Colours: Animator

Laughing clarinets, jazzy staccatos, xylophone winks and trombone slides – Animator is a library dedicated to all things funny.

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Animator is a finely crafted homage to the golden days of animation scoring.

- Music Tech Magazine

Just updated to 2.0! A brand-new design, with greatly improved control over the features you need most. Update through the Native Access app.

Laughing clarinets, jazzy staccatos, xylophone winks and trombone slides – Colours: Animator is a library dedicated to all things funny. Instantly playable, ANIMATOR will become your go-to source when scoring cartoons, animated features, light games or sitcoms.

Animator, the first library of its kind, pays homage to the masters of animation scoring – Scott Bradley and Carl Stalling. Featuring an ensemble that consists of (bass) clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, contrabass, piano, harp and percussion, the library focuses on short, snappy and playable articulations, phrases and special effects. These recordings are grouped by action, with names such as ‘Wink Wink’, ‘Uh Oh’ and ‘Laughter’, enabling you to quickly find the sound you need.

Animator focuses on ensemble recordings, with differently arranged instrument combinations spread over the keyboard. A selection of articulations is also available for individual instruments, such as a laughing glissando played by just clarinet or trombone. Furthermore, a selection of cartoon sounds from SYMPHOBIA 3: LUMINA is included.

Animator supports the NKS standard, offering easy searching, Light Guide and hands-on parameter control for NI Komplete and/or Maschine users. The Animator interface allows for real-time mixing of the 3 mic positions, independent pitch and speed control, tempo syncing and on-the-fly octave shifting.

Animator is our most playable and – dare we say it – funniest library to date.

Key features

  • Aimed at cartoon, feature animation, light games and sitcoms
  • Instrument featured in arrangements: clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, contrabass, piano, harp & percussion and more
  • Instantly playable, pre-arranged articulations and effects
  • Select solo articulations and effects
  • 3 concert hall mic positions with real-time mixing
  • Tempo-synced runs & phrases
  • Free time-stretch control for majority of instruments
  • Tempo sync for runs and phrases
  • On-the-fly octave shifting (nudge instrument mapping left or right)
  • Contains a small selection of material from Symphobia 3: Lumina

Videos & Demos

2.0 Update Overview

Instruments

Patch listing

  • In Disguise
  • Syncy Winky
  • Tiptoe
  • Uh Oh
  • Keep it Short
  • Laughter
  • Glisses and Slides
  • Victory
  • Let’s Play Tag
  • Cartoon Percussion
  • Miscellaneous
  • Runs – Major and Wholetone
  • Runs – Chromatic
  • Phrases – Collection 1
  • Phrases – Collection 2
  • Phrases – Flea Circus
  • Phrases – Is It Jazz
  • Phrases – Big Band Chromatic Runs
  • Phrases – Big Band Chord Trills
  • Additional Cartoon Percussion
  • Cartoon Hits Collection
  • Loads of Birds
  • Ocarina

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Testimonials

Animator is a finely crafted homage to the golden days of animation scoring.

- Music Tech Magazine

Animator is so much fun. Nothing else like it has ever come along... So many unique and creative combinations of instruments and phrases.

- Shawn Patterson

Library specs

Recording location Concert hall
Mic positions 3
Audio pool size 5 GB (2.5 GB on disk)
Audio format 44.1 kHz 24 bit
Current library version 2.0
Kontakt Player license Yes
NKS support Yes
Copy protection Serial number activation

System requirements

Kontakt version 6.4.2 or higher
Mac macOS 10.12 or higher
Windows Windows 7 or higher
Minimum CPU i5 (i7 recommended)
Minimum RAM 4 GB
Supported plug-in interfaces Stand-alone, VST, AU, AAX
Internet connection Required for activation

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