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About this Virtual Instrument

Fluid Strike is an instrument designed to create richly layered melodic percussive patterns with ease.

Why tuned percussion? Because the instruments are timeless.

Wood, steel, stone, bamboo, glass and gourds combine to make a sound that is elemental. A sound that can harken to both the past and the future.

With a slew of effects, sound shaping tools and autoplay rhythmic and melodic features at your fingertips, Fluid Strike allows tuned percussion to sound completely unique.

“…extremely convenient for generating a base of melody, harmony and rhythm that is alive and organic… Superb!”

KR Home-Studio Magazine

Pierre Esteve

Why is it called FLUID STRIKE: TUNED PERCUSSION?

“FLUID” because of the flowing sound created with the three arpeggiators.
“STRIKE” because the instruments have been struck with mallets, sticks, brushes & fingers.
“TUNED PERCUSSION” because the library features 30 melodic, percussive instruments. (complemented by a selection of 120 synth sounds)

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Triple Play Engine

The Idea Had Been Rattling In Our Heads For A While. Years Actually.

What if we could create an instrument that allowed the user to:

Select three sound sources to layer together

Arpeggiate the three sound sources with independent patterns, rates and playback modes

Shape and effect the three sound sources independent of one another

Select any effect directly from the interface (and swap their positions on the fly)

Humanize the three sound sources independent of one another

With nearly six months of development, we did it! We look forward to putting it in your hands.

The Instruments

We’ve Gone The Extra Mile

We didn’t stop at sampling each instrument just once. Where possible, each instrument has been recorded using a variety of sticks, mallets, fingers, brushes and bows.

For example, the vibraphone is offered played with soft mallets open and muted, rubber mallets open and muted and bowed! Choose what you need.

Between the 30 instruments recorded for Fluid Strike, there are 63 different sample sets!

You can find a complete list below the instrument images.

Balafon – Rubber Mallets
Balafon – Soft Mallets
Balafon – Hard Mallets
Bell Tree
Bonang – Soft Mallets
Bonang – Rubber Mallets
French Celeste
German Celeste
Large Windchimes – Soft Mallets
Large Windchimes – Soft Mallets Muted
Small Windchimes – Rubber Mallets
Small Windchimes – Rubber Mallets Muted
Small Windchimes – Stick
Turkish Crotales
Swiss Crotales
Crystal Glasses – Soft Mallets
Crystal Glasses – Rubber Mallet
Crystal Glasses – Fingers
Desk Bells
Glockenspiel – Hard Mallet
Glockenspiel – Rubber Mallet
Glockenspiel – Rubber Mallet Muted
Glockenspiel – Bowed
Catania Kalimba
Gourd Kalimba
Meinl Kalimba
Mozambian Mbira
Mozambian Mbira -w Buzzers
Zimbabwean Mbira
Small Music Box
Large Music Box
Rindik – Single

Rindik – Dual
American Steel Tongue Drum – Fingers
American Steel Tongue Drum – Soft Mallets
Brazilian Steel Tongue Drum – Fingers
Brazilian Steel Tongue Drum – Rubber Mallets
Granite Stone – Rubber Mallets
Granite Stone – Soft Mallets
Granite Stone – Hard Mallets
Large Tingklik – Rubber Mallets
Large Tingklik – Brushes
Small Tingklik – Rubber Mallets
Small Tingklik – Sticks
Modern Tongue Drum – Fingers
Modern Tongue Drum – Rubber Mallets
Modern Tongue Drum – Soft Mallets
Modern Tongue Drum – Brushes
Osi Tongue Drum – Fingers
Osi Tongue Drum – Rubber Mallets
Osi Tongue Drum – Soft Mallets
Vintage Tongue Drum – Fingers
Vintage Tongue Drum – Rubber Mallets
Vintage Tongue Drum – Soft Mallets
Vintage Tongue Drum – Sticks
Vibraphone – Soft Mallets
Vibraphone – Soft Mallets Muted
Vibraphone – Rubber Mallets
Vibraphone – Rubber Mallets Muted
Vibraphone – Bowed
Xylophone – Rubber Mallets
Xylophone – Soft Mallets
Xylophone – Bowed Plus
120 custom made synth sets

Purchase

Fluid Strike: Tuned Percussion - for Kontakt Player

For Kontakt or the (free) Kontakt Player

$199.99 $107.99

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ANNUAL SALE SAVINGS: $92

NKS READY: FLUID STRIKE

Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) is Native Instruments’ extended plug-in format.

NKS allows for seamless interaction between FLUID STRIKE and KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE hardware.

SPECIFICATIONS

INSTRUMENTS: Thirty tuned percussive instruments & 120 custom made synth sets. Where possible, each instrument has been recorded using a variety of sticks, mallets, fingers, brushes and bows, bringing the tuned percussion sample set count to 63.

VARIATION: 240 patches split into nine categories.

ENGINE: Triple Play rhythm grids can modify up to 15 parameters simultaneously (arp, pitch, filter cutoff, volume and pan x 3) The engine supports up to 22 user-selected Kontakt effects at once.

REQUIREMENTS

SOFTWARE: Fluid Strike runs in Kontakt or the free Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher (requires a minimum of Windows 7 or Mac OS 10.10). Natively supports Apple Silicon/M1.

COMPUTER: Fluid Strike and its Triple Play engine utilize an extensive set of features (multiplied by three), therefore, users are recommended to have an up-to-date and powerful computer/CPU for the best experience.

ACCESS: A stable internet connection for library download and activation is required.

COPY PROTECTION: Custom Watermarked