Whitekirk's Cinematic Guitars Come To Soundbox
The Church. The Guitars. The Feeling.
When we released Panorama Whitekirk for Kontakt, the requests for a Soundbox version came thick and fast. So here it is: Post-Rock Guitars 3: Whitekirk, the next chapter in our Post-Rock Guitars series, recorded in one of the most remarkable spaces we’ve ever worked in.
The Setting
Nestled in the Scottish countryside village of Whitekirk stands the 900-year-old St Mary’s church, and inside it, a unique acoustic environment.
At one end, the striking curved wooden roof of the nave creates a warm, tight room sound. Walk down the centre into the oldest part of the church, with its centuries-old stone walls and ceiling, and the acoustics open out into something vast and completely organic.
The Instruments
We recorded two guitars for Whitekirk: an electric and a semi-hollow, captured in a stereo setup through two beautiful amps and a massive pedalboard loaded with effects.
We captured everything from pristine cleans that sound massive in the room to washed-out fuzz tones and granular textures drenched in reverb.
The result picks up where Post-Rock Guitars Vol 1 and Vol 2 left off, with a rich collection of shoegaze and cinematic guitar sounds ready to use in your music.
The Sounds
Like Panorama Whitekirk, Post-Rock Guitars 3 gives you the experience of walking through the church while you hear someone play guitar.
To make that possible, we placed a series of microphones along the central nave and created two stereo mixes from them. You can crossfade seamlessly between them using your mod wheel or, thanks to Soundbox’s extensive modulation possibilities, pretty much any other MIDI control or MPE gesture you like.
It’s an instrument made for dreamy, atmospheric guitar work in film, ambient and experimental productions.
Post-Rock Guitars Vol. 3: Whitekirk features the same material as its Kontakt counterpart, but with all the perks of Soundbox: iOS and Linux support (not just Windows and Mac), full MPE, and at a slightly lower price.
“I love how you can go from those expressive pads to a simple guitar sound, and a very clean one at that. If you want a bit more distance and get more of the sound of the church you can. The quality of this is exceptional."
A Joe-Blog Composer
Post-Rock Guitars 3: Whitekirk - Key Features
- Captured in a Scottish historic church with unique sound spaces.
- Electric and a semi-hollow guitar, recorded through two amps and a huge effects pedalboard.
- Pristine cleans to washed-out fuzz and granular, reverb-soaked textures.
- Perfect for dreamy, atmospheric guitar work in film, ambient and experimental productions.
- Two distinctive room sounds from warm and tight to vast and organic.
- Blend between the two room mixes in real time using your mod wheel, or almost any other MIDI control or MPE gesture.
- Includes 22 carefully curated presets.
- Requires Soundbox v1.3 or later
- Download size: 1.84GB (compressed FLAC file: 758MB)
Short on storage space? You’ll receive two files in the download: a compressed FLAC file, ideal if hard drive space is limited (for example, when using the Soundbox app on iPad), and a .sbpack for when storage isn’t a concern.
Designed For Soundbox
Post-Rock Guitars 3: Whitekirk is designed for Audiomodern Soundbox, a customisable MPE sampler that’s completely free to use! Just download the player from Audiomodern’s website here, and start exploring our Soundbox packs instantly!
What Is Audiomodern Soundbox?
Soundbox supports MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) and is also multi-touch enabled, making it one of the very few audio samplers offering both MPE and full multi-touch support on iPad.
By using any of our packs with Soundbox, all features are unlocked with the exception of the Sample and Mapping editor (which allows importing and editing of your own sounds). If you’d like to unlock this editor, you’ll need to purchase at least one original Soundbox expansion from Audiomodern’s website. Once activated, the editor is permanently unlocked and includes free lifetime updates.