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Shake Black Friday pricing is 50% off, which puts this Soundiron Kontakt library of 95 shakers, tambourines, rattles and bells at $34.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
It is built around live performances by British percussionist and media composer David Oliver.
The library covers African, Latin American, Indian and World instruments, recorded for use in film, games and any genre that needs a shaker.
The 95 instruments run from tiny soft plastic and raw hide egg shakers to filled ping pong ball rattles and maracas in raw hide, plastic and wood.
Smaller and mid-sized instruments are included too, crafted from natural materials such as bamboo, rattan, coconut, gourd, seed pod, reed and vine, along with nut shell, timber and metal.
Some are one-offs that David made or improvised himself:
He recorded grooves, fills, flourishes, rolls and individually sampled hits.
Each instrument was recorded several times, then cut into seamless 2 bar loops. Time signatures are 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-8 and 7-8, at 20bpm steps from 80bpm to 140bpm.
There are also full sets of maraca patterns in 4-4 from 160bpm to 280bpm.
The built-in loop browser filters by style and instrument keywords, tempo and time signature. You can star favourite loops for instant recall.
Loops go into a slot grid, where you can edit down to the individual transient slice. Playback direction, slice order and ADSR are adjustable. Step automation sequencing covers volume, pitch, pan, filter cutoff and resonance, and you draw the curves with your mouse.
The interface has swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, coarse and fine pitch, articulation switching, cross-fading and layering. There are 20 custom sound-designed FX presets.
The LFO system has selectable shape, target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. You can choose from 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, with modulation from velocity, modwheel, expression, aftertouch, key position or the step-sequencer table.
The arpeggiator has a velocity table and controls for direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. A key and scale lock keeps notes inside common scales.
The FX rack offers 18 DSP modules across 10 slots, in any order. That includes phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ and rotator. The convolution reverb has 99 rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor spaces, plus 40 impulses built for heavier transformation.
The library has 10 multi-sample NKI banks, 11 loop NKI banks and 35 ambience patches. That is 26,504 stereo samples at 24-bit, 48 kHz, in lossless NCW format. It installs at 7.41 GB.
It runs in the free Kontakt Player (6.1+) or the full version of Kontakt (5.6.8 or later) as VST, AU or AAX. It also supports Komplete Kontrol, S-Series keyboards and NKS hardware.
Registration goes through the Native Instruments Service Center app.
Yes. The Shake Black Friday deal takes 50% off this Soundiron Kontakt library, bringing it to $34.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
Shake contains 95 shakers, tambourines, rattles and bells played by David Oliver. You get 10 multi-sample banks, 11 loop banks and 35 ambience patches, built from 26,504 stereo samples, plus 20 FX presets and factory FX rack chain presets.
No. Shake is licensed for the free Kontakt Player, version 6.1 or later. It also works in the full Kontakt (5.6.8 or later) as VST, AU or AAX, and registers through the Native Instruments Service Center app.
The 2 bar loops come in 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-8 and 7-8, at 20bpm steps from 80bpm to 140bpm. Maraca pattern sets in 4-4 run from 160bpm to 280bpm. The loop browser filters by tempo and time signature.
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