Shredder
Shredder
The premier virtual instrument dedicated exclusively to shredding.
The premier virtual instrument dedicated exclusively to shredding.
Hear Shredder In Action
Hear Shredder In Action
- 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
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
- 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
Overview
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?)
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?)
Product Info
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.
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
No console FX rack and mixer
Shreddy
Shredder
Shreddest
Beautiful, wide UI
No console FX rack and mixer
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.
Tutorials
Behind-the-Scenes Reveal
Featured Artists & Composers
Jeff Broadbent
Assassin’s Creed Identity, Call of Duty Mobile, Resident Evil, Diablo Immortal, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
“ISW creates amazing, creative, and intuitive virtual instruments! I’ve enjoyed using them for over a decade, and they have found their way into many of my music scores. Their wonderfully realistic world instruments showed up in a recent Nexon video game, Shreddage 3 Stratus on the score for Grid, and Super Audio Boy is a favorite for retro sounds, effects, and fun nostalgia. Highly recommended!”
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.”
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!”
Featured Artists & Composers
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!
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!”
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.”
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.
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.
