ALTERED STATES is an instrument that will inspire you!! First, it is absolutely MASSIVE (almost 5 Gb, with 3499 instrument patches and thousands of unique source sounds). Second, it is a plug-in virtual instrument powered by a custom high-performance NATIVE INSTRUMENTS interface for shaping and manipulating the sound. Third, the source material is extremely organic, unique, ultra-creative, and virtuoso sound design. And the diversity and flexibility of this stunning resource has to be experienced to be believed.

Much of ALTERED STATES is new, and much is from highly-acclaimed and award-winning Zero-G libraries never before available in this format. All sounds have been reorganised and re-categorized from the original ten (yes, 10) incorporated Zero-G libraries and integrated with over a gigabyte of outstanding brand new material. In the rhythm department of the resulting monster library, there are thousands of loops and all are presented in sliced format (via the NI INTAKT Beat Machine) or via the Time Machine, so they will automatically sync to your songs, and you can apply sound-shaping to each slice if you wish.

The contents of all of the following 10 libraries, all of which scored either 4 or 5 stars in review in Sound On Sound magazine (UK), are integrated into this mind-bogglingly powerful instrument:

- Zero-G Ambient Volume 1
- Zero-G Ambient Volume 2 (and ProSamples Volume 36 'Chillout')
- Zero-G Cuckooland Unhinged
- Zero-G Cuckooland Ghost In The Machine
- Zero-G Cuckooland Asylum (and ProSamples Volume 6 'Experimental & FX')
- Zero-G Cuckooland Ambience
- Zero-G Malice In Wonderland
- Zero-G Fields of Motion (and ProSamples Volume 9 'Future Beats 2')
- Zero-G Junk Percussion
- Zero-G Dream Zone (from Creative Essentials)
- Ibiza Chillout (approx 1 Gb of extra brand new material)

The programming, conversion, and organisation of this vast product has been expertly carried out by IAN BODDY, one of the UK's leading synthesists, and has been designed to be as user friendly and logically creative as possible.

ALTERED STATES is one of the most powerfully creative sample-based virtual instruments ever created, a claim which can be justified, even in the face of competition like Spectrasonics' very fine 'Atmosphere'. How? ALTERED STATES has an extremely large and incredibly diverse library of sounds; it has a great software interface, created by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS, the leaders in software synthesis; it's engine is based on the KONTAKT audio engine (the same as in the world's finest and most highly-acclaimed sampler); and all the sounds can also be loaded into NI KONTAKT if desired (see below), meaning it is not a closed system. Also, the loops, the LFOs, the FX, everything can be automatically synced to the tempo of your song (making other techniques like Groove Control look cumbersome!), and you have total recall of everything you do, in your sequencer.

The whole of the ALTERED STATES library is presented within a plug-in interface by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS which is specifically optimized for, among other things, rhythmic loop playback, manipulation, and creative mayhem. The convenient one-screen interface (a version of NI INTAKT) provides tremendous sound shaping abilities without disrupting the creative flow, including a first-class multimode filter, an envelope follower, two LFOs, effects, and much more. All of the loops in the library have been set up so that they can be automatically synced to tempo, either via the Beat Machine or the Time Machine. The Beat Machine has loops divided into their individual hits (slices) which means they can be played at a wide range of tempos without change in pitch. It also allows the user to give each hit individual settings for pitch, playback direction, pitch envelope, amp envelope, distortion, delay, and more; a MIDI file of each loop can be easily exported so that groove, accent, and feel can be manipulated in any host sequencer. The Time Machine time-stretches or compresses loops in real time.

Not only can you sync, stretch, and pitch the loops, but also filter, effect and modulate them as well! A powerful sound-shaping filter, flexible envelopes, syncable LFOs, and distortion, syncable delay, and lo-fi effects can inject even more energy and individuality into the loops, as well as into the synths, pads, textures and everything else in this absolutely vast and inspiring sound library. Since the software interface is a version of NI's superb INTAKT engine, working with it is fast, easy, and sounds great!

AUDIO DEMOS:

Please click on the following links to hear audio demos (mp3) for Altered States:
Altered States Demo 1.
Altered States Demo 2.
Altered States Demo 3.
Altered States Demo 4.
Altered States Demo 5.

FEATURES:

Library Content:

- Almost 5 Gigabytes of world-class uniquely creative rhythm loops, instruments & samples produced by multi award winning sound designers Ian Boddy, Cuckooland, and others, including 3499 instrument patches!! Includes the following sound categories:

Atmospheres:
Aqueous
Bells
Ethnic
Fantasy
Horror
Mechanics
Percussive Ambience
Space
and more...

FX:

Altered States
Instruments
Natural World
Sci-Tech
Synthi
Voices
and more...

Loops:
Ethnic
Machines
Weird
Cuckooland
Synthi
and more...

Pads:
Ambient
Bells & Ethnic
Synthetic
and more...

Percussion:
Analogue
Bells & Metal
Ethnic
FX
Hats
Hits
Kicks
Snares

and more...

TOTAL : 3499 programs / approx 5 Gb. FOR A FULL LIST OF ALL CONTENTS PLEASE CLICK ON "Altered States FULL CONTENTS LIST (PDF)" at above left.

Features of NI Interface:
- Access to individual hits (slices) within loops,
- Easy and intuitive user interface
- User interface is a version of Native Instruments' INTAKT, whose engine is based on KONTAKT, the world's finest software sampling engine,
- Loops use one or more of the three sampler-modes: Beat Machine with ISE (Individual Slice Edit), Time Machine and standard Sampler mode,
- Easy synchronization of loops to MIDI tempo,
- MIDI file export permits groove, accent, and feel manipulation in any host sequencer,
- Integrated effects: Group filter including low-pass, high-pass, band-reject or band-pass modes, global filter, lo-fi, distortion, syncable delay,
- Modulation section provides AHDSR envelope, two individual syncable LFOs, envelope follower and a DBD pitch envelope,
- Total Recall
- Sound Library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments samplers including INTAKT and KONTAKT (version 1.5 or later), for even greater flexibility and more options for working with the material.

Supported Interfaces:
- VST® 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS.

Recommended Retail Price
- $199.95 (US Dollars), 169 Euro, £114.95 pounds sterling

Minimum Requirements
- Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
- Mac OSX, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM.

Recommended System
- Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 700 MHz, 512 MB
- Mac OSX, G4 733, 512 MB.
MAC INTEL USERS PLEASE NOTE:
The Altered States Intakt-powered plugin version is not immediately compatible with Mac Intel-based computers. However, Mac Intel users can still access the sound library in full - SEE LINK ABOVE RIGHT in "Related Info" box for solutions with Mac Intel.
It is also possible to purchase just the Altered States sample library alone (not the plugin) and DOWNLOAD it in WAV/Kontakt format, as a series of Download Packs. Click HERE for more info.

All product specifications are subject to change without notice

AVAILABLE VERSIONS:
DOWNLOADABLE Version WAV format, with Kontakt/Intakt instrument patches To buy, go to DOWNLOAD AREA (click link above) DOWNLOAD Version is split into 9 Download Packs, at 29.99 USD each		Virtual Sound Module (Plug-in) Powered by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS INTAKT interface Mac OSX & PC, VST 2.0, DXi, RTAS, ASIO, DirectSound, Audio Units, Core Audio.
$29.99 USD (approx £16 GBP / 23 Euro) for each Download Pack		$199.95 US dollars (169 Euros / £114.95 pounds sterling)