ALTERNATIVE SAMPLES PRESENTS
PHYSICA
Turn a note, a recording, a fleeting texture
into something you can play.
01 / FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
A piano is a beautiful place to start.
It doesn’t have to be where you stop.
Capture a chord. Bring in a recording. Pull a small detail into focus, stretch it into a texture, or combine it with something unexpected. Physica brings performance and sound design together in one instrument.
Follow the sound ↓ONE INSTRUMENT. MANY DIRECTIONS.
Find the weight, clarity and attack your part needs. Body brings out the fullness, Brightness shapes the top end, and Hammer Strength changes the emphasis of the strike.
From a soft, close melody to a part that cuts through the arrangement.
Start with a sound from Physica’s library, then make it personal. Choose the part you want to play, soften its beginning or ending, or reverse it to uncover a different shape.
Keep the detail that catches your ear. Build the rest around it.
Break captured or imported audio into tiny pieces called grains. Change their size, overlap and position to move from recognisable detail into a flowing, evolving texture.
Let a short chord become a bed of sound beneath your next cue.
02 / SOUND MORPH
Blend four sources in one place. Move through the blend area to bring different voices forward, then shape the bass, body and air to give the result its own character.
Move between A, B, C and D to explore combinations without losing the connection to your source sounds.
Adjust Bass, Body and Air to change how the blended sound sits in your track.
A little of one source can change the feel of another. Keep exploring until the blend feels like your sound.
WATCH IT IN ACTIONSoundMorphHear four sources come together—and discover what happens between them.Watch the walkthrough
03 / IMPRINT
Borrow the tonal character of another recording.
Choose a tonal source or drop in your own WAV. Imprint lets that source influence your sound, with an Amount control to decide how far you take it.
Shape the low end, body and air separately. Use Level Match to compare the character without letting a change in loudness make the choice for you.
04 / CAPTURE & TRANSFORM
Capture your playing or import a WAV. Keep the source close with Clean playback, soften it with Smooth, or open up the detail with Granular.
Grain Size changes the length of each fragment. Density changes how closely the grains overlap. Move through the recording and adjust pitch to find a texture that still hints at its source—or takes it somewhere else.
WATCH IT IN ACTIONGranulatorHear a captured moment unfold into a new texture.Watch the walkthrough
05 / SCULPTOR
Draw a curve and give a held sound a changing shape. Guide volume, pitch, tone or effects over time, so a single gesture can rise, fall and develop as you play.
06 / RHYTHM
Turn the notes you hold into a moving phrase—or find a new rhythm inside the recording itself.
Hold a chord and turn it into a sequence. Shape velocity, gate and pitch, choose a direction, add swing and sync the pattern to your session. Export the arpeggiator’s MIDI when you want to take the phrase further.
Find parts inside your source and change their order. A familiar recording takes on a different flow when its moments arrive in a new sequence.
07 / SPACE
Keep the attack clear and let the resonance follow, or let the whole sound dissolve into space.
Add a sense of place behind the note. Give an intimate part room to breathe without losing its definition.
Bring the space into the sound itself. Turn a simple part into a wider atmosphere that carries beyond the keys.
08 / COLOUR & CHARACTER
Add warmth, sharpen an edge, build echoes or introduce a pulse. Keep it subtle—or let the effect become part of the idea.
Add repeats that give a sparse part more movement. Set the time, control how long the echoes keep going, and use ping-pong to send them across the stereo field.
09 / KEEP THE IDEA MOVING
Import a WAV or capture a performance inside Physica. Your recordings can be the start of something new.
Save your sound as a user preset, including the captured or imported audio that makes it yours.
Export or drag out WAV audio. Move arpeggiator patterns into your session as MIDI.
THE PRACTICAL DETAILS
Physica is a piano and sound-design instrument for composers and producers. Start with its piano or Signature Sounds, or use your own audio. Explore capture, granular playback, Sound Morph, Imprint, Sculptor, rhythm and effects in the same instrument.
Yes. Import your own WAV audio, or capture notes and chords inside Physica. You can shape the result, save it with your user preset and export audio for your session.
Physica is a native plugin for macOS and Windows. Mac uses AU or VST3; Windows uses VST3. A compatible plugin host is required. Kontakt is not required. Your purchase includes both downloads, clearly labelled Physica for macOS and Physica for Windows. Choose the installer for your computer.
Export or drag out WAV audio, and export the piano arpeggiator’s patterns as MIDI. Use the audio as part of your arrangement or continue editing the MIDI phrase in your DAW.
One licence covers one computer: either a Mac or a Windows PC.
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PHYSICA / ALTERNATIVE SAMPLES
Download includes Physica for macOS and Physica for Windows.
One licence. One computer. Your choice of platform.
