Products from Mntra

An earthy, dark and cinematic virtual instrument that reshapes over 50 rare instrument sources from Andean and Mesoamerican cultures into unusual, inspiring new sounds. Inspired by the Mayan god of mountains and earthquakes, Caprakan joins Huracan in exploring an alternate reality in which the cultures of Central and South America, untouched by colonialism, kept developing...

A virtual instrument of winds and percussion inspired by Mesoamerican and Andean cultures, played within Mntra’s MNDALA 2 engine. Named after the Maya god of wind, storm and fire, Huracan leads into an alternate timeline in which pre-Hispanic cultures developed their own synthesisers and electronic instruments. Mntra deeply sampled a curated collection of sources from the...

A virtual instrument of electronic textures built from electromagnetic interference, vintage analogue synthesisers and ultrasonic recordings, for soundscapes, basses, pads, leads and effects. Pripyat is Mntra’s first foray into synthetic textures, gathering brutal electromagnetic interference normally inaudible to the human ear, both in its pure form and re-amped through...

A virtual instrument featuring the dark sounds of Aztec death whistles, designed as an introduction to Mntra’s MNDALA 2 sampler engine. Performed by Mntra founder, composer and multi-instrumentalist Brian D’Oliveira, Ultrasonic Death Whistle opens a window into a collection of rare pre-Columbian death whistles, some of them handcrafted in the studio and many featured in the...

A virtual instrument built from sacred sound instruments that Mntra founder Brian D’Oliveira gathered on his many pilgrimages to holy sites around the world. From ritual healing bells to pitched Aztec volcanic rocks, Mntra captured these special instruments with a leading-edge ultrasonic sampling process that lets you explore their complex harmonics with great depth and...

A virtual instrument offering everything you need to make modern cinematic music inspired by ancient sounds, drawn from rare instruments and techniques from around the world. At its heart is the collection of one-of-a-kind instruments that Mntra founder Brian D’Oliveira (Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil VII: Biohazard) assembled on his travels, from aleatoric flute...

A virtual instrument inspired by desolate landscapes and ancient aesthetics, combining arcane instruments and techniques from medieval, Nordic and pan-Asian musical cultures. Strings, percussion, voices and more blend in Orakle into a vast, unique cinematic soundscape, performed by award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer Brian D’Oliveira with medieval and...

A virtual instrument with a macabre collection of haunted sounds for horror, built on years of research and development in custom instruments for horror video games and films. Kymera is the first entry in a new series of instruments based on the principles of musique concrète developed by French composer Pierre Schaeffer in the 1940s: its idiosyncratic sounds were recorded...

A virtual instrument of dark, ancient string textures captured at the RCA Victor studio in Montreal and creatively processed into expressive, otherworldly sounds, from dystopian clusters to ethereal textures. Arca explores the dark side of string textures: inspired by science fiction, Mntra recorded ancient bowed instruments from around the world such as the kemenche, morin...

A virtual instrument taking a deep dive into early digital synthesis: crystalline 12-bit FM, gritty phase distortion synthesis and lush, digitally controlled analogue sounds from the 1980s. Galactron gathers electronic sounds with a neo-psychedelic aesthetic, inspired by the explosion of FM synthesis, daring stereo movement, gigantic reverbs and ambient pads. Mntra sampled...

A virtual instrument paying tribute to Vietnam’s capital city, created during an immersive creative residency in Vietnam by Mntra’s in-house sound and visual designer Noah Sherrin. Ha Noi looks into the heart and soul of the unique musical heritage of a city renowned for its dramatic contrasts, vibrant music and rich history. Top-tier local musicians contributed...

The expanded version of Ultrasonic Death Whistle: a virtual instrument of rare pre-Columbian death whistles with more than twice the samples of the original. Performed by Mntra founder Brian D’Oliveira, UDW X presents a collection of rare pre-Columbian death whistles sourced through years of field research while he composed for multiple award-winning AAA video game...