Elements: Sonic Ingredients 🎨

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Sonic Ingredients

Elements is a continually evolving collection of samples and wavetables crafted specifically for sound artists. Think of it as a vibrant palette that you can mix and match using various sound manipulation tools, such as synthesizers, samplers, and effects. This pack allows you to effortlessly enhance your existing presets with included samples and wavetables, inviting experimentation and exploration of new sonic landscapes.

Check usage examples in the video below

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Consider the samples as oscillators or sound sources that can be layered and processed to create complex sounds. The wavetables derived from these samples provide additional options for working with wavetable synthesizers. All audio files are raw, without added reverb or delay, enabling you to shape your own spatial effects. The samples are kept concise, with lengths of 4 seconds by default, extending up to 8 seconds, to ensure versatility and ease of use.

Updates, versions, and pricing

This collection is continuously growing, and once you purchase it, you'll receive future content for free! Please note that additional versions of the product will be available for separate purchase. When you buy a specific version, all upcoming content for that version will be accessible to you at no extra cost. Upgrade discounts will also be offered for new versions.

The product price may increase as more content is added, but existing owners will not be affected by these changes.

This pack will be regularly refined and improved through updates. If you have any suggestions, feedback, or requests regarding the content, please feel free to reach out!

Naming scheme and categorization

To ensure consistent categorization and facilitate sound discovery, all files in this package are named according to the Universal Category System (UCS). This approach makes it easier to find the sounds you need.

Filename schema

CategoryId_Name_CreatorID_ProjectID_tags

CategoryId - category and subcategory combined

Name - the custom name of the sound

CreatorID - in this case SPEK, I used a shortcut to keep the filename shorted

ProjectID - in this case, it’s a combination of project name and pack name e.g. ELMNTSBase (ELMTS indicates ELEMENTS project, Base - is the first pack in the series)

Sound categories

While the UCS primarily focuses on recorded sound effects, this collection features its own unique categories.

These categories are based on sound timbre rather than instrument type, source, or material. This approach aligns with the concept of treating the sounds in this pack as sonic ingredients, allowing us to identify them by their distinctive sonic characteristics.

The following categories and subcategories are used currently.

Categories

NOIS - Noise: no perceptible pitch, noisy nature like white noise, pink noise, or water or any organic chaotic source

TXTR - Texture: sound alloys, layered sounds, and also sounds resembling materials or ambiances

TONL - Tonal: sound with easily perceptible pitch, harmonic sounds

ATON - Atonal: inharmonic sounds; without a central frequency, a set of resonant pitches that have no harmonic correlation with each other

FX - complex sound amalgams, clusters, and misc sounds that cannot be categorized with other categories

WTBL - Wavetable: wav files that are actual wavetables suitable to use in wavetable synths (in this case other categories above act as subcategory for WTBL)

Subcategories (dependent on categories)

SIMP - Simple: used with tonal and atonal sounds, little or no movement, or rising in volume, no pitch sweeps, no filter sweeps

STAT - Static: used with noise and textures, little or no movement

ANIM - Animated: like Simple but with medium repeatable or organic movement

DIRT - Dirty: like Simple but saturated or slightly distorted sounds

DIST - Distorted: like Simple but heavily distorted sound

CMPX - Complex: lots of movement in frequency content, amplitude, and pitch; a combination of previous categories with different degrees of each (e.g. tonal sound with complex filter movement and some moderate saturation)

MORP - Morphed: sounds that are either spectrally/additively morphed or crossfaded from one sound timbre to the other

Examples

TXTRStat_Machine Hum_SPEK_ELMNTSBase.wav (static texture in the base pack of Elements)

NOISAnim_Pipe Flow_SPEK_ELMNTSNuked_smooth, noisy.wav

(animated noise in the Nuked pack of Elements with additional tags)

Change Log

2024-09-20 Organics expansion: 33 samples + 12 wavetables

2024-04-01 Sound Alloys expansion: 275 samples

2023-12-04 Broken Hydra expansion: 46 samples + 14 wavetables

2023-11-24 Base expansion added containing 181 samples and 91 wavetables

FAQ

Why such a product?

I frequently use samples and wavetables like these in my sound pack production, so I developed this collection for my own use and decided to share it with other sound artists. The inspiration also came from my Wavemorph wavetable pack, which has proven immensely useful in creating several of my previous sound packs.

Is this a subscription?

No, this is a one-time purchase. Future updates will be free.

How often do I get updates?

I aim to regularly release new samples and wavetables. While I can’t guarantee frequent updates, I plan to add new content at least every two months, or more often if possible.

How is this different from Sample Stream?

This product is not a subscription, and the samples provided are shorter and minimally processed, allowing for more experimentation. In contrast, Sample Stream offers processed, production-ready sounds.

I have another question.

Feel free to contact me here.