SPLINTERED Cello

A cello pulled apart and pieced back together through modern processing and raw performance.

Splintered Cello explores the darker, grittier edges of this classic instrument — captured intimately, pushed through distortion, layered with breath, grain and bow noise. It’s fragile. It’s fierce. It’s full of unexpected life.

Like the rest of the Splintered series, this library walks the line between traditional performance and experimental sound design — ready for cinematic scoring, ambient composition, or sonic ruin.

Please note: FULL retail version of Kontakt 6.8.0 or later is required. NOT for Kontakt Player.

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Developer

Occult Audio

Size

1.5 GB

Format

Splintered Cello by Occult Audio

SPLINTERED Cello - Wounded. Wooden. Wild.

Splintered Cello GUI 1

The Cello Panel

A collection of expressive long textures and percussive shorts built from extended cello techniques:

  • Longs:
    • Bridge – Bowing across the bridge for scratchy, unstable tones
    • Tailpiece – Bowing the tailpiece for metallic, eerie textures
    • Harmonics – Delicate, shimmering harmonic sustains
  • Shorts:
    • Bridge – Percussive, pitched taps on the bridge
    • Pizzicato – Snappy, classic plucked notes
    • Harmonics – Plucked harmonic notes for fragile, airy hits

The FX Panel

Borrowing the layout from Splintered Soundboard, this panel provides a set of bold and cinematic sound design elements:

  • Hits – Forceful strikes on the cello body and strings
  • Bends – Downward pitch-bending phrases
  • Risers – Gradual rising textures built from raw recordings
  • Whoosh – Designed whoosh effects made from acoustic cello gestures
Splintered Cello GUI 2
Splintered Cello GUI 3

The Scapes Panel

A deep dive into abstract cello manipulations and evolving textures:

  • Bridge – Unstable, textured long tones from bowing the bridge
  • Textures – Odd, unpredictable cello phrases and moments
  • Glissando – Random pitch slides, dramatic and expressive
  • Tapping – Rhythmic and chaotic body taps
  • Ricochet – Bouncy, random ricochet bow techniques
  • Drones – Evolving, processed versions of the long tones

Creative Controls

Both panels feature our signature Shape engine, giving you hands-on control to sculpt the sound in seconds:

  • Colour – Add tape saturation and rotary-style effects
  • Width – Dial in stereo image
  • Intensity – Push into hotter saturation
  • Attack & Release – Shape the envelope
  • Delay & Time – Sync and spread your echoes
  • Reverb – Space out your sound

Snapshots

Comes loaded with 20 curated snapshots, ranging from soft, breathy textures to total tonal chaos. Designed for composers, sound designers, and those hunting for the in-between spaces.

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