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57 Q2 2019 / CINEMONTAGE REFORMER PRO While it's more or less clear what Weaponiser, Igniter and Dehumaniser can accomplish, Reformer Pro is more elusive. According to the description on the Krotos website, Reformer Pro allows sound designers, producers, musicians and performers to design, automate and perform any sound in real time. While that sounds good, it doesn't really tell us much, so let's take a deeper look. With Reformer Pro, you can trigger sounds in sound libraries with other sounds in real time. For example, a clap can trigger breaking glass or a human voice can trigger a leopard's roar. The triggering sounds can be pre-recorded or they can come from a live source like a mic. They can also be midi. In other words, Reformer lets you turn your sound libraries into performable sound palettes that, along with its controls, can be used to make and perform a wide variety of complex sound effects. Reformer Pro ships with the Krotos Bundle, which includes over 3.8 GB of high-fidelity sound libraries like Bengal Tiger, Electronic, Leather Foley, Fruit and Vegetable Collection and more. Suppose you wanted to generate the sounds of a rustling leather jacket by crumpling up a piece of paper. Reformer Pro lets you do that. In addition, you can blend and control up to four libraries in real time with Reformer Pro's X/Y pad by dragging around a marker. The closer the marker gets to the corners, the more it will blend towards that sound. The closer the marker gets to the middle, the more it will blend all four of the sounds together (see Figure 4). CONCLUSION Krotos Audio's Sound Design Bundle 2 is an incredibly versatile suite of tools that offers impressive levels of control and creative possibilities for those producing sound effects for film and TV, whether it's vehicles with Igniter Full Tank, guns and weapons with Weaponiser Fully Loaded, monsters and creatures with Dehumaniser 2, or sound design and Foley with Reformer Pro. Aside from gigabytes of included sounds that work with the software, Krotos Audio's plug-ins are remarkably deep and elegantly implemented, and offer endless customizations and explorations. It's pretty obvious that professional sound designers will find Krotos Audio's Sound Design Bundle 2 to be a useful tool in their work. For more information, visit www.krotosaudio.com/ products/sound-design-bundle-2. f Bundle of Sounds CONTINUED FROM PAGE 52 TECH TIPS With Reformer Pro, you can trigger sounds in sound libraries with other sounds in real time.