SoundIron sampled instruments

Reason 10 brings us three sampled instruments from SoundIron. In contrast to the futuristic new synths, Humana, Pangea and Klang add some acoustic instrument sounds to the bargain.

First up is Humana, a ‘vocal ensemble’ instrument that spits out sampled male and female “ooh” and “ahh” sounds – although we’d like more vowels in stock. It’s not what you’d call an ‘everyday’ instrument, but for a splash of sonic humanity, it hits the esoteric spot.

Pangea, meanwhile, is a multisampled collection of 11 rare instruments from around the world. Again, these probably won’t appear in your everyday club bangers, but they can provide some crucial inspiration when you’re running dry in the heat of production.

Then there’s Klang, which features ten multisampled tuned percussion instruments, and feels more relevant and well-suited to Reason. As a source for metallic percussion, it’s good fun to play with, and feels more sonically versatile than the other two instruments.

All three instruments feature the same layout, with performance, filter, amp, delay and reverb modules flanking the parts of the interface that actually differ – the sound-generation modules. In these, you get the standard sampling functions of Start time and tuning.

Imagine Klang, Humana and Pangea as ID8’s more culturally-inspired cousins, and you’ve got the right idea.

SoundIron’s three esoteric instruments might not spark off a track, but they’ll surely bulk it up a bit