Bioscape - Kontakt Library
Bioscape (Luftrum Sound Design) Bioscape has been an absolute joy to use so far. 30+ years doing this composing / sound design malarkey and it’s one of just 2 or 3 pieces of software that have absolutely stunned me with their quality and usefulness!
It’s a 4.5GB Kontakt instrument that creates its content from a wide variety of field recordings. The resulting sound is warm, organic and (if you so choose) full of motion.
The GUI is beautifully laid out and very intuitive to use with comprehensive editing facilities and a substantial array of built in effects.
the Icon above is Bio's MAIN page with similarly detailed ones available for EFFECTS and MODULATION.
Possibly the best two features are:
1) The ability to drag and drop your own wav files directly into the software – up to 4 can be layered together.
2)The ability to record continuous motion into your creations via the ABCD tracker pad (see above). LFOs, filters, effects etc can all be automated independently using this simple system, with the results embedded into the multi-layered patch.
I used the software for the very first time in my Dante’s Inferno piece: ‘Cantos 1 and 2: The Surface of the Earth’… The multi-layered forest sounds that first appear just after 1 minute are 100% Bioscape.