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51 Q2 2019 / CINEMONTAGE TECH TIPS shields, hand-to-hand combat, body falls, impacts and more. Sound Design Bundle 2 also includes Dehumaniser 2, which allows you to create monster and creature sounds (as well as robotic- sounding voices) using either pre- recorded audio or your own voice in real time. Reformer Pro, another interesting plug-in found in the Sound Design Bundle 2, allows you to trigger sound effects libraries with other sounds and blend them together. It comes with the Krotos Bundle 1 library, a large collection of sound libraries that work with Reformer Pro. The important thing to realize about Krotos Audio is that the company doesn't just create libraries of sounds, but rather, sophisticated software to craft your sound design with remarkable levels of control, precision and almost unlimited creative possibilities. IGNITER FULL TANK Let's start with Igniter Full Tank, Krotos' plug-in that allows you to create practically any real- world or sci-fi vehicle and engine sound effect, whether it's sports cars, motorbikes, airplanes, helicopters, spacecraft or more. There are audio assets for a large amount of vehicles, such as Aston Martin, Porsche, Tesla, Harley Davidson, Boeing CH-47 Chinook or Bombardier Challenger. There are also 75 GB of additional library content like skids, slides and Foley sounds. Recordings come from Watson Wu, the Recordist, Sounding Sweet, George Vlad, Echo Peak and Flysound (a full list of assets are available on the Krotos Audio website; see below). All those professionally recorded sounds are important to the way the plug-in works, but again, don't think that Igniter is merely an editing system that lets you splice together or simply combine sound libraries. It's far more sophisticated than that. Igniter has four different sound generators, which can be layered together to form limitlessly complex vehicles. Aside from a collection of sounds of engines and exhausts, there is a capable synthesis module that's useful for sci-fi vehicles (see Figure 1). Every generator can have up to five effects, including equalizers, compressors and limiters, as well as sci-fi effects such as flangers and ring modulators. In the Mod section, you can drag any parameter into a graph-like area, which allows you to modify sounds and trigger events based on how fast the engine revs. Of course, it is difficult to describe all this verbally. Instead, be sure to watch the Igniter walkthrough video found on the company's website. Not only will it explain the Mod system, it demonstrates how powerful and deep this plug-in really is. Engine revving can be automated in your DAW, based on the performance of the vehicle in the video. WEAPONISER FULLY LOADED Weaponiser is Krotos Audio's plug-in for designing practically any kind of weapon you can imagine. To make the plug-in, an amazing amount Top, Figure 2: Each sound generator in Weaponiser Fully Loaded has multiple sound banks that can be layered together to create complex weapon sounds. There's also an area where you can offset the start time of each generator. Above, Figure 3: Dehumaniser 2 takes a node-based approach to creating all manner of creature, monster and robotic voices. It is great for sci-fi and fantasy projects.