Ikarus Sounddesign
Ikarus has been crafting sounds for synthesizers and samplers since 1986 — starting on hardware legends like the Roland SH-101, Moog Voyager, Sequential OB-6, Deckard’s Dream, Clavia Nord Lead and Ensoniq ASR-10. Over the past decade his focus has shifted to software instruments, programming fresh, organic and otherworldly sounds. Below are some of his personal and collaborative libraries.
Signature Soundsets
Ikarus’ own libraries — ethno-electronic textures, organic instruments and synthesis.
154 breathtaking organic-electronic patches for Omnisphere 2.6 — from didgeridoos to duduks, droning organic synths, pulsing rhythms, soundscapes and new wavetable sounds.
- Patches154
- Multis32
- New soundsources44
- RequiresOmnisphere 2.0+
Four Bansuri Indian flute presets (plus manual) for expressive play on the Roli Seaboard — including breath-controller and slider-based expression versions.
- Presets4 + manual
- ControllerRoli Seaboard
- PluginAudioModeling Flutes
European Sound Collective · ESC
Ikarus is part of the European Sound Collective — a group of sound designers from around the world creating libraries for Spectrasonics Omnisphere. A selection of ESC libraries Ikarus contributed to:
The ESC’s 5th library: 197 patches built from 125 new samples of Behringer Neutron semi-modular analog synths — every patch also in Unify format, plus 18 bonus Unify patches.
More InfoA collaboration with Grammy-winning Eric Mouquet of Deep Forest, crafted from his personal samples — 119 presets, 20 multis and 113 soundsources.
More InfoA special collection programmed by 16 members of the European Sound Collective — Ikarus among them — and gifted to PlugInGuru. 250 patches and 50 soundsources spanning a wide range of genres.
More Info256 patches, 50 multis and 45 new samples for Omnisphere 2.5 — created by 15 world-class programmers (Ikarus among them), each crafting sounds around their own personal passions.
More InfoA huge cinematic, ambient and soundtrack library — 964 patches, multis & soundsources for Omnisphere 2.1+, built from creatively processed found-sound recordings by 14 programmers from around the globe.
More Info128 patches and 93 multis built on 330 newly recorded viola samples (15 articulations from vibrato to pizzicato) for Omnisphere 2.4+ — a lush, emotional string library for film scores, ambient and beyond.
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