A concise guide to five recent sound releases: skendi’s Kinetic Rituals for Arturia Pure Sub, A.Kav’s Complete SH-4d set, Edu Prado Sounds’ Extended Acoustic Guitar for Kontakt, plus the ongoing wavestate tribute series.
A.Kav’s Complete Set for Roland SH-4d aggregates two previous banks plus 72 new patches to total 200 sounds and is available for €20.
Extended Acoustic Guitar for Kontakt includes 12 instruments that emphasize unconventional articulations—bows, scrapes and harmonics—and runs in Kontakt Player with NKS support and a 35% introductory discount through Sept 30, 2026.
Several recent packs focus on movement and hands-on control rather than static tones: rhythmic modulation and expressive macro mapping are common themes.
# What's new for bass and sound design This week's roundup centers on low-end presets and playable, expressive instrument libraries. The standout is Kinetic Rituals, a 50-preset bank for Arturia's new Pure Sub bass synth. The pack and two other releases aim to give producers immediate, performance-ready material rather than one-shot samples.
Kinetic Rituals is a 50-preset pack by skendi made specifically for Arturia Pure Sub. The focus is rhythmic bass: patches use LFO movement, FM interactions and filter modulation to create motion rather than static notes. skendi also exploits Pure Sub's sub-processing feature to extend the bottom end.
A.Kav's Complete Set for the Roland SH-4d pulls together two earlier banks and adds 72 fresh patches, bringing the total to 200 sounds. The collection aims to cover a wide tonal range and make use of the SH-4d's expanded engine—particularly after Roland's 2.0 update in May, which added oscillators and sequencer enhancements. The bundle is priced at €20.
Edu Prado Sounds' Extended Acoustic Guitar is a Kontakt library that focuses on unusual articulations: bows, scrapes and harmonics rather than only standard strums and plucks. It contains 12 instruments with bespoke articulations designed to feel natural and expressive for cinematic, ambient, and contemporary use.
Nick Klimenko released a second volume of a Klaus Schulze tribute bank for the KORG wavestate. The tribute series continues to expand the wavestate's preset ecosystem, catering to ambient and sequenced timbres associated with Schulze-style soundscapes.
# Practical notes for buyers
# Bottom line These releases emphasize performance and motion: rhythmic basses, expansive SH-4d coverage and acoustic textures that go beyond basic samples. Prices are modest, and each pack is aimed at making it faster to get usable, expressive sounds into your sessions.
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