Fun, interesting instrument to mess around with- will certainly find many spaces in my tunes that the Karniszbass can ably fill. So happy I toke the chance on it. Process was easy, price was great, and sounds fab!

The sound quantity : With up to 21 variations inside a single file, and with 15 of this long files for each category on average (amounting to roughly 315 sounds per category), the willingness of its creator to deliver an extensive amount of options transpire, and I’m all for it. Each “variation” file have cues marking the transient of the variation, which saves a lot of time when placing them in your timeline. Additionally, these cues are also helpful to identify which variation you want to use when listening to them in your media explorer of choice. The sound quality : Purely on a technical aspect, quality is definitely there. While expected, it is pleasant to work with 96kHz 24bit files. I especially like the fact that the files stretches nicely when slowing the Reaper session down when timing specific elements, which was useful - and necessary - for the more intense combo animations. Most if not all the “raw” recorded material sounds good enough not to have too much undesired noise when stretching them - I had a couple of unwanted noise when working with some of the Swing sounds but in all honesty, it is expected for type of sounds to be noisy. On an artistic aspect, the overall sound direction of the library is relevant to the modern weapon design needs of the industry, with a healthy amount of OTT compression and Disperser-like exaggerated movements. The sound relevancy : At first, when I was listening to the variations out of the design process, I was a bit worried of the amount of files and the wondered if these variations were different enough. But in situ I never encountered a lack of variation and was able to easily iterate on a sound by duplicating an item and scrub to another variation, a workflow allowing to be fast and efficient. The naming convention is also a great touch. I’m not much of a “look for a specific sound anywhere in my library” guy, but for the sake of this review I tried looking up sounds with the research bar and I had no trouble finding what I needed whatsoever. The folder structure : Melee Weapons 2 offers a comprehensive and exhaustive folder structure, from the broadest elements you would need to design a melee combat (Strikes, Scrapes, Gore etc.) to the more specific. Examples of that are : - movement intensity (normal, high, heavy), a pretty common but efficient way to class swing sounds - weapon types (long or short blades) as well as how they’re handled (being drawn, letting them to ring out or not) - and the less common but really useful categories of combat pattern and rhythm (Hits N Impacts, Swing Hit Impacts, Metal Swing Hit) Overall experience & Final Thoughts : I have not found many negative aspects about this library, which I must say, feels a bit wrong as I am writing my first review ever. Everything that I said ultimately comes down to one thing : this library allowed me to enter some sort of flow state when working. I was really quickly finding the right sounds to follow rhythm of the action, to then refine it once I had it going. Rather than criticism, I have a short list of nitpicky feedbacks that I’d like to share here : - My only point of friction was that the variations themselves were not sorted using any apparent logic. I would have liked some sort of graduation from a variation to another (e.g. from soft to strong, from short to long etc.). - This library is extensive, but some sounds I liked left me wanting more variations of them, like the snappy pre-impact whips sounds and the swing combo sounds. - The library provide a couple of throwing blades sounds. For ease of use I would have liked a “large blade” type sounds along the small and medium categories. - The impact and drop sounds could have more noticeable variations in their debris layer inside the long files, although debris where obviously not the focus of this library. My honest opinion is that it is an amazing library providing quality assets, an adequate amount of variations and a great structure allowing easy navigation which allows fast and efficient work. 9/10

I am Japanese, so I have probably listened to the shakuhachi, the source of this sound, since childhood more than people from other countries. I may say, without presumptuousness, that this product is very well made.

Nice keys. Great price. ****

Nice trancy sounds

Nice!

Good price for a nice reverb.

The vst was competitively priced and delivery was instant.

It's a big hunk of sound with lots of secrets to discover. A cool addition to the toolbox.

This is a very strange instrument, from the interface to the logic of it's construction, it defies imagination at times and I'm slowly falling in love with it.