Wavesfactory has announced the release of Typewriter, a freely downloadable NI Kontakt sample library featuring the sounds of a Royal vintage typewriter.
This isn’t the first typewriter sample library we’ve seen to date, but we’re pretty sure it’s the most advanced one you can download for free. Wavesfactory Typewriter was sampled using four different microphone positions (close stereo, stereo ribbon, mono, and stereo room), allowing for significant tonal adjustment via the built-in mixer. The user can control the pan, width, and volume parameters for each microphone position, along with being able to rout each microphone to a different audio output for additional processing inside the DAW.
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For those who prefer to do all the processing within Kontakt, the team at Wavesfactory has implemented a customized user interface with separate panels for the audio mixer, the FX section, and the performance controls. The effects panel can host up to eight FX types such as delay, phaser, EQ, saturation, etc. The built-in convolution reverb effect comes with more than 40 custom impulses to help with achieving a natural sounding room ambiance. The settings panel is where you can adjust various performance parameters such as the number of round-robin repetitions, sample pre-roll, release sample volume, and more.
One thing worth noting is that Typewriter will only work in demo mode (15-minute time limit) in the free Kontakt Player instrument. The full version of Native Instruments Kontakt is required to use the sample library without limitations.
You can download Typewriter completely free of charge from the product page linked below. If you don’t already own a Wavesfactory user account, you’ll be asked to sign up for one during the check out process. Signing up for the email newsletter is completely optional, though. Once signed up, be sure to check out the Free Stuff section on the Wavesfactory website as there are several other free goodies to be found (SK10 Subkick Generator being our favorite one).
Typewriter is available for free download via Wavesfactory (229 MB download size, RAR archive, contains 1 sample library in NKI format for NI Kontakt).
Last Updated on March 12, 2023 by Tomislav Zlatic.
