trash cans) to sharp and penetrating (railroad spikes and pipes).
They load as menu presets or single kit presets, so you can audition a whole family or lock onto one source.
The Loops side holds over 300 phrases, now split into straight and triplet material. Layer a kit under a hybrid loop and you have a wall of percussion in one patch.
Three levels of effects are tied to the Kit and Loop sections. Apply them globally, use the Trigger FX, or tweak individual sounds.
The Master FX are Delay, Mod, Drive and Convolution, each with four parameters such as amount, rate, size or depth. The Punish knob combines saturation, distortion and compression. Twist modulates the shape of the sound.
EQ is available per channel and per loop, plus a 4-band Master EQ. In the Loops section the filter can be driven by an envelope or an LFO, or triggered by an ADSR.
The Loop Mutator rearranges and adjusts loops by slice, and you can mix loop stems into your own tempo-synced combinations.
Ensemble Metals was recorded at Bunker Studios in Brooklyn, NY by John Davis. Studio A is a pinewood room with a 25-foot ceiling, and the signal path included an SSL 4040e console and BAE mic pres.
The Heavyocity team played all the percussion. Each ensemble has round-robin performances at multiple velocities, captured with close, room and ceiling-mounted X-Y mics.
Some of the content was then EQ'd, filtered and modulated for grittier, overdriven sounds and loops.
It needs Kontakt 5 (Player) version 5.5.1.451 or higher. Mac: OS X 10.9 or higher, Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM. PC: Windows 7 or higher, Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2 GB RAM. The library is 2.65 GB uncompressed, 1.5 GB on disk with NI lossless compression, and is direct download only.
Yes. The Ensemble Metals Collection is $49, 67% off, and the deal ends Dec 18, 2026. It is a direct download, so there is nothing to ship. The library installs for Kontakt and also runs stand-alone.
The maker lists 22 ensemble kits, 52 kit presets, 464 loop presets and 420+ loops. It also includes The Stage for stereo placement, playable Trigger FX and the Loop Mutator for re-composing loops in real time.
Ensemble Metals runs stand-alone, as VST, as AU and as AAX, powered by the Kontakt engine. It needs Kontakt 5 (Player) version 5.5.1.451 or higher, on Mac OS X 10.9+ or Windows 7+.
Punish adds aggression through a combination of saturation, distortion and compression. Twist modulates the shape of the sound. Both are Heavyocity signature controls, sitting alongside the four Master FX: Delay, Mod, Drive and Convolution.
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