ALLUVIAL

Sound World

The sonic identity of ALLUVIAL is rooted in organic formation — layers building gradually, materials interweaving, and textures evolving through subtle motion.

Its foundation comes from a carefully recorded ensemble of acoustic instruments, captured to emphasise breath, bow, resonance, and collective movement rather than individual performance.

Source material includes:

• A small woodwind ensemble featuring alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, and bass clarinet

• Brass textures built from horns and euphonium

• Upright piano, recorded for resonance and harmonic weight

• A small string section, focused on sustained tone and evolving movement

• A compact choir, used texturally rather than traditionally

These sources are not presented as solo instruments. Instead, they are layered, combined, and shaped into cohesive textural formations — sounds that feel grown rather than constructed.

The resulting material prioritises:

• layer over gesture

• flow over impact

• cohesion over fragmentation

Textures range from restrained, gently shifting ambiences to dense, harmonically rich formations created through accumulation rather than aggression. Movement remains slow, continuous, and controlled — designed to support long-form scoring, ambient work, and detailed textural composition.

Instrument Architecture

ALLUVIAL features a four-sampler engine, designed to support complex organic layering while remaining intuitive and playable.

Each sampler operates independently, with its own gain, pan, envelope, filtering, saturation, and playback controls. Rather than forcing contrast, the system allows sounds to merge, overlap, and reinforce one another naturally.

The result is an instrument capable of subtle evolution or deep, multi-layered density, without sacrificing clarity or control.

XY Pad Performance System

At the heart of ALLUVIAL is its XY Pad, acting as the primary performance interface.

Unlike a traditional blend control:

• Two samplers are mapped across the X-axis

• Two samplers are mapped across the Y-axis

This structure allows organic blending and warping between paired sound sources, while retaining full individual control over each sampler. Movement across the pad causes layers to merge, separate, and rebalance, producing textures that evolve continuously and organically.

Dynamic XY Pad Motion

ALLUVIAL includes an optional motion system for the XY Pad, enabling automatic, evolving movement across the sound field.

Motion controls include:

• Motion On / Off

• Speed — from slow, drifting motion to more active movement

• Range / Intensity — subtle variation or wider exploratory motion

This system:

• Adds organic evolution without the need for automation

• Keeps manual control fully available at all times

• Is ideal for long-form ambiences, evolving beds, and generative textures

Creative Philosophy

ALLUVIAL is built around formation rather than force.

A sound begins as something recognisable, then slowly becomes something else — not through destruction, but through accumulation, overlap, and time. Small changes compound into larger transformations.

It is designed to be:

• Immediately usable for cinematic scoring

• Deep enough for extended exploration

• Expressive without becoming chaotic

ALLUVIAL rewards patience and interaction, allowing textures to evolve naturally within a performance or composition.

Key Features

• Four-sampler organic texture engine

• XY Pad performance system with paired sampler mapping

• Dynamic XY Pad motion with speed and range control

• Independent gain and pan per sampler

• ADSR envelopes per sampler

• Filters and saturation per sampler

• Waveform display with adjustable playback range

• Reverse playback per sampler

• Built-in convolution reverb with multiple IRs

• Built-in delay with tempo sync

• Designed for evolving, organic textures and layers

• VST / AU plugin — no Kontakt required

• macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon) / Windows 10+