Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion

This exquisite symphonic collection for Kontakt features a comprehensive collection of 50 traditional & extended percussive instruments recorded through three mic positions.

With a clean, focused character that is not clinically dry OR overly ‘epic’, Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion is highly flexible for everything from small ensemble scoring and intimate cues to dramatic & bombastic. No other percussion library is as extensive AND affordable!

Concept & Interface



Impact Soundworks’ goal with Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion was nothing less than creating the most versatile and affordable percussion library ever. With 50 instruments, 100+ articulations, and 21+ gigabytes of raw recordings, calling this collection ‘comprehensive’ is an understatement.

Each instrument has been exhaustively sampled with up to 10x RR and 5x velocity layers, captured across three mic positions in a gorgeous orchestral hall.

Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion goes beyond the standard suite of drums (i.e. bass drum, snare, toms, cymbals) to include a wide variety of aux percussion (i.e. shaker, sleigh bells, castanets, chimes, metals, wood & temple blocks), hand drums (i.e. djembe, bongos, cajon, darbuka), and chromatic instruments (i.e. glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, crotales, tubular bells).

Impact Soundworks’ philosophy when building instruments is to design with composers in mind. To that end, they’ve created an intuitive interface for the library that provides customization and control without being overly complex.

Script Features:

Volume, tuning , and envelope controls for each instrument

, and controls for each instrument Internal preset system for saving your settings & mixes

for saving your settings & mixes Per-instrument 3-band “Solid-G” EQ

Enable / disable instruments & mics to preserve RAM

instruments & mics to preserve RAM Multiple outputs – send instruments to different Kontakt outs

send instruments to different Kontakt outs Mic mixing – volume, pan, width, offset (via CC)

– volume, pan, width, offset (via CC) Convolution reverb send with wet & size controls

Besides its scope and affordability, what else sets this library apart? Most orchestral percussion libraries strive for the ideal of “epic” through big halls and lots of reverb: a huge sound for a huge price. Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion was instead recorded & designed to function in any musical context, from small, emotional pieces, to tense underscores, and even bombastic, loud, and – yes – epic tracks.

Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 5.3 or higher (NOT compatible with the Free Kontakt Player).