《ThePhonoLoop – themkI v1.1.0》是一款以 1970 年代经典电动机械键盘为灵感核心的 Kontakt 音源库，通过 16 层动态采样与真实机械杂音，捕捉这台古老乐器的每一丝“缺陷之美”。不仅如此，开发团队还利用 Eurorack 模块、磁带循环、物理建模合成等方式对原始素材进行再创造，额外制作出 60 种声音设计源，为声音探索提供丰富延展性。整个音源运行在支持 MPE 的双核心粒子引擎之上，兼顾渐进演化与即时控制，适合构建氛围感十足、质感独特的电子或实验音乐作品。
该音源包含超过 12,000 个采样、500 组预设，并支持双层独立调制、粒子播放与步进音序器编辑功能。你可以将其视为一个可深度挖掘的声音“实验室”，既可演奏出温暖复古的复音乐句，也能实现颗粒化微循环等高级音色表现。采样内容包括三种录音来源（干净直录、两台老式卡带机）、真实机械动作、踏板噪声与多类别环境噪音，为声音注入鲜活人性与年代质感。如果你热衷探索模拟颗粒、复古氛围与声音纹理的极限，《themkI》将是一件令人惊喜的声音创作工具。
The Phonoloop themkI v1.1.0 KONTAKT – 9,6 GB
A canvas for exploring the beautiful imperfections of an old machine
An electro-mechanical keyboard classic from the ’70s with 16 dynamic layers, and a set of 60 additional sound design sources created by mangling the original material using Eurorack modules and tape loops, embellished with resonators and physical modelling synthesis.
All of this is housed in an MPE-compatible sound engine with two independent looping / granular cores, designed for both slow, evolving textures and fast bursts of sound. Further expandable by loading your own samples.
Go ahead, embark on an adventure far from well-worn paths.
An exploration of a 70s classic
We’ve long wanted to capture the essence of this electro-mechanical classic – and by essence, we mean all the mechanical clicks, noises, and beautiful imperfections of a machine over 50 years old.
At first, we saw it as a natural evolution of our Cassette series, taken few steps further: 16 dynamic layers, release and mechanical samples – all still passed through tape in the end. Then, out of curiosity, we loaded the raw samples into the Tapes engine and started playing around – and it quickly became clear how we should shape its final form.
The result? A deeply sampled, expressive instrument – a playground of evolving textures, all housed in a sound engine built for discovery and experimentation.
Just the way we like it.
Two independent granular engines
While themkI builds on the engine introduced in Tapes.01, it’s not meant to be version 2. Instead, it takes things in a different direction, better suited to the sampled material.
Animated mode (known as Swarm mode in Tapes) now features polyphonic modulation, with each layer running on its own independent engine (which also makes it MPE compatible). This setup allows you to combine standard polyphonic playback (Single mode) with sequenced / granular, two Single modes or two sequenced / granular.
We’ve also introduced a system of instrument modes, 16 at the moment, designed to keep things simple and fun while still encouraging deep sound exploration.
Two independent sequencers
Each layer has its own 16-step sequencer, available in both Animated and Single mode, where it can act as a voice-specific modifier. For example, you can set it to play one sound source on notes 1–3, another on notes 4–6, shift every third note up an octave, reverse every fifth note, detune the last few notes, or set a unique sample start position per note. The list goes on.
Another example, first layer might play single notes with a classic ’70s soul vibe, while the second is faded in via the mod wheel or an MPE controller, scanning through the waveform in a granular fashion or playing micro-loops with duration and position set by the voice sequencer / modifier.
Update 1.1
Version 1.1 brings sharper contrast for better visibility, along with new GUI colour options. Customise the look using the new menu in the top-right corner of the Options section.
It took a lot of work, plenty of trips back to the drawing board, and a good dose of nerdy joy to bring this instrument to life – and we genuinely hope it’ll inspire you as much as it inspires us.
Feel free to check out the videos below, where we show a few ways to work with the instrument.
DI
Captured clean through a Universal Audio tube preamp and Apogee Symphony. Pristine sound that’s perfect for catching every little imperfection.
Deck A
Recorded on an old cassette deck used in schools, adding noticeable noise (especially on the transients) and a little bit of saturation.
Deck B
Captured using a malfunctioning old Polish Unitra cassette recorder (the same we used in our Cassette series), introducing a healthy dose of wow and flutter, along with other tape imperfections.
Specifications
– 10.50GB Size (after NCW compression)
– 500 Presets
– 12507 Samples
– Main sources:
+ clean (DI through tube preamp) plus two recorded on different cassette decks (deck A, deck B)
+ 16 dynamic layers
+ 16 dynamic layers release samples
– Mechanical samples:
+ 6 dynamic layers
+ 6 dynamic layers release samples
+ 4x round robins
+ additional pedal noise samples with 4x round robins
– Sound design sources:
+ 60 sound sources in 7 categories: stacked, tape loop, pulses, mechanical, slices and one shot
up to 5 dynamic layers
+ Noise samples
– 126 noise samples in 5 categories: hardware, tape loops, vinyl, industrial and natural
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