Plugin Review: Heavyocity Ostinato Textures

Hi Everyone!

Last week I purchased Heavyocity's new plugin, Ostinato Textures, and I wanted to talk a little about how I've found it so far. It does exactly what it says on the tin, providing you with instant string ostinato inspiration across simple, complex and triplet rhythms.

First thing's first: it sounds great. You're given four mic presets to choose from for each ostinato category (Simple, Complex, Triplet) across each instrument (Violin, Viola, Cello). Each of the four mic presets (Close, Default, Full Mix, Wet) gives you a slightly different starting point that you can then tweak to your preferences as needed.

The Ostinato patterns themselves are all really unique and wide-ranging - you'd be hard-pushed not to find some kind of spark of inspiration from any of them. What's more, they play in really nicely without any noticeable delay, and dynamics automation is easy thanks to the intuitive UI and CC mapping options.

Additionally, you have the Texture Designer, which allows you to combine and blend up to three solo articulations to create unique, evolving textures. I've yet to really deep-dive into this feature yet, but it looks like a really powerful option to have across a variety of genres.

I'm someone who finds themselves going back to their 'go-to' ostinato patterns too often, so this plugin is perfect for getting me to stray further afield, particularly when working on projects that are a little different than the traditional 'Epic Hybrid' cues.

If you want to learn more about Ostinato Textures, check out the video below from The Sampleist, and if you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to reach out and I'll be happy to share more of my thoughts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWvxKaAwTfM

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