Saga 2: Organic Alien Percussion
A collection of completely unique, multi-sampled percussion instruments from across the universe.
US$99
Hear Saga 2: Organic Alien Percussion In Action
- Deus Ex Machina Alessandro Ponti 1:10
- Little Green Men Reuben Cornell 1:14
- Cracking the Code Nathan Madsen 2:10
- A Story Untold Christoffer Isefalt 1:50
- The Alien March Michael Sciabbarrasi 1:08
- Tense Leg Cramp Michael Lee 1:34
- Unknown Contact Mitchell Gibbs 1:00
- The Martian Fleet Jonathan Timpe 1:47
- Back Into The Sparrow Cave Titanio 1:04
Reviews
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
Mark Portmann
Ariana Grande, Luis Fonsi, Celine Dion, Quincy Jones
"[ISW]'s instruments consistently deliver the sound, feel, and reliability I need to do my best work. Thank you for raising the bar and making tools that inspire."
Neal Acree
World of WarCraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch
"Impact Soundworks has some of the most creative and innovative libraries out there. From world instruments to the insanely deep sampled Shreddage guitar series the Impact catalog is full of must-haves and unexpected and inspiring surprises. Highly recommended!
Stewart Winter
Co-founder, VideoHelper
"I'm a keyboard player -- I can't even make a REAL guitar sound convincing. But Telos and Rosette are my go-to guitars because they sound incredible, sit well in a mix and are so easy to configure to my personal playing habits. I'm constantly discovering new ways to play them and they've saved my ass more times than I can count. And the pedal Steel is still my favorite library of its kind for Country, Folk and organic layering behind synths."
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
"I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW's do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism."
Rosette Mandolin – Sound on Sound
Rosette Mandolin review
"The sound of the library is very pleasing...the more I used the library the more I felt I was learning how to write idiomatically for the instrument." "Rosette Mandolin provides a good sound that could have many applications, with versatile input options that cater to writing realistic mandolin lines, impossible 5+ note chords and everything in between." Thomas Field, September 2024
Richard Jacques
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
"I'm a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It's so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments... from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further."
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
"ISW creates some of the most inspiring & realistic guitar sample libraries. I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I used Shreddage 3 Serpent for leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing live-sounding leads. I also created a signature sound based on the lead guitar in David Lynch's Twin Peaks series, originally played on baritone guitar. [Serpent] built a convincing replica of that sound just using on-board FX. It was so fun and easy to do!"
Audio Demos
- Deus Ex Machina Alessandro Ponti 1:10
- Little Green Men Reuben Cornell 1:14
- Cracking the Code Nathan Madsen 2:10
- A Story Untold Christoffer Isefalt 1:50
- The Alien March Michael Sciabbarrasi 1:08
- Tense Leg Cramp Michael Lee 1:34
- Unknown Contact Mitchell Gibbs 1:00
- The Martian Fleet Jonathan Timpe 1:47
- Back Into The Sparrow Cave Titanio 1:04
Overview
Saga 2: Organic Alien Percussion is a vast collection of bizarre and unique percussion instruments that sound like they could have been created by alien civilizations. There’s nothing electronic or robotic here – only instruments made from organic materials from other planets, crafted by our galactic neighbors. Although the 194 instruments found here are not quite like anything ever heard before here on Earth, we’ve organized them into 6 familiar categories – Auxiliary, Cymbals & Gongs, Large Drums, Medium Drums, Small Drums, and Tonal Percussion. We hope these new sounds astound, inspire, and provide fresh alternatives for your sonic palette.
Product Info
20,000+ pristine 24-bit samples
Crafted from acoustic & synthetic material with organic & expressive performances.
7 patches, nearly 200 unique instruments
Small Drums, Medium Drums, Large Drums, Auxiliary Percussion, Cymbals & Gongs, and Tonal patches, each loaded with unique, inspiring, and otherworldly instruments that are mixed and ready-to-play out of the box.
Meticulous sampling depth
7 dynamic layers, 10 round robins for maximum playability. Alternatively, use the freeze feature, and the instrument will use only the last played sample.
Twisted, layered, morphed and sculpted percussion
Brand-new instruments created through creative recording and sound design, perfect for everything from soundtracks and epic trailers to EDM. Push each instrument even further with automated gate, or use the cutoff and resonance to change the sound completely.
Easy auditioning and tweaking
Percussion patches have one unique drum per key, making it very easy to find and audition the perfect sound. No complex keyswitches needed. Edit all drums in a patch at once, or one-at-a-time.
Features
Gorgeous & streamlined UI
Super simple mapping, load & play
Tweak individual drums or all at once
Easy to tweak filter and gater
6 FX racks, 8 slots each, 25+ modules
Requirements
8 GB disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
4 GB RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Kontakt 6.7.1+ Full Version
Requires the FULL version of Kontakt (not the free Kontakt Player.)
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11, 12 or higher
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11, 12 or 13 (latest update).
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Instrument Walkthrough
Official Trailer
Featured Artists & Composers
Mike Reagan
Invincible Fight Girl, Powerpuff Girls, Trials Evolution, God of War, Twisted Metal
“A big thanks to the team at Impact Soundworks for putting inspiration at my fingertips! Your sample libraries are in heavy use in my Orchestral, Rock and Pop templates, and always visible in my top-tier Cue-specific Kontakt. Layering your Shreddage libraries on top of my live guitar tracks creates so much depth, and I get so much out of so many of your other libraries – too many to name. A+ programming and sonic goodness gang!”
Jimmy Hinson
Black Ops 4, Mass Effect 2, There Came An Echo, Borderlands 2
“Between Shreddage, Super Audio Cart, Juggernaut, and Mega Brass I don’t remember the last time I haven’t used an Impact Soundworks instrument in a track. The attention to detail is astonishing and it’s all so easy to use out of the box, which is a big deal.”
Matthew Carl Earl
Overwatch 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty Mobile, PUBG Mobile, Arknights
“Impact Soundworks creates easy-to-use, great-sounding virtual instruments right out of the box. Highland Harps, Emotional Mallets, and Shreddage 3 are in my daily toolkit.”
OK, what did we REALLY do? For our most ambitious sound design library to date, we created a massive template comprising every percussion instrument from Red Room Audio’s extensive collection, as well as hundreds of new field and found instrument recordings. We painstakingly lined up every round robin sample and dynamic layer, and then creatively twisted, layered, morphed and sculpted each one to create re-imagined, otherworldly instruments you’ve never heard before.
This multi-sampled approach is what makes Saga 2 unique, as these are not just a series of one-shot sound designs. These are extremely rich, organic and playable instruments you can slot right alongside traditional percussion to add a unique twist to your compositions.
- 36 Small Drums
- 36 Medium Drums
- 36 Large Drums
- 36 Cymbals & Gongs
- 36 Auxiliary Percussion
- 14 Tonal Percussion