4-layer Multi-instrument with Endless Creative Possibilities
Simply put, UVI Quadra Metal & Wood is inspiration in a bottle. This 4-layer multi-instrument and sequencer designer includes 251 meticulously-sampled sounds that cover the full spectrum of wooden and metallic instruments, with mallet keyboards, electric pianos, and toy instruments ready at your fingertips. Quadra Metal & Wood's per-layer 64-step sequencers are guaranteed to unleash your creativity, and its fully stocked arsenal of MIDI and audio effects are sure to stir your artistic impulses. Beyond that, a sizable array of expressive controls make Quadra Metal & Wood a performance-ready virtual instrument. Complete with an exceptional factory preset library, Quadra Metal & Wood is well-equipped to tackle any type of project that you throw at it.
Note: This expansion pack requires a separate installation of UVI Workstation or Falcon to run. It also requires that you have an iLok account for authorization, although it does not require a physical iLok key. Please call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have questions.
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Robust instrument layers
Quadra Metal & Wood's four robust instrument layers make crafting tantalizing performances a piece of cake. The layers are built from a staggering 251 ear-grabbing, deep-sampled sources comprised of practically every wooden and metallic tone and timbre imaginable. As for this mind-bending virtual instrument's wide assortment of instruments, you get classic mallet keyboards like marimbas and xylophones as well as tubular bells, gongs, and so much more. There's even a fantastic collection of electric pianos and keyboards as well as toy instruments and other unique wood and metal sounds — once you hear it in your head, give it life with Quadra Metal & Wood!
Formidable multimode 64-step sequencers
Each of UVI Quadra Metal & Wood's four instrument layers includes a formidable multimode 64-step sequencer. These feature-laden sequencers include versatile MIDI effects that facilitate arpeggiated sequences and slick-sounding harmonies. You can also use them to quantize incoming notes to specific scales. There's plenty of customization on tap, thanks to tweakable global rate, gate length, and max velocity. You can also tailor your sequence with per-step velocity, link, harmonization, pitch offset, octave offset, gate, step repeat, and panning. Quadra Metal & Wood permits you to save your patterns as presets for sharing and fast, easy recall. You can even drag and drop your sequences into a MIDI track of your DAW.
Powerful, expressive controls
Generating complex, evolving textures and sequences with Quadra Metal & Wood is easy — it's an eminently creative software instrument. And after you achieve the sounds that are in your head, you can assign them to separate key zones and perform them discretely. Then, explore your imagination — in real time — with arpeggiators, phrase sequencers, and MIDI effects for one-of-a-kind rhythmic and melodic motifs. You also get a mappable X/Y pad for morphing between sounds and global dynamics and transient emphasis controls for automating the intensity of your soundscapes.
Creativity-enhancing features
UVI Quadra Metal & Wood is a jam-packed virtual instrument. You get a full ADSR amplifier and multimode envelope control, plus unison, 64-step arpeggiators and sequencers, and real-time scale quantization. MIDI effects include Euclidean emphasis and pitch drift, while audio effects include a frequency shifter, waveshaper, chorus, phaser, and 3-band EQ. You also get pre-mapped effects like vibrato, tremolo, a second frequency shifter, and overdrive — all of which can be manipulated with your keyboard controller's mod wheel.
Built-in presets are a fount of inspiration
There are a lot of UVI devotees here at Sweetwater — the company's software instruments sound amazing. Quadra Metal & Wood's factory preset bank is a prime example. This inspiring sound library was expertly crafted by UVI's stellar sound design team, which counts industry heavy hitters like Simon Stockhausen among its ranks. No matter what type of project you're working on — music, video game design, film scoring — Quadra Metal & Wood has a preset that's perfect for it. For fast, creative, instantly rewarding sound creation, you can't beat Quadra Metal & Wood.
UVI Quadra Metal & Wood Multi-instrument and Sequence Designer Software Features:
- 4 robust instrument layers for crafting compelling performances
- Layers are built from 251 ear-grabbing deep-sampled sources
- Includes keyboard mallet instruments, electric pianos, musical toy instruments, and more
- Per-layer 64-step sequencers with MIDI effects facilitate arpeggiated sequences and harmonies
- Incoming notes can be quantized to specific scales in real time
- Tweakable global rate, gate length, and max velocity allow for customized sequences
- Per-step velocity, link, harmonization, pitch offset, octave offset, gate, step repeat, and panning
- Patterns can be saved as presets for sharing and recall
- Sounds can be assigned to separate key zones for discrete performance
- Mappable X/Y pad for morphing between sounds
- Global dynamics and transient emphasis controls for automating the intensity of your soundscapes
- Full ADSR amplifier and multimode envelope control supply ample sound sculpting
- MIDI effects include Euclidean emphasis and pitch drift
- Audio effects include a frequency shifter, waveshaper, chorus, phaser, and 3-band EQ
- Audio effects can be mapped to your mod wheel for expressive performances
- Reverb and delay sends add dimension to your sounds
- Built-in preset library offers a wide range of inspiring starting points
