Slate and Ash RUINS KONTAKT

《Slate and Ash RUINS》是一款极具实验精神的 Kontakt 虚拟乐器，围绕“电吉他如何在崩塌与记忆中重生”这一概念构建。由制作人 Randall Dunn 在 Circular Ruin Studios 录制与策划，RUINS 将传统电吉他解构成原始的声音颗粒与不稳定的回授回路，融合磁带循环、空间混响与层叠质感，形成独一无二的声音雕塑。它收录了来自六位先锋吉他艺术家（包括 Stephen O’Malley、Oren Ambarchi、David Torn 等）专属演奏片段，每一段都是对吉他作为“噪音与结构界面”的重新想象。

该音源不仅提供超过 250 组预设，还通过多采样引擎和单采样引擎，支持将吉他碎片重组为流动的和声体或节奏单元。使用者可调用高质量 DI、管放、弹簧混响以及在柏林 Funkhaus 音响大厅回放再录的信号，通过卷积引擎加载数十组精心制作的脉冲响应，实现从真实空间到抽象声场的跨维控制。配合 Asynchronous Looping（异步循环）机制，RUINS 的每一次触发都是一次不可预测的声音变异。

适用于氛围音乐、实验电子、前卫配乐或电影声景创作，RUINS 更像是一件声音的雕刻工具，鼓励创作者跳脱旋律、节奏的传统框架，走进“崩坏中的秩序”。它不仅是对吉他的一次重构实验，更是一种关于“声音作为物质”本质的哲学演绎。无论你是制作抽象声音拼贴，还是追求失真美学与空间张力，这款音源都将为你提供一套前所未有的声音语言系统。

Slate and Ash RUINS KONTAKT

KONTAKT – 20,34 GB

RUINS is a sonic excavation that transforms the electric guitar into a study of collapse, texture, and spatial memory. Featuring exclusive performances from six luminaries of the experimental guitar scene, it dissolves the guitar into unstable currents of raw signal and shimmering harmony.

GUITAR MONOLITHS
Recorded and curated by producer Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin Studios, RUINS deconstructs guitar textures into raw sonic material.
Built from the exclusive recordings of six experimental guitarists—Stephen O’Malley, Oren Ambarchi, David Torn, Bill Horist, Ben Greenberg, and Arjan Miranda—the instrument’s engine disintegrates the source material via tape-loop-inspired playback, textural layering, and transformative effects processing.

SPACE, PERFORMANCE, SATURATION
The RUINS sessions were a series of controlled experiments, designed to explore the relationship between space, performance, and saturation.
To provide deep tonal versatility, RUINS offers multiple mic perspectives, including a pristinely captured DI, an array of tube powered amplifiers, an eroded stereo spring reverb, and a cavernous re-amped signal recorded in Berlin’s iconic Funkhaus sound chamber. The built-in convolution engine expands this palette further, complete with a curated library of custom impulse responses leaning toward experimental sound design.

VOICES OF EXPLORATION
Each of RUINS’ six experimental guitarists was chosen for their ability to push the guitar outside traditional musical roles—treating it less as an instrument and more as an interface for texture, gesture, and sonic ritual.
Each artist was given freehand to submit fragments: loops, textures, resonances, and mechanical failures. Their work is unified by a focus on texture, feedback, and raw materiality, forming the basis of an instrument designed to create new timbral languages that explore the outer edges of guitar performance.

GUITAR AS RAW MATTER
For immediate exploration, RUINS includes over 250 thoughtfully designed presets, spanning from subterranean soundfields and digital smears, to collaged rattles and tangled harmonics.
Each serves as a creative foundation that showcases the instrument’s sound design potential. The multi-sample engine layers guitar phrases into rich, shifting harmonies, while asynchronous looping adds instability and life. The single-sample engine reimagines details—like string scratches or amp hum—into new rhythmic or tonal elements. All raw material is also provided as high-quality WAVs for use in any sampler or DAW.

ARCHITECT OF EROSION
With 30 years of experience working with guitar, Randall Dunn is known for his ability to cohere complex or heavy material for artists such as Sunn O))), Earth, and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.

His work is marked by a performance-focused approach, aiming to capture an artist’s core sound without blunting its emotional impact. As the producer, curator and engineer for RUINS, Randall was responsible for capturing the raw interplay of space, performance, and saturation that defines the instrument’s sonic character.