Score Elements | SoundsAndGear.com

So what is Score Elements? Score Elements is exactly what it sounds like. A library of elements, sounds, impacts, beds, and noises, suited for film, media, game and other similar production styles. This one is basically aimed at film and game composers, sound designers, etc. But you know me! I love this stuff and think it can be used anywhere. It's packaged in the elastik 2 plugin, so you can mix, mangle, chop, effect and alter all the loops and sounds to create your own thing.

Quick Specs
- content: 2.51 GB
- format: Elastik Player 2 (vst, au, rtas)
- price: $139.95

So how does it sound? There has always been a nice, warm, organic quality about the libraries from Ueberschall. It's hard to explain given the fact that they cover so many different genres, but they just always exude qualit and usability. No too overly processed to fit in with the rest of your sounds, but definitely pro quality, ready to go. In particular I like the impacts, great for creating your own epic styled kits and beats. The beds and ambiences are really deep and evolving, and the elastik 2 interface makes it easy to chop, change, mangle, and alter them quickly. The quality of the recordings are on point, no unwanted pops, clicks or other noises. I also felt that the sounds themselves were true to the genre they are targeting So what's the bottom line? I'm glad they updated to elastik 2, the built in browser makes using their libraries much more streamlined and quick.

I also like how intuitive they made the new "loopeye" system, very easy to tweak and alter your loops. For me, having it load as a native 64 bit plugin is a HUGE plus. I give this library 4 out of 5 subs, it hits the mark in regards to film/media sounds and effects with no lack of content in sight. There's a few things I would like to see improved with the elastik engine itself. Exporting samples should be quicker, you should be able to do this via drag and drop into your daw or desktop.

Also, loading samples to the keys should be quicker, I should be able to double click on the sample in the browser and have it load to the next available key. I'd also like to see the chromatic assignment of samples streamlined so that if I have a sample on a key and I place the mouse on either side of the key, I get an arrow bar that lets me drag it across multiple keys. The chopping is nice, but it would also be nice if you could export the chops as individual wav files. Overall the library is great and the new engine is great, with a few tweaks it (elastik) can be a very powerful platform.

It really shines when you have more than one Uebershcall library, as it let's you tag, rate and organize everything by genre, instrument, etc. So you don't have to know which library you need, just the type of sound, bpm, or something of that nature. I definitely plan to checkout more stuff from Uebershcall, I feel I've been missing out because of my dislike for the first version of elastik, but with elastik 2, I don't feel it gets in the way and actually makes the library a joy to use.