12-Bit Crunch releases 'Soul Machine' for NI Kontakt

EDIT: INTRO PRICING ENDS MONDAY 11th FEBRUARY @ 12:00 GMT

Soul Machine is the 2nd instrument from 12-Bit Crunch. Inspired by the highly sample-able sound of Atlantic and Stax records, it contains 84 gospel chords (seven types in all twelve keys), each individually played on four different vintage instruments, switchable on-the-fly:
A Challen upright piano
A Fender Telecaster electric guitar
A 1950s Wurlitzer 720a electric valve piano
A Hammond C3 organ

Soul Machine sits somewhere between a sample player and a chord generator. When you hit an individual key, you hear a different type of gospel chord. There is no MIDI outputted, instead you hear a chord played by a real human-being, on a real instrument, recorded to 44.1kHz/16-bit.WAV files (then compressed into an easily downloadable Kontakt patch). Just like when you sample a vinyl and map it to a pad or key.

The instrument has a real-time display which shows you exactly what chord you're hearing. You can drag from this chord name direct into your DAW to export the voicings themselves, for playback on other VSTis, in case Soul Machine doesn't give you what you need.

As each octave on the keyboard corresponds to a flavour of chord, you can quickly learn what to expect when you hit a particular key, and you have the convenience of not being limited to the original pitch of a typical sample from a vinyl- Soul Machine has all it's chords in twelve keys! This also means you can work backwards: embue a pre-written chord progression with sampled charm and character.

Depending on how hard you hit a key, and whether the modulation-wheel is up or down, you access one of the 4 different articulations:
A straight chord.
the same chord with it's attack chopped off.
a raked chord.
a top melody-note
When you combine them all is when Soul Machine Machine starts to really sound like a lost vinyl gem.

The (optional) vinyl crackle that you hear on Soul Machine is not a permanent effect. Vinyl crackle is embedded into each file. When you re-trigger a key, you re-trigger the same vinyl crackle. Just like you would when sampling off a real record.

There's a fun Warble effect which adds wow and flutter, and you can control the instrument's envelop by engaging the Choke button.

Soul Machine is available now at a special introductory price from 12 Bit Crunch