Laboratory Audio STRIKEFORCE v2.0.1

STRIKEFORCE is Laboratory Audio’s flagship cinematic percussion library aimed at professional composers who require a highly expressive and fast workflow. Recorded, mixed and produced in Los Angeles, STRIKEFORCE centers around contemporary large ensemble percussion sound for film.

The library includes a vast assortment of massive percussion ensembles, smaller drum ensembles and solo percussion, all with a layout that allows the user to go from a smaller ensemble (or even solo) sound to a large group / big ensemble sound within a single patch.

115 patches feature this unique and very cool layout and are recorded with 6 split-out dynamic layers and 16 round robins. Also included in the library are an assortment of anvil hits, solo and ensemble, sub-booms, impact hits and metallic tick tocks (32 RR) for a total of 129 unique patches.

We focused our efforts on setting up practical and musical mixes instead of presenting a multitude of mic positions that use up system resources and slow down the workflow. The library features two curated complete mixes that smoothly blend and can be controlled via the mod-wheel. 

A “close mix” with tight dynamic room, and a “far mix” for a wider more epic cinematic sound featuring more of the hall. Both mixes blend seamlessly together and can easily be controlled via the mod wheel for a closer or a more pushed-back far sound. We took great care in creating a highly dynamic and playable instrument that sits perfectly in the film score mix for a great straight-out-of-the-box sound.

STRIKEFORCE specifications

• 43 GB uncompressed (18.3 GB on Disk with NI lossless compression)
• 129 Total KONTAKT Instruments
• 32 Multi Presets

Featuring

• 72 BIG Ensembles Instruments (6vl 16rr)
• 11 BIG Solo Instruments (6vl 16rr)
• 12 Small Drum Ensembles Instruments (6vl 16rr)
• 13 BIG Snare Ensemble Instruments (6vl 16rr)
• 7 Solo Snare Instruments (6vl 16rr)
• 27 Solo Anvils, each with (12rr)
• 8 Big Anvil Ensembles (12rr)
• 4 Smaller Anvil Ensembles (12rr)
• 14 Sub Booms (12rr)
• 21 Clockticks short metallic sounds (32rr)
• 15 Tick Tocks short metallic sounds (2vl 32rr) )
• 4 Impact menus

Functionality

• Individual Round Robin Selector Matrix
• 2 Round Robin Playback Modes (Serial & Random)
• Close and Far Mix, with Individual Pitch and ADSR
• 5 Different Drum Tunings per Ensemble / Solo Patch
• Individual Panning per Tuned Section

STRIKEFORCE was recorded in 24bit/192kHz at Village Studios in Santa Monica. The final master is delivered in 24bit/48k.

System Requirements

• 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)
• Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM
• Graphics hardware support for Direct 3D 11.1 (Feature Level 11_0) or higher
• 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments)
• Kontakt 7 or higher
• Komplete Kontrol 1.8 or higher
• 64-bit DAW is recommended for optimized performance