Wooden things

Knock on Wood is a wooden percussion library for Kontakt, created from wooden percussion instruments, things, boxes, drawers, enclosures, unusual objects and hollow-tree recordings from the forest near our studio.

We started, quite reasonably, with a few traditional wooden percussion instruments. But then came the boxes. And the abandoned drawers. Then it was peculiar wooden enclosures, resonating objects of dubious origin, and things that were, just highly slappable pieces of timber. We had to sample absolutely all of it.

The result is Knock on Wood, our new percussion library for Kontakt. It is a gloriously organic, deeply satisfying collection of thumps, thwacks, clacks, and resonant booms, captured from the vast and slightly absurd wooden menagerie we managed to hoard.

Buoyed by our success indoors, we found ourselves wandering into the nearby forest, armed with contact microphones and the sort of mild, unfounded optimism that usually precedes a light drizzle.
We attached our mics to hollowed-out trunks and damp bark, essentially eavesdropping on the inner life of trees. The sounds we captured out there, deep, ancient, and quietly astonishing, are included as a rather wonderful bonus.

And, because we are generally quite fond of the woods, no trees were harmed in the making of this library. 

(Though a few studio drawers may never look at us the same way again.)

It’s just wood. And the main focus is life and variation in each stroke.
We recorded thousands of individual performances and programmed the library so repeated notes feel human and constantly changing, instead of triggering the exact same sound again and again.

Yes.

The license covers royalty-free use in your own musical compositions, including s-fx, film scores, video games, trailers, and commercial releases. You cannot, however, repackage the individual samples for resale.

link : Terms & conditions 

ps : But the fun part shows when programming midi-perc tracks, because of the variations in the round-robins.

• Key Features:
  A vast collection of sampled wooden percussion and found-sound wooden objects.
  Includes traditional instruments, wooden boxes, drawers, and unique resonant enclosures.
  Bonus recordings captured with contact microphones on hollow trees in the woods nearby.
  100% cruelty-free: No trees were harmed during the recording process.

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• 24-bit / 96kHz WAV samples — carefully optimised for clarity and depth

• Recorded through analogue chains and world-class microphones

• Built-in custom impulse responses

• Randomizing features and sample-start control for organic variation

• Channel strips with fully customizable output routing

• Sound-shaping tools with built in optional effects chains

• Instant download with access to an online user handbook

“Knock on wood” is designed for deep custom scripting and does not currently support the NKS standard. However, all major parameters are easily assignable to MIDI CCs for full control with any controller. All important controllers links automatically to Native Instruments related hardware. 

Yes. ‘Knock on Wood’ requires the full retail version of Kontakt.
It is not a Kontakt Player library. If you load it in the free Player, it will time out after 15 minutes.