Native Instruments – Odes

🎵 Odes by Native Instruments – Narrative Through Rhythm 🌍✨

Compose Living Soundscapes That Move the Soul 🎶
Step into the rhythm of storytelling with Odes, the third chapter in Native Instruments’ acclaimed series following Lores and Fables. Crafted for composers and sound designers, Odes lets you weave musical stories through movement and emotion, blending traditional instruments with modern rhythmic expression.

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🌏 Bridge Musical Traditions

Bring the world together in your mix — from the ancient breath of the shakuhachi to the earthy strings of the nyckelharpa and the soulful cry of the kamancheh. Shape every nuance with smart tonal sculpting tools, balancing authenticity and innovation to create cinematic, living soundscapes.

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🧵 Weave Intricate Tales

Layer up to three instruments with three articulations each, giving you the power to design expressive textures that evolve in real time. From a whispering legato through the mirage to a tense marcato rising from the dunes, Odes lets you craft motion and depth like never before.

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⚡ Drive Your Stories Forward

Score dynamic, tempo-synced soundscapes that breathe life into your visuals. Whether it’s string and woodwind-based rhythmic loops or flowing melodic patterns, every note propels your story forward.

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🎚️ Immerse Your Audience

Transport listeners to new realms with built-in mic mixing, convolution reverb, and studio-quality recordings. Each sound in Odes carries the emotion, expression, and authenticity of master musicians — giving you cinematic textures ready for film, TV, and game scoring.

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🎹 Compose with Precision

Seamlessly integrated with Kontakt 8 and Native Kontrol Standard (NKS), Odes offers effortless performance with Kontrol keyboards. Use polyphonic aftertouch to shape volume, panning, filters, pitch, and modulation — all at your fingertips.

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✨ Key Features:

• 🌍 Diverse world instruments: Shakuhachi, Nyckelharpa, Kamancheh & more

• 🎵 Up to 3 instruments layered with 3 articulations each

• 🔄 Tempo-synced rhythmic loops

• 🎧 Built-in mic mixing & convolution reverb

• 🎹 Full Kontakt 8 & NKS integration

• 💫 Polyphonic aftertouch control

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🔥 Tell stories that move. Compose with rhythm. Create with Odes.