Riot Audio

09/07/2026

Anarchia - Multiple Playheads, Long Performances & Random Sample Starts

A multi-layer cinematic instrument capable of dense, intricate textures and sound design. Free version available

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ANARCHIA is a Kontakt-based virtual instrument built from long-form sampled performances of piano, guitars, trumpet, and Irish whistles. Each source includes a range of articulations, with recordings lasting up to approximately one minute.

The instrument uses multiple independent playheads per note, each starting from different positions within the sample. This creates layered, rhythmically aleatoric textures with natural variation in timing, density, and phrasing, producing an ensemble-like effect from a single key press.

Voice count can be adjusted from a single playback instance up to 12 voices per layer, with two layers available for a total of up to 24 voices per note. Additional controls include octave distribution, per-layer envelopes, filtering, stereo width, and assignable LFO-based modulation.

ANARCHIA is fully tonal and is designed for creating evolving textures that range from sparse and defined to dense and blended.

09/07/2026

Anarchia - Complementary Timbres

https://riotaudio.com/product/anarchia/

ANARCHIA is constructed around complementary timbres taken from Prepared Piano, Guitar, Flute and Trumpet Textures.

ANARCHIA is a Kontakt-based virtual instrument built from long-form sampled performances of piano, guitars, trumpet, and Irish whistles. Each source includes a range of articulations, with recordings lasting up to approximately one minute.

The instrument uses multiple independent playheads per note, each starting from different positions within the sample. This creates layered, rhythmically aleatoric textures with natural variation in timing, density, and phrasing, producing an ensemble-like effect from a single key press.

Voice count can be adjusted from a single playback instance up to 12 voices per layer, with two layers available for a total of up to 24 voices per note. Additional controls include octave distribution, per-layer envelopes, filtering, stereo width, and assignable LFO-based modulation.

ANARCHIA is fully tonal and is designed for creating evolving textures that range from sparse and defined to dense and blended.
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06/07/2026

ANARCHIA is a Kontakt-based virtual instrument derived from extended performances of piano, guitars, trumpet, and Irish whistles. Each source includes a range of articulations, from intermittent gestures to octaves, flutters, and scrapes.

https://riotaudio.com/product/anarchia/

The instrument is designed around rhythmically aleatoric playback. Samples can be up to a minute in length and are triggered using multiple simultaneous playheads per note, each starting from different positions. This creates layered, ensemble-like textures with varying density and timing.

Voice count can be adjusted from a single playback instance up to 12 voices per layer, with two independent layers available. This allows for up to 24 simultaneous voices per note. Additional controls include octave distribution, per-layer envelopes, filtering, stereo width, and modulation via assignable LFOs.

ANARCHIA is fully tonal and intended for creating evolving textures, from sparse and defined to dense and blended.

30/06/2026

Riot Audio is proud to present ANARCHIA, a new rhythmically aleatoric library for Kontakt Player.

https://riotaudio.com/product/anarchia/

ANARCHIA is a two-layer cinematic instrument featuring up to 24 voices, capable of dense, intricate textures and sound design, based on rhythmically aleatoric long performances with multiple playheads and random sample start positions.

AN ALEATORIC APPROACH TO RHYTHM

ANARCHIA is based on long performances with unpredictable timings across a few different categories/articulations.

The articulations are designed to capitalise on a range of different textural qualities - from very soft and minimal (intermitted simple repeated notes in one pitch) via more elaborate (octaves) to detailed, noisy (scratches, buzzing piano, woodwind/brass flutters).

Because the timing of the sampled performances is aleatoric (off grid), their textural aspects layer up in a very pleasing, organic way.

EMERGENT SONIC PROPERTIES

ANARCHIA plays with the ability of the ear to distinguish separate elements of similar but divergent sonic information. With only a low number of voices per layer (3 for example) and little by way of effects the ear will keep track of the individual sub-layers/voices and place them in separate "containers" of perception.

With a larger number of voices -18-24, the "chunking" capabilities of our perception are overwhelmed, and we start to treat all the information coming in for each pitch as unified. The chaotic, aleatoric underpinnings of the individual voices persists, however, leading to a pleasing juxtaposition of clarity/unity and intricate detail.

NKS-ENABLED
Ready for KONTAKT PLAYER
Free Taster available

30/06/2026

Out Now! Riot Audio is proud to present ANARCHIA, a new rhythmically aleatoric library for Kontakt Player.

ANARCHIA is a two-layer cinematic instrument featuring up to 24 voices, capable of dense, intricate textures and sound design, based on rhythmically aleatoric long performances with multiple playheads and random sample start positions.

AN ALEATORIC APPROACH TO RHYTHM

ANARCHIA is based on long performances with unpredictable timings across a few different categories/articulations.

The articulations are designed to capitalise on a range of different textural qualities - from very soft and minimal (intermitted simple repeated notes in one pitch) via more elaborate (octaves) to detailed, noisy (scratches, buzzing piano, woodwind/brass flutters).

Because the timing of the sampled performances is aleatoric (off grid), their textural aspects layer up in a very pleasing, organic way.

EMERGENT SONIC PROPERTIES

ANARCHIA plays with the ability of the ear to distinguish separate elements of similar but divergent sonic information. With only a low number of voices per layer (3 for example) and little by way of effects the ear will keep track of the individual sub-layers/voices and place them in separate "containers" of perception.

With a larger number of voices -18-24, the "chunking" capabilities of our perception are overwhelmed, and we start to treat all the information coming in for each pitch as unified. The chaotic, aleatoric underpinnings of the individual voices persists, however, leading to a pleasing juxtaposition of clarity/unity and intricate detail.

NKS-ENABLED
Ready for KONTAKT PLAYER
Free Taster available

11/02/2026

Welcome to our Valentine's Day Sale!

Big deals on our range of acclaimed Kontakt virtual instruments,

including:
IMPRESSIONS - Integrated Granular Synthesis
GHOLEM - Unholy Atonal Strings Textures
INDUSTRY - State Of The Art Dark Cinematic Synth
GHOUL - Ghostly Violin Textures

Deals last until 21st February 2026.

https://riotaudio.com/product-category/valentines/

29/01/2026

Out Now: Vignettes - Slices of Nostalgia

Vignettes is an easy-to-use, straightforward multilayer instrument with over 400 instant sonic combinations

A nostalgic two-layer instrument with 3 octaves for each layer (i.e. 6 layers in total), built around 20 custom sounds culled from production sessions for previous Riot Audio instruments.

Announcement Trailer for Vignettes, a nostalgic two-layer instrument for Kontakt Player.https://riotaudio.com/product/vignettes/