Audio Reward Seurat

Virtual Instrument for Kontakt Full

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Types of proof

Student

Student ID Card, Letter of enrollment, or similar

Teacher/Lecturer

Teacher ID Card, Lecturer ID Card, Payslip, Letter from the school/college

Education proof is submitted to the manufacturer and is accepted at their discretion.


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iLok is a copy protection method used by many of our brands.

It has 3 types of activations, iLok USB, iLok Machine, and iLok Cloud.

Different brands/products will offer different iLok methods. iLok USB is always an option, but the availability of iLok Cloud and iLok Machine methods is at the discretion of the software developer.


iLok Account

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iLok License Manager

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You can download the latest installers from the iLok website: ilok.com/#!home


iLok USB Key

iLok USB

This activation is stored on an iLok 2 or 3 USB key.

It is the best option for portability, if you frequently move between multiple machines, and offline use.


iLok Machine ID

Machine ID

This activation is stored locally on your computer.

While this is a convenient way to work offline, and does not require the additional cost of an iLok USB, there is the risk of a license being lost in the case of a drive failure.

This option also requires extra care when you upgrade to a new computer, the license(s) must be deactivated on your old machine first to ensure you do not lose them.


iLok Cloud

iLok Cloud

This activation is based online, and requires a "cloud session" using the iLok License Manager.

It requires an active internet connection for the entire time you use the plugin(s).


Seurat offers an unconventional collection of sounds for movie scoring and sound design.

Seurat is the first instrument to use Audio Reward's AGRA engine (Advanced Grain Recombination Architecture).

Essentially this is a highly-customizable granular synthesis engine, used across the two complementary voices.

Seurat allows you to manipulate the normal granular controls - grain size, grain frequency, attack and release of each grain, and sample position but also adds a range of additional parameter controls for things like grain gain (volume), grain position variation (movement), the space between grains and the symmetry of grain positions in the audio flow offering a range of interesting and often unique outcomes.

Seurat includes 707 samples, 81 selectable sound sources, and 175 snapshots, each grouped into separate folders for easy access.



Included Instruments

Violin

  • Mesh fabric fastened flush to the bow, creating a gritty, broken sound (used for a variety of "articulations" such as tremolo and harmonics)
  • Felt fabric fastened near the bridge to create a softened/muted sound (most notably for "Soft Violin" but other sounds as well)
  • Attaching metal and other materials to the strings to achieve a different sound ("paperclip violin")
  • And more...

Electric & Acoustic Guitar

  • Homemade soft guitar picks or soft "found" material for the normal picked sounds
  • Felt fabric and other fabrics used to mute guitar harmonics
  • A technique used for the "moving" plucked and harmonic sounds was to move where I was plucking the string in order to create a different tone across the time of the sample
  • Isolating and amplifying reverb tails
  • Notes generated only from vibrating the strings with the left hand and fingers, no plucking ("ghost guitar")
  • Notes generated only from a hammeron and then turning the volume knob up ("volumation")
  • And more...

Bass Guitar

  • Normal bowed
  • Mesh fabric bowed (similar to the violin, but not as "tonal")
  • Bowed in a "sweet spot" near the bridge in order to create a gritty, harmonic-like, dark sound (these are the "Gritty Harmonic" sounds)

Piano

  • Muted pedal sustain (pretty basic)
  • Muted on and off with fabric (at the strings) while rapidly pressing the keys
  • Muted pedal sustain pressing keys rapidly with a varying degree of dynamics
  • Live performance of rapidly playing different intervals (octaves and whole tones, "octave etude" and "debussy's dream" respectively)
  • And more...

Mandolin

  • Bowed
  • Multiple strings tuned to same note and plucked together ("mandolin unison plucked")
  • Basic pluck with a home-made "cardboard" pick
  • Fidget spinner
  • And more...

Ukelele

  • "Flamenco" style plucked - using 4 fingers and rapidly plucking the same string
  • "Brushing" notes with felt fabric

System Requirements

  • Native Instruments Kontakt Full 5.8.1 and above (NOT Kontakt Player)
  • MacOS 10.11 El Capitan and above
  • Windows 7 and above (32 and 64-bit)
  • Intel or AMD CPU

User Manual

Crossgrade Proof

This crossgrade is for owners of a competing DAW. To prove your DAW ownership, we require that you upload proof in the form of an image/PDF.


Types of proof

A copy of your purchase receipt for the original license or the most recent update/upgrade

A screenshot of your product registration

A photo of your package (either CD/DVD or printed manual), with the unique serial number included in the photo.