Lunaris

April 2020: Introducing Lunaris rent-to-own plans

Recently there has been interest in a rent-to-own option of Lunaris and seeing the uncertain times we live in, it’s only natural to accommodate the situation and give you an alternative and flexible method to own Lunaris. This is not meant to be a permanent option, but more a limited offer during a period of time.

Lunaris rent-to-own function this way: You choose either a 3-month or a 6-month plan. You pay $39 up front and receive serial number and immediate access to Lunaris, you are now renting Lunaris. Each month, for the duration of your plan, you automatically receive an invoice from PayPal by email. When the plan ends, you have rented-to-own Lunaris and no further payments are to be made, you are now owning the license of Lunaris. More info and details about the plans, at the purchase section.



Lunaris, Unparalleled Pads



Lunaris v1.5 is a pad instrument, containing pads only from classic analog pads to lush ambient pads, cinematic pads and any pads in between including 30 original Luftrum pads from the Prophet-6. Lunaris also contains sequenced pads, underscoring elements and a selection of dark, avantgarde and obscure pads. Lunaris is 4.5GB and ships with over 500 presets created by world-class sound designers such as Arksun, Bigtone, Himalaya, Luftrum, Sonic Underworld, Martin Walker, Adam Pietruszko, Twolegs Toneworks and Brandon Clark .

At the heart of Lunaris are 2700 meticulously hand trimmed samples, collected in over 200 sound sources of multisampled pads, field recordings, synth transients and soundscapes available to mix, sculpt and shape into the perfect pad structure.

Not only is Lunaris a dream pad machine, it is also a full bodied creative tool that can excel at anything from soundscapes to synth leads, as well as drones and organic textures, complementing both the producer, composer and the sound designer.

Lunaris is licensed to and made for the free Kontakt Player so the full version of Kontakt is not required. It will run without limits in the free Kontakt Player or the full version of Kontakt v5.6.8 or later, and can be loaded directly in your DAW as any other plugin, no other software is needed to run Lunaris. It will also load in Propellerhead Reason 9.5 and later, which adds VST to Reason. Lunaris is NKS ready and designed for use with Komplete Kontrol and Machine.

Magazine Reviews

n November 2017 issue of Sound On Sound, Lunaris received a 5-star review by John Walden, quote: ”Lunaris is very impressive. There are some beautifully deep and involving sounds here. Given what’s on offer, it is also very competitively priced…” – Sound On Sound, November 17.

Read there full review here

Beat Magazine, January 18. In the 02/2018 issue of Beat Magazine, Lunaris received 5 out of 6 stars, quote: ”Lunaris shine as a powerful creative tool for atmospheric and impressively rhythmic pads. In addition to the great sound and the high degree of flexibility, the inviting, intuitive user interface is also to be positively emphasized…” –

Raborn Johnson reviewed Lunaris for Sample Library Review, quote: ”Lunaris gives you the ability to create your own pads, either through a simple randomization process, or by using the complex, yet intuitive, Kontakt interface that goes way beyond the normal ADSR controls. Lunaris packs a serious pad-punch! ” – Sample Library Review, January 18. Read there full review here .

StrongMocha awarded Lunaris 5/5 stars, quote: ”Lunaris is the leading pad machine with outstanding material and presets to allow you quickly to shape pads you need for your scoring. It sounds beautiful and combines analog, ambient, thick, lush, and cinematic pads into pure sound ecstasy. ” – StrongMocha, January 18. Read the full review here .

David Keenum reviewed Lunaris for SoundBytes Music Magazine, quote: ”I’m impressed by this instrument. I like the layout of the UI and the ability to quickly edit or create a preset. I think the sound sources stand well on their own, and get even better when they are combined into presets. And I really love the analog-sounding sound sources. But Lunaris is not dated or 80’s sounding. If you are a media composer or someone who needs pads and interesting sound beds, I would recommend you take a look at this instrument… ” – SoundBytes Music Magazine, March 2019. Read the full review here.



The User Interface



The user interface is designed to be straight forward and user friendly, consisting of four identical layers (A, B, C and D) that can load one of 200 sound sources from multisampled pads to field recordings, synth transients or soundscapes.

Each layer has direct access to the most common controls and further access to individual parameters and effects in the bottom part of the interface. The sound can also be shaped with two new and innovative features such as the Filter Split and the Flux Motion described below. The interface is further described in the user manual that comes with Lunaris.



FILTER SPLIT

Below the Time Stop knob you find the Filter Split button which is a new and innovative feature that sorts all the active filters in different bands, preventing low rumble and any clashing of frequencies between layers .

When layers are competing for the same frequency range it can lead to muddiness and sound that doesn’t shine through or sit well in a mix. Filter Split creates new distinctive filter setups for each of the active layers, making space and room for other frequencies.

Use Filter Split to create new pads based on smart filter algorithms alone. Each click on the Filter Split button generates a new original split. Click reset and the filters are reset back to original state.

FLUX MOTION

Flux Motion is a slow and random modulation that runs side by side with the user defined modulation under mod/seq. Activate Flux Motion by dialing one of the knobs and subtle random motion will affect the filter cutoff, the amplitude and the panning of the active layer via an algorithm of random low-frequency oscillation. With Flux Motion the user cannot affect the change and dynamics over time – experience the beauty of unpredictable and ethereal modulation. Clicking ‘Generate’ will change the underlying low-frequency algorithm behind the modulation, applying new subtle motion to the parameters.

The Presets & Sound Sources



Lunaris ships with over 500 presets. Click on the vid to the left to hear an audio demo of some of the presets, a walkthrough of 30 included presets that comes with Lunaris.

Lunaris also contains 200 different sound sources to be loaded into each of the four layers. These can combined, mixed and saved as your own preset creation.

100 of the sound sources are multisampled pads and 30 of them are original Luftrum pads from the Prophet-6. The other 100 sound sources are divided into these three groups:



Field Recordings of mother nature, ranging from calm ocean waves to radio fallouts from the ionosphere to forest drones, binaural rain, quiet mountain gusts, hydrophone recordings, airport atmosphere to cracking ice cape experiments with contact mics recorded by field recordists Luftrum, Felix Blume and Jez Riley French. Synth Transients are transients adding harmonics to the initial start of the sound and can range from bell-like timbres to short synth plucks over softer fading synth leads. Synth Soundscapes are synthesizer based textures, soundscapes and sustained mellow beds of synthscapes.

Everything got a fundamental frequency, from the atmosphere in a forest to the ocean waves. The field recordings in Lunaris are tuned to a seldom heard harmony with the multisampled pads. You can play the recordings in tune with the pads or you can play them isolated, as aesthetic recordings of forgotten realms and places – from the lava beaches of Iceland to the coastal sea of Australia over city fences recorded with contact microphones to glittering radio fallouts of the ionosphere.



January 2018: Lunaris v1.2 update



Lunaris is updated to v1.2 with 150 new presets and a new optional graphic user interface. The new presets are created by Michael Lyon and range from deep lush pads to organic nature pads to light, glittering, 90s inspired fantasy pads with memories to the D-50 era and early digital hardware synths.

The new and optional GUI (user interface or skin if you prefer) is created by Satya Choudhury in a classic dark synth theme that is both elegant and easy on the eyes. The new GUI can quickly be activated and switched back again, by clicking the Lunaris logo.

July 2019: 100 new pads with v1.5 update

Lunaris is updated to version 1.5 with 100 brand new pads created by Stephan Baer from the Sonic Underworld label, bringing the total amount of pads in Lunaris to over 500 presets. The update is fully NKS compatible and completely free for all Lunaris users. Existing customers have received the update in their mailbox.

The new pads are very suitable for cinematic and filmscore, ranging from light to dark, from dramatic and slightly distorted pads to lush, bright and subtle stringpads and all created with a focus on CPU usage. Listen to the demo below demonstrating 14 of the 100 new pads.

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Lunaris Specs



✓ 500 presets by pristine sound designers

✓ NKS ready for Komplete Kontrol and Machine

✓ 200 high quality multisampled 24Bit sound sources

✓ No need for the full version of Kontakt

✓ Loads in the free Kontakt Player without limitations

✓ No other software needed to play Lunaris

✓ Flux Motion, Modulation and Effect Chain per layer

✓ Create, mix, sculpt and save your own pads

✓ 16-page PDF User Manual included

✓ Crossgrade to the full version of Kontakt and save!

Lunaris $159



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Lunaris rent-to-own plans

Lunaris rent-to-own, 3 month plan. $39 paid now with immediate access to Lunaris. 3 x monthly payments of $40 by PayPal. You will automatically be notified by email each month. Only works with PayPal through direct checkout below.

Lunaris rent-to-own, 6 month plan. $39 paid now with immediate access to Lunaris. 6 x monthly payments of $20 by PayPal. You will automatically be notified by email each month. Only works with PayPal through direct checkout below.



After order you receive a serial number via email. Contact us if you have not received your serial an hour after placing the order. Check spam and junk folder before contact. Lunaris requires Kontakt v5.6.8 or later or the free Kontakt Player. Download the free Kontakt Player via this link (click). Mac OS 10.9 or higher, Windows 7 or higher, 8GB RAM is recommended (4GB minimum). Lunaris is a download only product, no physical shipping will take place.



RENTING TERMS: As long as the plan is in progress, you are renting Lunaris and entitled to use Lunaris and get all minor upgrades for free along with full product support. When the plan is completed your rental period stops and you are then owning the license and entitled to a price reduced upgrade to Lunaris 2 and also allowed to transfer your Lunaris license to another user. If the plan becomes incomplete or unpaid, all your rights above will be terminated and Lunaris must be deleted from your system.





Audio Demos and YouTube walkthroughs

