Shredder
Presenting Impact Soundworks’ newest masterpiece: Shredder, the premier virtual instrument devoted exclusively to shredding. Shred everything from paper to cardboard to epically long receipts to actual cheese to guitar picks and strings—and more—then alter the sound with easy-to-use knobs to create a surprising range of sounds and effects. (Looking for Shreddage, our series of virtual electric guitars?)
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Audio Demos
- Moonlight Sonata (arr. for too many shredders) Shredder
- The Shredder's Mudflap (Dressed) Shredder
- The Shredder's Mudflap (Shredder Only) Shredder
- Shred The Cue Fredrik Häthén
- Van Halen - Spanish Fly Shredder
Product Info
Content
16 shredded sound sources
Not just obvious choices like guitar picks, guitar strings, CDs, and cheese; also includes cardboard, paper, various envelopes, and the longest receipt in the known universe.
Iconic vintage shredder
Features a classic Staples Mailmate SPL-727MM from the early 2000s with a 6″ heavy-duty cross-cut shredding mechanism that produces shreds of 0.2″ by 1″.
Multishred capability
One powerful shredder not enough for you? Try up to three at one time.
Eight intuitive knobs
Super-simple settings so you can successfully specify your shredness.
A Very Special Impact Soundworks Instrument
Released April 1, 2024, so you know you’re in for something good.
Features
Beautiful, wide UI
Easily adjust all important controls from a single page.
No console FX rack and mixer
Over 30 FX included: EQs, compressors, reverbs, pedals, custom cabinets, amps, and much more.
Shreddy
Shredder
Shreddest
Requirements
1GB disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
4GB of RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Apple M1, Intel i3 or equivalent CPU
A faster CPU with more cores will allow you to play more simultaneous voices.
Kontakt Player 7.8+
This instrument will run in the FREE Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 11 or 12+.
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12+.
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.
Videos
Details
If there is anyone in the sample library world who understands shredding, it’s Impact Soundworks.
From Shreddage 1, to Shreddage X, to Shreddage 2, to Shreddage 3, and now even Shreddage 3.5, we’d like to think we’ve become something of an authority on sample libraries that shred. But how do we take it further? When we imagine the future of shredding, where else can we go?
The answer came to us — as it often does — directly from many of you! People kept asking for more and more, not just about Shreddage but also about something called “Shredder” — and who are we to deny the people what they want?
Rest assured that we have sampled this library to our usual obsessive depth. We tested three individual shredder machines to identify just the right sound. Compared to the two behemoths we expected to win out, this small but mighty vintage Staples Mailmate blew us away. Now, we put the powerful screeches and impressive shredding capacity of a killer shredder at your disposal.
[insert photo of shredder here]
Shredder is as easy-to-use as they come. We wanted nothing to stand in the way of you and infinite shredding goodness. Eight intuitive knobs let you select your sound source (see below), turn up the Multishred for up to three concurrent virtual shredders, change the mic position, and alter the tone, distortion, pulse, and reverb.
We hope you enjoy Shredder, and we look forward to continuing to shred with you for years to come.
Shreddable Objects
Choose your sound source, from the typical to the outlandish. Do you go with classic paper, and if so, what thickness? What about cardboard? What about a real CD shredded to slivers of silvery plastic? What about shredded cheese? (How do we classify that, anyway? Shredded cheese is common, but shredding cheese in a paper shredder seems less so. Nevertheless, we did it. And now you can, too.) They say that guitars shred, but have you ever tried shredding a guitar? We have. Or at least guitar picks and guitar strings, which is almost the same thing, really. Again, that power is now in your hands.
Sound Sources
- Cardboard
- Cheese
- Compact Disc (CD)
- Envelope
- Manila Envelope
- Foam Sheet
- Guitar Pick 1
- Guitar Pick 2
- Paper
- Thick Paper
- Paper Plate
- Receipt
- Long Receipt
- CVS Receipt
- Nylon String
- Steel String
And yes, before you ask, Shredder includes round robins.
