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CROUCHING FINGERS

Crouching Fingers is a kontakt sample library filled with lo-bit inspired modern synths, inspired from 80 & 90ies Martial Arts games.

lo-fi electronical generated sounds with a modern feel

Q: Who is Crouching Fingers for?

Game composers scoring indie or retro-inspired games Electronic musicians creating chiptune, synthwave, or bitpop Film and trailer composers looking for punchy lofi color Sound designers creating UI sounds or glitchy transitions

PATCHES

160

SAMPLES

1593

SIZE

2.4 GB

VERSION

2.1

€49Add to cart

Sounds were recorded onto VHS tapes before recorded back to the computer.

RUNAR LINDVALL COMPOSING WITH CROUCHING FINGERS

Are your chops ready to meet the challenge? The brutal world of The Crouching Fingers awaits

Bone-crunching lo-fi patches

We took inspiration from the fighter games we’ve grown up with.

Mashed it together, and created library with a deadly punch.

Crouching Fingers

Lo-fu music-generator.

Create crazy randomisation from the Sculpt [FX] menu

Crouching Fingers will lead you down a path of split kicks, intrigue and danger.

Patches with old-school vibes, re-created with modern twist.

Its blood red

Comes with a blood-red user interface

LOTS OF PATCHES

a wealth of punchy hybrid sampled creative and unusual patches to explore

SOUND SCULPTING

near-infinite tweakability with our mighty sound shaping tools

RESIZABLE GUI

save precious screen space or expand the user interface

DIRECT DOWNLOAD

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“, fat low end, and shooting stars found pretty much everywhere in Crouching Fingers.”

-Inherently

“With sounds that slap. And jab; and twist; and pull your hair.”

– B.A.

“‘Every composer for himself!’ – JK

“Tying on my headband now and grabbing my nunchucks”

–Remnant

“a super-concentrated nostalgia machine”

–Proggermusic

“While it might seem niche this library actually contains broad palette of different sounds which I find very inspiring!”

–Petrucci

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FAQ :

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Crouching Fingers?

Crouching Fingers is a Retro Game Sound Kontakt Library, designed as a tribute to classic 80s arcade aesthetics. It combines multi-sampled vintage synths, arpeggiated textures, lo-bit FX, and chip-based percussion into a nerdy hardcore scoring toolkit.

What kind of sounds are included in the library?

The library includes a curated set of instruments inspired by 8‑bit and 16‑bit consoles, such as:

Square, triangle, pulse, and noise-based waveforms
SID‑style basslines and leads
Retro arpeggiators and looping phrases
Lo-fi digital drums and FX
Bleepy transitions, glitch hits, detuned pads
Chords and harmonized patches straight from the arcade cabinet era

All sounds are recorded and processed to retain their vintage bite, while remaining flexible for modern production needs.

How did you make it sound "retro"?

Sounds were recorded onto VHS tapes with different input-levels. And recorded back to DAW, before mapping to KONTAKT

Who is Crouching Fingers for?

Game composers scoring indie or retro-inspired games
Electronic musicians creating chiptune, synthwave, or bitpop
Film and trailer composers looking for punchy lofi color
Sound designers creating UI sounds or glitchy transitions

Is this a chiptune library?

No. While not a pure chiptune tracker emulation, Crouching Fingers is a chiptune-inspired sample library, capturing the flavor and imperfection of vintage hardware, but with all the flexibility of modern production tools and Kontakt’s scripting engine.

Can I use it for live performance or MIDI sequencing?

Yes. All patches are keymapped, velocity-sensitive, and support mod wheel automation, making them performance-ready. They’re great for MIDI sequencing, layering, and real-time triggering inside your DAW.

Is Crouching Fingers a good tool for composing video game music?

Absolutely! Crouching Fingers is an essential toolkit for game composers and sound designers specializing in retro video games, indie game development, or projects needing a distinct 80s sound. It provides all the necessary building blocks to compose authentic and engaging game soundtracks that evoke nostalgia and perfectly match your pixel-art or retro-themed game.

looking for inspiration? Check out these YT clips : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

How does Crouching Fingers differ from other retro synth setups?

Crouching Fingers is a curated sampler toolkit built from the ground up with a focus on the sound estetics of classic console and arcade sound design. It’s not a copy, or direct samples of these, but more sounds inspired from classic game consoles like the NES, SNES, Sega Master System, and Sega Genesis

How much disk space is required?

It will take up 2.4 GB of free diskspace. And it needs the Full Retail Version of Kontakt 6.4.2 [or later] to run

FEATURES:

Instant download
Resizable UI
Channel strips
Custom in-built IRs
Online User Handbook
Comes in Blood-red colors

Retro Game Sound FX
SID-like leads
8-bit’ish Percussion with punch
noise-based percs
Wobbly synth basses
retro synth – lead, short notes and pads

CURRENT VERSION:

v.2.1 ▾

Update 2.1 changelog

Large UI as default
very minor tweaks

Update 2.1 changelog

(build 0.207 / Sculpt 0011) :

added : glide and portamento on some libraries
tweak : some XY sculpt parameters didn’t load correctly on slower systems
tweak : Improved bottom row buttons
tweak : fixed mysterious blindspot in middle of UI.
tweak : Transpose/Pitchbend/Samplestart functions improved

We’ve been also working on stuff like level load times, DAW integration, menu and interface etc., improving the recognition level of all the interface button/icons.

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v1.2

v1.1

v1.0

initial release

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Local taxes may apply

Requires “full KONTAKT version 6.4.2 and up”

€49Add to cart