Wrongtools Clavinet Sample Libraries

The clavinet, with its signature bite and percussive attack, has long been synonymous with funk.
But at Wrongtools, we saw something different — an untapped reservoir of sonic character, capable of much more than rhythmic stabs and wah-filtered riffs.
Our Kontakt clavinet libraries are reimagined for composers, sound designers, and experimental producers who want to take this instrument far beyond its historical confines.

These are cinematic clavinets.
These are cursed, bowed, plucked, and ambient.
These are Wrongtools Clavinets — and they don’t behave.

Clavinet Reinvented

Each library in the series began with a physical instrument, lovingly sampled through high-end analog chains, vintage preamps, and occasionally tortured beyond recognition.
But what defines these libraries isn’t just the fidelity — it’s the creative recontextualisation.

• • Ambient Clavinets – A textural exploration of sustained plucks, reversed envelopes, granular washes, and tonal drift.
    Designed with cinematic soundbeds in mind, this library veers into ambient scoring territory with ease.

• Clavisphere – A spatial, expansive clavinet designed for soundscapes and modern film scoring.
  This one blurs the line between traditional instrument and evolving synth pad, built for composers seeking atmosphere with harmonic complexity.
• Cursed Clavinets – A library born in the shadows.
  Distorted, degraded, and modulated beyond safety — it’s a clavinet passed through modular mayhem and analog destruction.
  Perfect for horror scoring, glitch composition, or anything that needs a touch of unease.
• Plucked Clavinets – Raw, clean, and expressive, but never clinical.
  This library presents the clavinet as a plucked string instrument for dramatic, cinematic scoring.
  Think string quartets gone rogue — resonant, tactile, and emotionally rich.

For Composers Who Want Personality

Each library includes Wrongtools’ signature performance interface for Kontakt, allowing deep control over articulation, resonance, dynamics, and more.
The idea is simple: let the user shape the character of the instrument without drowning in parameters.

If you’re building tension in a Nordic noir thriller, composing under dialogue for a psychological drama, or crafting a left-field beat that needs a hook unlike any other — these clavinets have you covered.

User Feedback

“I’ve used Epic Spice Bow in three different scores this year. It’s got that ‘nobody knows what this is, but it works’ vibe.”

— Selma Ødegård, Film Composer

“Clavisphere is insane. I layered it under a string patch and the entire cue came to life.”

— J. McAdams, Sound Designer

“Cursed Clavinets gave me exactly the broken, haunted feeling I needed. Not pretty — in the best way possible.”

— Rafael M., Game Composer

The weird and the wonderful WRGTLS Clavinets

Each clavinet library is available as a downloadable Kontakt instrument, instantly usable in your DAW.

So if you’re after dirty funk ghosts, tonal experiments, or evocative textures, Wrongtools clavinets offer a new way to work with a classic.

Wrongtools Clavinets:
Plucked. Twisted. Cinematic.
For composers who hear more in the strings than just funk.