Symphobia 4: Pandora's 'pulses' are looped short-note repetitions which generate an instant propulsive groove from one key press. The pulses have a great, tight feel, start positively and stay rock solid throughout, making them an ideal tool for cinematic rhythm underscoring. Built-in light on-beat accents help impart forward momentum. Played staccato in quarter, eighth and 16th note sub-divisions (each of which has a triplet option) and sync'ed to your song tempo, these looped short-note repetitions generate an instant propulsive groove from one key press. Pulse RateĪ major feature of S4 is its 'pulses'. To this end, Symphobia 4 (henceforth called S4) provides a big-sounding, dramatic set of orchestral risers, falls, pulses, clusters, effects, playable articulations and percussion in a 74GB package which runs on Kontakt and Kontakt Player 6.1 and up. While this did the poor woman's reputation no good at all, it does at least provide ProjectSAM with an apt title for a sample collection which purports to explore the dark side. As everyone knows, in Greek mythology Pandora opened a box releasing all the evils of humanity (arguably not her fault, it should have been properly labelled).
The fourth instalment of the popular cinematic series is Symphobia 4: Pandora. The Utrecht-based company hit on a winning formula with this product range, details of which are shown in the box below. The latest entry in ProjectSAM's Symphobia series promises heart-stopping thrills, terrifying sci-fi action and nerve-jangling horror.ĭespite being part of the orchestral sample library furniture for more than a decade, ProjectSAM's Symphobia titles still rank highly.