New: MNTRA Instruments Now Available at Toolfarm
Toolfarm is proud to offer the full line of MNTRA’s unique animistic virtual instruments. Designed with performance in mind, these instruments allow the user to control a deep network of sonic parameters with an animated scene.
Breathe new life into your music with MNTRA Instruments
MNTRA instruments require the use of the free MNDALA 2 Engine, a multi-dimensional audio engine built for the future. MNDALA is built to use our ultrasonic samples recorded at 32bit/384Khz and play at an industry-leading 24bit/96Khz within all VST3/AU compatible DAW’s. This allows for extreme pitching and manipulation of the sounds while retaining a resolution never before available in this form. MNDALA’s complex sound design possibilities combined with our pristinely recorded samples open up entirely new worlds of sonic expression.
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MNTRA Instruments Arca
Interdimensional Strings Suite
MNTRA Instruments Arca is an Interdimensional Strings Suite inspired by sci-fi and ancient cultures.
Dark and ancient string textures captured at MNTRA’s legendary Montreal RCA Victor studio. Creatively processed and warped to offer a wide range of expressive otherworldly sounds; from dystopian clusters to dark & ethereal textures. The Suite includes 85 presets sculpted by our award-winning sound designers, 35 instrument sample maps, and intuitive animated 3-axis controls. Powered by the MNDALA engine.
Inside Arca
- 85 Presets
- 35 Individual Instruments
- Up to 29 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments Atma
Sacred Sounds Suite
Atma is our collection of sacred sound instruments obtained by our award-winning founder & composer, Brian D’Oliveira, during his many pilgrimages to holy sites around the world.
Ranging from ritual healing bells to pitched Aztec volcanic rocks, we creatively sampled these special instruments to explore the potential of our powerful Nonlinear Sound-Design Engine MNDALA 2.
By capturing the rich textures of these ancient instruments with our leading-edge ultrasonic sampling process, we allow you to explore their complex harmonics with a depth and clarity that was previously impossible.
Inside Atma
- 91 Presets
- 37 Individual Instruments
- Up to 30 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments Caprakan
The Earth's Ancient Voice
Caprakan reimagines ancient earthen sounds and shapes them into a myriad of unusual and inspiring instruments.
Including over 50 individual rare instrument sources, Caprakan fuses traditional instruments from Andean and Mesoamerican cultures with explorations of electronically-excited vibrating matter. Within these rare sources, you will discover deep percussion, expressive winds, detailed strings, and organic noise-like sources to give you a colorful foundation to conceive and design amazing music and sounds.
Inside Caprkan
- 100 Presets
- 50+ Instrument Sample Maps
- Up to 18 Round Robins
- Up to 3 Dynamic Layers
- Up to 4 Microphone Channels (close, far, vintage, resonant)
MNTRA Instruments Huracan
Wild Winds Awaken
Introducing Huracan, a gateway into a new world of winds and percussion inspired byMeosoamerican and Andean cultures. 11 rare and unique wind instruments are accompanied by 5 textural percussion sounds, giving you a complete, curated palette, ready to create breathtaking music.
Inside Huracan
- 40+ Presets
- 16 Individual Instruments
- Up to 20 Round Robins
- Up to 3 Dynamic Layers
- 3 Blendable Microphone Channels (Close, Far, and Vintage)
- 3 Custom FX (Auto Panner, Harmonic Tremolo, Metallic Verb)
MNTRA Instruments Kymera
Dark Sound Effects Redefined
Kymera is a macabre collection of haunted sounds for the next generation of horror. Building on years of R&D in creating custom instruments for award-winning horror video games and films, we spent weeks in the studio experimenting with unconventional sound objects and techniques to bring you a horror toolkit unlike any other.
Inspired by classic horror sound effects, this instrument is not for the faint of heart. Spanning the screeching tones of dry ice on metal, whining hurdy-gurdy drones, blood-curdling screams, the voice of our studio mascot Penny the french bulldog, and countless others; these sounds are a testament to our love for all things dark.
Inside Kymera
- 60 Presets
- 30 Individual Instruments
- Up to 14 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments Orakle
Multi-dimensional Dark Sounds Suite
Orakle is inspired by desolate landscapes and ancient aesthetics, by combining arcane instruments and techniques from medieval, nordic, and pan-Asian musical cultures. Our curated suite of strings, percussion, voices, and more blend together to forge a vast unique cinematic soundscape – enhanced by our multidimensional Sound Sculpture audio engine MNDALA 2.
Ranging from our powerful Tibetan Horns and Giant Concert Bass Drum to the grating wails of the Turkish Kabak Kemane and Treble Viola Da Gambas, Orakle creates a distinctly dark atmosphere.
Inside Orakle
- 45 Presets
- 31 Individual Instruments
- Up to 59 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments Orakle X
Dark Sounds Suite Expanded
Orakle X offers everything you need to make modern cinematic music inspired by ancient sounds. Informed by our passion for international instruments and techniques, Orakle X transcends place and time. It includes experimental string articulations, thunderous horns, flute clusters, overtone singing, a massive array of unique percussion, and so much more.
Orakle X expands on our original Orakle InstrumentFor an affordable, condensed collection of the Orakle X sounds, check out the original, Orakle!
Inside Orakle X
- 89 Presets
- 51 Individual Instruments
- Up to 59 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments Pripyat
Irradiated Synth Textures
Pripyat is our first foray into the world of synthetic textures, funneled through our idiosyncratic approach to sampling and sound design. With a focus on the cold and industrial character of some of our favorite synth-heavy scores, we derived the main source material from electromagnetic interference recorded at an electrical substation and unstable vintage analog synths processed by custom-made guitar pedals and eurorack modular.
These radioactive soundscapes are sure to add a new dimension to your palette — inspiring you and breathing new life into your music.
Inside Pripyat
- 60 Presets
- 10 Individual Instruments
- Up to 18 Round Robins
MNTRA Instruments UDW Ultrasonic Death Whistle X
The Dark Sounds of Aztec Death Whistles
Ultrasonic Death Whistle (UDW) was designed as an introduction to our powerful MNDALAEngine. The combination of these two opens the door for unparalleled creative possibilities and unlimited sound design.
Performed by our Founder – Composer & Multi-instrumentalist Brian D’Oliveira, UDW offers a window into our collection of rare pre-Columbian death whistles that were found during our research and development. Some of them were even handcrafted in our studio to expand creative sound possibilities, and many of these death whistles were featured in the production of multiple AwardWinning AAA Video Game soundtracks.
Inside Ultrasonic Death Whistle
- 17 Presets
- 13 Individual Instruments
- Up to 14 Round Robins
Try MNTRA Instruments for Free!
MNTRA offer 2 free instruments to give you a a taste of the vast creative possibilities that MNTRA’s unique instruments have to offer.
MNTRA Instruments Rasa (Free)
A free gateway into MNTRA's world of sound
Drawing from four of Mntra’s instruments, Rasa features four of our sample maps: the large Tibetan Horn (Orakle), the Morin khuur (Arca), Pitched Volcanic Rocks (Atma), and our “Viper” Death Whistle (UDW).
Rasa includes 20 expertly curated presets to get you started on the powerful sound sculpting possibilities of our dedicated VST/AU MNDALA 2 engine.
MNTRA Instruments Klavir (Free)
Your New Go-To Piano
Meet Klavir, a beautifully recorded Petrof upright piano offered to you for free. This already incredibly versatile piano truly comes into its own within our MNDALA 2 engine, where you can sculpt the source recordings into whatever shape you desire. Nostalgic keys, ambient pads, noisy drones, distorted synth-like sequences… you name it.
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