A one-of-a-kind, encyclopaedic collection of beautiful cloud-like evolutions, pointillistic textures and single hits created from tuned and untuned percussion. This new world of dynamic sounds is a collaboration with three of the world’s most renowned percussionists, equipped with their enviably rare and extensive range of instruments.

Following the same groundbreaking concept as our celebrated Swarm series, various techniques were performed simultaneously at random intervals in the inimitable resonance of The Hall at AIR Studios — resulting in undulating textures and swarm-like swells ranging in sparsity and density, with a staggering 16 signals to choose from. Percussion Swarm also offers you 30 warped pads and rhythmic textures, and 235 snapshots, presented in our Mercury Synth engine.

Widescreen percussion innovation
A distillation of months of musical experimentation and innovation, this epic and versatile set of tools follows the blueprint of our celebrated Swarm libraries, designed to add movement, depth and a modern edge to your TV, film or game scores. We have taken all of the sampling techniques we learned over the last three years and applied it to percussion, asking ourselves, what if you take percussion instruments, and play them as if they are strings? Percussion Swarm features truly stunning performances from some of the world’s finest percussionists, equipped with their enviably rare instrument collections: Paul Clarvis, Frank Ricotti and Gary Kettel, who have performed on our existing percussion libraries and are renowned for their prolific film work.

The Mercury Synth
The warped section takes these organic sounds to a completely new place, giving you 30 warped sounds and 235 snapshots created by our expert team of developers. Made using granular synthesis, guitar pedals and other outboard gear, discover an extensive range of otherworldly pads, evolving swells and atonal rhythmic textures, all presented in our Mercury Synth engine.

The overview panel
This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

Tech specs

Mac system requirements
~ Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 13
~ Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
~ Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
~ Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
~ 32-bit systems are not supported.

PC system requirements
~ Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
~ Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
~ Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM
~ 32-bit systems are not supported.

File size
~ 122.00 GB disc space required during install
~ 59.60 GB download.

Kontakt player
~ Kontakt Full or Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/percussion-swarm