SPLINTERED: Cello
The Third Instrument in the Splintered Series
A cello pulled apart and pieced back together through modern processing and raw performance.
Splintered Cello explores the darker, grittier edges of this classic instrument — captured intimately, pushed through distortion, layered with breath, grain and bow noise. It’s fragile. It’s fierce. It’s full of unexpected life.
Like the rest of the Splintered series, this library walks the line between traditional performance and experimental sound design — ready for cinematic scoring, ambient composition, or sonic ruin.
The Cello Panel
A collection of expressive long textures and percussive shorts built from extended cello techniques, played on the bridge, tailpiece and harmonics as well as shorts played on the bridge, traditional pizzicato and short harmonics.
The FX Panel
Borrowing the layout from Splintered Soundboard, this panel provides a set of bold and cinematic sound design elements including Hits, forceful strikes on the cello body and strings. Bends, downward pitch-bending phrases. Risers, gradual rising textures built from raw recordings and Whoosh, designed whoosh effects made from acoustic cello gestures.
The Scapes Panel
A deep dive into abstract cello manipulations and evolving textures, featuring unstable, textured long tones from bowing the bridge. Odd, unpredictable cello phrases and moments. Random pitch slides, dramatic and expressive. Rhythmic and chaotic body taps. Bouncy, random ricochet bow techniques and evolving, processed versions of the long tones
The Third Instrument in the Splintered Series
A cello pulled apart and pieced back together through modern processing and raw performance.
Splintered Cello explores the darker, grittier edges of this classic instrument — captured intimately, pushed through distortion, layered with breath, grain and bow noise. It’s fragile. It’s fierce. It’s full of unexpected life.
Like the rest of the Splintered series, this library walks the line between traditional performance and experimental sound design — ready for cinematic scoring, ambient composition, or sonic ruin.
The Cello Panel
A collection of expressive long textures and percussive shorts built from extended cello techniques, played on the bridge, tailpiece and harmonics as well as shorts played on the bridge, traditional pizzicato and short harmonics.
The FX Panel
Borrowing the layout from Splintered Soundboard, this panel provides a set of bold and cinematic sound design elements including Hits, forceful strikes on the cello body and strings. Bends, downward pitch-bending phrases. Risers, gradual rising textures built from raw recordings and Whoosh, designed whoosh effects made from acoustic cello gestures.
The Scapes Panel
A deep dive into abstract cello manipulations and evolving textures, featuring unstable, textured long tones from bowing the bridge. Odd, unpredictable cello phrases and moments. Random pitch slides, dramatic and expressive. Rhythmic and chaotic body taps. Bouncy, random ricochet bow techniques and evolving, processed versions of the long tones
The Third Instrument in the Splintered Series
A cello pulled apart and pieced back together through modern processing and raw performance.
Splintered Cello explores the darker, grittier edges of this classic instrument — captured intimately, pushed through distortion, layered with breath, grain and bow noise. It’s fragile. It’s fierce. It’s full of unexpected life.
Like the rest of the Splintered series, this library walks the line between traditional performance and experimental sound design — ready for cinematic scoring, ambient composition, or sonic ruin.
The Cello Panel
A collection of expressive long textures and percussive shorts built from extended cello techniques, played on the bridge, tailpiece and harmonics as well as shorts played on the bridge, traditional pizzicato and short harmonics.
The FX Panel
Borrowing the layout from Splintered Soundboard, this panel provides a set of bold and cinematic sound design elements including Hits, forceful strikes on the cello body and strings. Bends, downward pitch-bending phrases. Risers, gradual rising textures built from raw recordings and Whoosh, designed whoosh effects made from acoustic cello gestures.
The Scapes Panel
A deep dive into abstract cello manipulations and evolving textures, featuring unstable, textured long tones from bowing the bridge. Odd, unpredictable cello phrases and moments. Random pitch slides, dramatic and expressive. Rhythmic and chaotic body taps. Bouncy, random ricochet bow techniques and evolving, processed versions of the long tones
WOUNDED. WOODEN. WILD.
Creative Controls
Both panels feature our signature Shape engine, giving you hands-on control to sculpt the sound in seconds:
Colour – Add tape saturation and rotary-style effects
Width – Dial in stereo image
Intensity – Push into hotter saturation
Attack & Release – Shape the envelope
Delay & Time – Sync and spread your echoes
Reverb – Space out your sound
Snapshots
Comes loaded with 20 curated snapshots, ranging from soft, breathy textures to total tonal chaos. Designed for composers, sound designers, and those hunting for the in-between spaces.
Requirements
Full version of Kontakt 6.8.0 or above is required
(Will not work with the free Kontakt Player)Mac or PC
1.5GB disk space required
Installing Snapshots
To install the included snapshots:
Copy the “Splintered Clarinet” folder found inside the Snapshots folder of your download.
Navigate to your User Snapshots folder, usually found here:
Mac:
Users/YourName/Documents/Native Instruments/User Content/Kontakt/Windows:
Documents/Native Instruments/User Content/Kontakt/
Paste the “Splintered Clarinet” folder inside.
Restart Kontakt if it’s already open, and your snapshots will now appear in the snapshot menu.
