Special Reserves
Hyper Metals
Heavy clangs, slams, and textures sculpted from hyperrealist metals.
$29
Audio Demos
- Unauthorized Entry Andrew Aversa
- Gathering Storm Steven Cravis
- Mechanical Madness HappyHappyCloudMusic
- Unauthorized Entry (Library Only) Andrew Aversa
- Gathering Storm (Library Only) Steven Cravis
- Mechanical Madness (Library Only) HappyHappyCloudMusic
Overview
Hyperrealistic metal percussion and impacts, ranging from deep booms and clangs to high-frequency taps. Includes 13 percussive instruments and 10 drones originating from metal sounds. Created using a wide range of real metal objects with physical modeling and heavy processing. An easy-to-use library with immediate results and a fantastic sound. The Special Reserves series delivers production-ready sounds that are streamlined and extremely easy to use, from the personal collection of ISW cofounder Andrew Aversa.
Product Info
Hybrid acoustic and physically-modeled metals
Created using recordings from Impact: Steel, Resonance, Momentum, and ReForged, plus new performances, and combined with physical-modeling synthesis to form hyperrealistic metal textures and tones.
13 unique metal percussion instruments
From booming metal sheets to smashes, tinks, and clangs, all sampled with up to 7x round robins and dynamic layers.
Otherwordly metal drones
10 infinite metal drones created with hybrid synthesis, tonal, and atonal elements. Ideal for creating tense and surreal atmospheres.
Hyperrealistic tones beyond reality
Perfect for film, TV, and game scoring. These sounds have been meticulously created by hand to be useful, usable, and inspiring.
Production-ready and extremely easy to play
Each sample has been sculpted with EQ to make them fit in your tracks. You can easily tweak the 8 automatable, on-screen controls to shape the sound further with no extra plugins needed.
Features
Designed around a clear, inspiring sonic concept
Beautiful and inspiring high-res UI
Eight automatable controls as easy-to-use as possible
Morph and shape the timbre in real-time
Every sound instantly available at your fingertips
Requirements
400MB of disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
4GB of RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Kontakt 7.6+ Player
This library is compatible with the FREE Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 11, 12, or 13 (latest update)
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, 2 GB RAM. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Overview and Walkthrough
Featured Artists & Composers
Mike Gonsolin
(Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Playboi Carti, Migos)
"Impact Soundworks' libraries are truly in a league of their own. I've been a long time user for as long as I can remember and it would take me a whole other producing lifetime to build the depths of these libraries on my own. As a Kontakt enthusiast who owns just about every library out there I can confidently say that Impact Soundworks' libraries stand in the top 1%, and that's saying something! No snake oil here. Just meticulously assembled libraries that are overflowing with creative sound design options and inspiration igniting presets."
Mike Gonsolin (Mike G)
Christopher Gordon
Ladies in Black, Mao's Last Dancer, Salem's Lot, Master and Commander
"Impact Soundworks' range of guitars and fretted instruments sound amazing and are crafted and nuanced with expert detail. Intuitively set up to get straight to composing. And I have a real soft spot for the juicy, screaming Shreddage 3 Hydra!"
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."
From massive full-spectrum clangs and hits to surreal drones, Special Reserves: Hyper Metals goes beyond reality to a world of hyperrealistic steel and iron. Created from a blend of real recorded metals and carefully-crafted physical modeling synthesis, the library contains 13 multisampled ‘hit’ articulations along with 10 infinitely-sustaining drones, covering a wide range of low to high frequencies.
The library builds on the lineage of Impact Soundworks’ very first release, Impact: Steel, offering highly-playable, multisampled percussion that is excellent for pulsating rhythms and tension in scores & soundtracks. Composers can push its sound design further with one-knob sculpting to either help it blend more easily, take it to new heights of harmonic excitation, or morph the sound altogether.
The Special Reserves series delivers production-ready sounds that are streamlined and extremely easy to use. Created by Impact Soundworks co-founder Andrew Aversa, each entry in the series is designed around a single sonic concept, polished to a mirror shine and ready to drop in your next hit soundtrack or record. Sporting just 8 simple controls, these instruments make it as simple as possible to get great results.
Reviews
Testimonial – Jimmy ‘Big Giant Circles’ Hinson (Black Ops 4, Borderlands 2, Threes)
“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.”