Dojo

DOJO –  Combat Synth for Kontakt

Dojo is a sample based synth developed for Native Instruments Kontakt. It is inspired to the principles of Japanese martial arts, which are translated and applied to creative sound design.

Dojo features 2 main instruments: the Kumite synth and the Kata synth.

The Kumite synth is inspired to the concept of fighting an opponent in karate; it is characterized by an aggressive sound, based on mangled analog synths, spectral re-synthesis of organic sources, orchestral phrases, tempo-synced rhythms, plucks, deep cinematic impacts and percussions, textures and horns.

The Kumite synth is based on a custom-scripted modulation engine to create punchy phrases, hybrid orchestral cues, pulses, dreamy arpeggios and deep underscore movements. 

The Kata synth is inspired to the concept of “pattern of movements” in karate. We have recorded cello, double bass, viola, violin, crystal baschet, orchestral woodwinds, metallophones, piano and keys, jetè and staccatos, designed organic sounds and much else. All of them can be morphed, filtered, distorted and animated via an XY pad, to create evocative melodies, evolving atmospheres, detailed textures and underscore sequences.

Both the Kumite and the Kata synth in Dojo feature a separate instrument for sample import via an intuitive drag and drop on the GUI, where you can process your own samples within the core engines of the main instruments.

The Kumite and the Kata synth feature a total of 420+ snapshots.

Dojo is for TV, film, game composers, sound designers and music producers looking for an innovative, complete instrument to write cues in a straightforward and creative way.

It fits particularly well the action and thriller cinematic genres, but its versatility makes it useful also for horror, electronic and ambient music.

2 MAIN INSTRUMENTS

The Kumite synth in Dojo is based on 3 sound sources : the first two (Synth 1 and Synth 2) are based on a variety of synthetic sounds, organised in Analog, Dark, Distorted, FM, Granular, Organic and Vocal. The third (Sample) is organised in Textures, Strings, Rhythms, Impacts and Horns, for a total of 154 sounds. It features 180+ snapshots organised in Synth Cues, Cello Cues, Underscore, Pluck and Arpeggios.

The Kumite synth features a core modulation engine, based on a drawable wavetable LFO with multirate and multidepth capabilities; it also offers modulation functionalities for the Synth Morph, Synth Cutoff, Sample Volume and Sample degrade, which can be either modulated internally or in your host DAW.

The Kumite synth offers deep sound design capabilities, and allows to easily create phrases and hybrid cues   by blending the synthetic and organic layers. 

The Kata synth in Dojo features 4 sound sources : Layer 1 -2 and Keys 1-2.

Layers 1-2 feature Cello, Double Bass, Violin, Viola, Crystal Baschet, Metallophones, Orchestral Woodwinds (Tuba, Trombone and sound designed winds), Voices, Atmospheres and Drones.

Keys 1-2 feature Metallophones (Glocks, Xylophone, designed Melody Box and Carillon), Piano and designed Keys, Plucks (Guitar and Zither) jetè and staccato from orchestral strings.

All said sounds can be combined, morphed and processed via a fully mappable and customisable  XY Pad, where you can assign a variety of parameters to the X-Y axis of the pad. It is possible to set the range and the direction of the controlled parameters along the axis; the cursor of the XY Pad can be either assigned via MIDI or controlled in your host DAW.

The Kata synth in Dojo features 220+ snapshots organised in Strings, Woodwinds, Keys, Pads and Textures, Sequences and Plucks.

IMPORT YOUR OWN SAMPLES

Dojo features a sample import version for both the Kumite synth and the Kata synth.

Here you can drag and drop your samples on the GUI of the instruments and process them by using the same core engines of the main ones.