ORBIT and ECLIPSE

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The Planetary Line

Welcome to a new kind of musical instrument for Kontakt, ORBIT and ECLIPSE, designed for easily creating stunning synths, pulses and atmospheric textures. With our critically-acclaimed intuitive interface, you can create rich, deep results in the blink of an eye.

Power meets simplicity.
ORBITAL SYNTHESIS

Each MOON functions as a mute button. Useful for programming & tweaking sounds. ⌘ (or ctrl) + click = Solo. ____________________________________ ARROWS swap Orbit positions in the playback sequence.

SOUND SELECTOR MENU: Choose and select any one of the 101 sounds available for each Orbit.

CLONE duplicates the settings of Orbit No. 1 (furthest left) and applies it to the other three Orbits. This makes for the most stable sound possible, which is sometimes desired.

RANDOM assigns random sound-sources to all four Orbits, without changing any other settings. A surprisingly useful starting point for creating your own sounds. ____________________________________ HOTKEY: ⌘ (or ctrl) + click will also randomize the primary ORBIT Controls, but in a semi-intelligent way.

WAVES moves all four Orbits to the previous / next soundsource in the soundsource list. This is useful when you want some of the sounds to match, but want to quickly audition new sounds.

Changes the effect of the CLONE and RANDOM buttons. Do you want to affect all the channel parameters, or just the sample selection?

Automatically quantizes your playing, so you can hear perfect pulses without recording to your DAW and quantizing manually.

This is our pretty logo. It doesn't currently have any functionality in the instrument... but we have some things in mind.

ORBIT CONTROLS: Use Gain, Pan, Tune, Cut & Resonance to refine your sound. ____________________________________ HOTKEY: Hold ALT while adjusting a knob to relatively adjust the parameter across all four Orbits.

PULSE Mode: Each orbit starts at full volume before beginning the next - using a sawtooth LFO.

CHOP Mode: Create rhythmic slices of sound using a pulse-wave LFO.

FLOW Mode: Crossfades between Orbits - the perfect tool for creating pads & smooth evolving soundscapes.

FILTER MENU: Lets you select filter type for each Orbit: Lowpass, Bandpass or Highpass. There is an additional Global Lowpass on the Effects Rack page.

RATE: Sets the amount of time for each Orbit rotation, clocked to your DAW

DEPTH: Sets the amount (the depth) of the pulse fed to each Orbit.

PUNCH: determines how punchy the Pulse is. In Chop Mode, this parameter is called GATE.

ATTACK & RELEASE adjust the attack & release time of ORBIT's main volume envelope.

Hover your mouse over the controls above to learn what they do.

Orbital Synthesis

The Orbital Synthesis engine morphs between four creative sound sources to create amazing tonal pulses, edgy hybrid rhythms, and dreamy atmospheric beds, all evolving infinitely over time.

“I can’t remember a synth where
I’ve had so much fun.”

— MusicTech Magazine

ORBIT

Versatile and Inspiring

ORBIT is designed for the rapid creation of stunning cinematic synths and atmospheric textures. Design dreamy, mysterious, or dark soundscapes using the universe of sound open to you in ORBIT.

Witness the power of the engine that drives ORBIT and ECLIPSE:

These demos are 100% ORBIT, except drums and where noted. You will find most of these sounds in Orbit’s generous patch library.

ECLIPSE

Darkness has a new name.

ECLIPSE pioneers new sonic territory, with massive sound that is heavy, forceful and aggressive. Produce epic modern synths with the custom-tailored soundsources, FX, filters and 250 presets available on the ultimate sound creation station.

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These demos are 100% ECLIPSE, except drums and where noted. You will find most of these sounds in Eclipse’s generous patch library.

Love From Our Artists

Enormously exciting…

I tend to shy away from ‘out of the box’ synth instruments because of the consistency of sound they provide, instead opting for the far more labor-intensive process of making my own. Yet Orbit has immediately impressed me with the way it can vary the sound you’re working with, to create something that’s very likely proprietary to what you’re working on. That is enormously exciting because it’s also very easy to use. Consider me an instant fan.

Austin WintoryAssassin's Creed: Syndicate, Journey, Abzu

Instant amazing sounds

It’s musical, moody, cool, and every preset is immediately usable. Instant amazing sounds…

Greg WellsMultiple Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Adele, Pharrell, Katy Perry, Weezer

Distinctive and inspirational…

As a film composer, I am always searching for distinctive and inspirational sounds – well, I just bumped in to Orbit. With an intuitive graphical user interface and the ability to manipulate sounds beyond recognition, Orbit is truly an inspirational synth and one that will slide in to, and complement, my scoring template.

Harry Gregson WilliamsThe Martian, The Equalizer, X-Men Origins

Incredible

The synths sound incredible. They will definitely get some mileage in the studio.

Glitch Mob#1 Billboard Electronic Artist

Gorgeous and meaningful…

Orbit is one of those easily manipulative tools that fills a gap in the composer’s arsenal. The moods are gorgeous and meaningful to the storytelling of music in any medium. From very subtle shifts in timbre to a full on assault, I’m looking forward to digging in more.

Jack WallCall of Duty, Mass Effect, Splinter Cell

Part of a new breed…

I found Orbit easy to use and instantly inspiring. It is part of a new breed of instruments, which make production derived techniques (looping and layering) available for realtime creative exploration. Loads of fun!

Paul HaslingerTangerine Dream, Fear of the Walking Dead, The Underworld Quadrilogy, Rainbow Six

Extremely useful…

The ambiences are beautifully rich, evolving in ways that are versatile and extremely useful to the modern film composer. Orbit’s full library includes strong sound sources and a nice interface with impressive presets that are extremely tweak able.

Bill BrownCSI: NY, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Series

Instant gratification…

This is my kind of instrument – instant gratification with a clean, straightforward interface that allows you to make any patch your own with a few quick adjustments.

Jason GravesThe Dead Space Trilogy, Tomb Raider

Inviting and immediately usable

Orbit’s sonic possibilities are extremely inviting and immediately usable. I can’t wait to incorporate it into my next score. Well done!

Joe TrapaneseTRON, Oblivion, Nightcrawler

Unique, interesting, and a great resource

As I find myself doing more synth-based scores - which I really enjoy - I've expanded my sonic library to include more new and interesting sounds. ORBIT and ECLIPSE are fantastic tools for me. Their musical approach and interface is unique, interesting, and a great resource for someone who likes to experiment and mess with sound like I do.

Danny Elfman Composer: Avengers, Spider-man, Batman

My go-to

Within 10 minutes of playing around with Orbit I was using it in a film score. I really like software I can start using without looking at the manual, and then when I do Orbit reveals what's it really capable of. As someone who likes to us evolving textures Orbit has already found a place in my go-to plugins.

David JulyanComposer: Memento, Insomnia, Prestige

Killer Synth

Killer Synth! I’ll be using it on this movie I’m doing for sure. Nice work!!!

Steve JablonskyComposer: Transformers, Deepwater Horizon, Ender's Game

Used it right away

I like Orbit quite a bit, and unlike many of the Kontakt libraries I’ve bought over the years, the sounds are not ‘too much’ right out of the box. So many libraries are full of those patches that sound like a whole piece of music when you hit one key, but I’m looking for things that can integrate well with the other sounds I create, and Orbit fits that bill nicely. I used it right away on my latest project, a six-hour miniseries version of Childhood’s End on SyFy, and a couple of things made it to the final mix unchanged and unedited. It’s a nice addition to my collection and the price was right

Charlie ClouserMember of Nine Inch Nails, composer for SAW, Childhood’s End

Triple Engine Design

At the heart of ORBIT and ECLIPSE lie three distinct rhythmic engines.

pulse

Create modern percussive elements with Pulse Mode

chop

Craft an electronic or stuttered style with Chop Mode

flow

Produce
one-of-a-kind pads and textures with Flow Mode

You can even morph between the modes seamlessly and in-time, using the sequencer.

A Sound-Shaping Nirvana

The effects page effortlessly sculpts your sound with delays, multiple modulations, diverse distortions. It also showcases a special convolution engine that that includes both practical creative impulses and beautiful reverbs from world-class hardware units that are commonly used in cinematic production.

ORBIT and ECLIPSE have 4 independent sequencers that modulate 24 useful parameters to further the creation of interesting, musical, and evolving sounds. Each sequencer has its own playback rate and extends up to 64 steps.

Automatically generate new patterns, or process what’s already there in dozens of innovative ways. Then play it forward, reverse, both, or even random. Beautiful sequences are only a click away.

“It’s a no-brainer..
a veritable secret weapon.”

Keyboard Magazine

All-New Expansions

Vast, Surreal, Brilliant

Apex adds a sense of awe to any production. Inspired by electronic cinematic masters Tycho, Ulrich Schnauss, Jon Hopkins, and Boards of Canada, we’ve brought you vibrant pads, emotional leads, and provocative pulses to inspire emotion for your listeners. 80 Patches.

Colossal, Ominous, Lethal

Eclipse’s ferocious might is amplified further by Aeterna, ideal for action, drama and trailers. Fiery leads, aggressive sequences, and colossal moments inject energy to your compositions. Provide unrelenting tension and abstraction with Aeterna. 80 patches.

Hear them in action

Every sound you hear is Apex and Aeterna except for the drums and bass.

A New Way to Play

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What People are Saying

Enzo Fury

The sounds are beautiful, I've been looking for something like this for about 6 years to be honest. I've always had trouble finding out what my musical "sound" was and this has really made a difference in my life. The way you categorized the sounds is pure genius to say the least (chop, flow, pulse, FX). I bought Omnisphere a few years ago, but it didn't deliver on the sounds I wanted. It had a few, and most of them were in the music demo so I was disappointed. Orbit and Eclipse got me out of a rut and really brought me back to why I love music–the magic and wonder. Thank you, and I will definitely spread the word. P.S. If you come out with anything else, I'm going to buy it.

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Anthony Pezzelle Educator, Thomas G. Pullen Arts Academy

I love Orbit and Eclipse! They are insanely powerful synths and are quickly becoming an integral part of my workflow.

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Joseph Natkowski

“Orbit was immediately a source of inspiration. The sounds I was able to conjure quickly and effortlessly became the ‘secret sauce’ that pulled the entire project together. My clients were thrilled with the completed score, as was I. Thank you for creating such a powerful and inspiring tool.”

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Robert Sana Broyles

“Orbit is phenomenal…. Absolutely Brilliant… All my Gratitude”

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Paul Alty @WaxMango

“Been playing with #Orbit. One word. Wow! Beautiful sounds and a beautiful interface. Lush pad to pulsed sequence in a click!”

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Chip Salerno

“It’s freaking amazing and a real bargain to boot! Can’t wait to really dig in and make some music!”

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Justin Snively

“I love the product, like really love it! I will be mentioning the product to many of my colleagues and professor’s.”

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Josie Underwood

“Orbit is wonderful – every time I touch a new preset I start getting new ideas for a song! Orbit is highly recommended on the Internet and I can see why. “

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Tim Thomas

“Orbit is a revelation. I love this thing!”

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Tim Thomas

“I was sold in the first two minutes. What an inspiring instrument it is. I am so glad I bought it – brilliant interface, brilliant features and BRILLIANT SOUND! Congratulations on this release. Keep doing what you do! A very happy customer.”

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Joel Haines

“Absolutely love it! Used it on 5 tracks for a TV show on the first day. Very quick to get the sounds I was after, and easy to get my head around and get working straight away. Very lush beautiful sounding instrument, so I’m looking forward to putting it through it’s paces on up coming projects. “

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Mahmoud Altaf

“I was so overwhelmed by the extreme usability of this product, which is lower in disk space size than other libraries but has a gorgeous and easy-to-use interface, as well as a heap load of lovely presets to start with which really makes it a unique product that is well worth the money spent!”

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Johannes Hammers

“First – this is fantastic, instantly inspiring sounds to start with, but the real beauty is in the endless manipulation and parameter control. I’ve already added this to my Logic templates, that’s probably the best compliment.”

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Steve Burley

“Inventive and diverse.”

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Al Baldwin

“Love it! A fabulous instrument! The quality and variety of samples are excellent. The options for modulation and effects boggle the mind. I am amazed and the power built into this instrument. I am doing a lot of exploring and am, to date, delighted.”

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Robert

“I absolutely love this product, I just purchased and downloaded tonight and I couldn’t be more inspired.”

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Phil Miller

“I’m really impressed with ORBIT and enjoying using it. Playing and tweaking the presets has inspired ideas for tracks, but I also like making new presets from scratch – the UI makes that a breeze, so much so that I keep forgetting it’s a Kontakt instrument!”

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Gil Talmi Film Composer Music for Socially Conscious Films

“Orbit makes my head spin! It is a profound new musical instrument. Part idea starter, part AI, part mothership, it operates differently than anything else in my extensive sonic toolkit. I love that you can easily randomize presets to make them your own unique sound. And every permutation sounds tremendously rich and useful. In the fast paced life of a film composer, that is of priceless value. It helps me establish the sound so I can focus on the notes themselves. I am truly excited to be using Orbit on my upcoming film scores.”

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Fernando Quevedo Show Creator/Music Composer Q Productions Las Vegas, Inc.

“Absolutely LOVE Orbit! I took a chance and purchased it hoping it would add a breath of fresh air to my music. It did that and much more. The QUALITY is outstanding so much so that I find I need very little “extras” when using Orbit. Also, the included sounds are a great mix of options: from aggressive sonic palettes to soft textures that are the “icing” on a mix, Orbit delivers big time. It is also EASY to use and allows me to concentrate on making music not wasting time trying to figure out how to use it.”

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Amir Qureshi

“I am Amir From Dallas Texas… and want to send you a Texas Size THANK YOU for such a great product… really a game changer…. I used to burn hours trying to create stuff like this. I am a program Manager in Software Industry…. and am very impressed with the quality and focus of your small but diligent team…this is refreshing!! Take care and keep up the great creative work. You got a Groupie in Texas now!"

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“This is a truly inspiring instrument. Good scripting, good concept, good sounding! Keep going on, this real great work!

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Gaëtan GRAVEL

“BTW, you have a winner with Orbit; it really is an inspiring instrument and fill a gap in the genre. It is also brilliantly organized; the mood categories and the Snapshots presets show a great care was given to it. Kudos to you all.”

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Frank Macchia, Grammy nominated composer-arranger

“I just had to tell you how great this instrument is – within the first 10 minutes of playing around with this I set up a new preset pad based on the four sound sources, simply by messing with attack, release, octaves, resonance… it’s so much fun and so easy! I just know I’m going to love creating new sounds for this instrument- great job with the source waveforms and the GUI- so easy to use and such a pleasure! I hope you guys sell a million of these and I also hope you might set up a user presets page on your site for us to send presets we’ve created- I’d love to send some of my future presets to such a page. Thanks for a great product and congratulations!”

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Jesus Bedriomo

“I’m in love with ORBIT… after 10 minutes of exploration it is extremely useful. Nice sound, rich atmospheres delicate and evolving, with lots of parameters to tweak. The possibilities are enormous in modern compositions.”

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François Jolin

“When I first heard Orbit, I instantly had the connection and inspiration for a game I’m currently working on. The sounds are rich and the parameters choices really encourage exploration and make the creation of your own sound palette a very rewarding time. Orbit’s sounds and features bring limitless possibilities.”

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Brian Brylow

“I absolutely love Orbit. I will be using it on my new CD which is currently in the recording stage, What a fantastic tool, and it has such a remarkably small footprint. I love the ability to “roll the dice” and achieve that random bliss that comes from it. Nothing like it to be had elsewhere. You have done some really fantastic work.”

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Amir Qureshi

“I own almost all the top synth plugins and after Omnisphere by Spectrasonics….Orbit is the second synth which brought the excitement in me like a child with a new toy….”

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Welcome to a True Universe of Sound

101

sound sources

Orbital samplers

Orbit modes

294million

sound permutations

With over a quarter-billion starting points, it’s virtually impossible to come up with the same sound as someone else. Yet with so much control, creating amazing sounds is eons faster than with any other synth.

*ORBIT. ECLIPSE has 62 million.

Native Hardware Integration

NKS enables intuitive, seamless interaction between plug-in instruments and KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards and MASCHINE hardware.

“Sounds phenominal…
and worth every penny.”

Computer Music Magazine

Launch your creativity to new heights.

Enter a new, uncharted universe of sound today.

Musically diverse: aggressive, dark, dreamy or mysterious. 250 track-starting presets.

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Includes ORBIT, ECLIPSE and 500 track-starting presets.

Add Power, Drama, and Edge. 250 track-starting presets.

SKYPAD Lemur template included with all purchases.

Aggressive, Dark, Dreamy or Mysterious.
250 track-starting presets.

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Get more out of Orbit. Vast, surreal, brilliant.

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Includes ORBIT, ECLIPSE and 500 track-starting presets.

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250 track-starting presets.

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Get more out of Eclipse. Colossal, ominous, lethal.

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SKYPAD Lemur template included with all purchases.

All Wide Blue Sound purchases come with:

Fun, intuitive UI that will have you designing immediately
4 Powerful Modulation Sequencers: pencil tool not required
Full FX Rack with fine-tuned Convolve Engine
Instant Download via WBS Amazon Cloud
Lifetime free updates and our revered support

Wide Blue Sound products are powered by Kontakt or
free Kontakt Player 5.6.6+

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We use an industry-leading merchant system that accepts as many currencies as possible. We never receive your payment info (nor would we want to!), just a receipt. Our cloud servers are immediately notified to send you a download email, which will get you up-and-running with your Wide Blue Sound product in a few short minutes.

We also make sure you can respond to any email you receive from us and receive a personal response in return. Many customers have told us we have the best customer service in the entire industry, which is something we take pride in.

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Requires Kontakt or Kontakt Player 5.6.8, PC or Mac

In their compressed states, ORBIT is a 900 MB download, ECLIPSE is 600 MB.

Wide Blue Sound products run inside Kontakt, a powerful engine that runs on Windows and Mac machines. Kontakt can run either in standalone (e.g. outside a DAW) or in any DAW that supports standard plug-in formats: VST, AU, RTAS and AAX.

If you aren’t sure what your DAW supports, feel free to ask us or refer to your DAW’s documentation.

If you’re using an older OS, please make sure it’s compatible with the proper version of Kontakt.

ORBIT vs ECLIPSE

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Inspiration you can hear

The Planetary Line

Orbital Synthesis

Versatile and Inspiring

Darkness has a new name.

Love From Our Artists

Triple Engine Design

A Sound-Shaping Nirvana