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Ólafur Arnalds Cells

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    "Cells constantly surprises me with little melodies that get created within the random intervals, often inspiring new melodies that I then take over to other instruments." 
    – Ólafur Arnalds

    Moving beyond the realm of a typical sample library, Cells is our latest collaboration with Ólafur Arnalds, one of Iceland’s foremost musicians, with a career spanning over a decade as a recording artist, live performer, and composer. Ólafur has received 3 GRAMMY nominations over his career, also winning a BAFTA for Best Original Music for the series "Broadchurch" and receiving an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for "Defending Jacob." 

    Cells is a collaborative tool that enables composers and producers to harness the power of a string orchestra and get the feeling of players responding as if they are in the same room as the composer. In addition there is a toolkit of vintage analogue synths with a variety of signal paths created and performed by Ólafur to embrace this same collaborative power.

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    Over 200 presets

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    What's included

    Cells: Full Band
    Cells Motion Clouds
    Scatter Cirrus Intensity
    Octaves Living Cells (Sparse)
    Cells (Medium)
    Shimmer (Sparse)
    Shimmer (Medium)
    Parallel Motion Shimmer


    Cells: Synth
    Cells 1
    Cells 2
    Cells 3


    Bass: Bass
    Long Straight
    Long Straight (Alt)
    Long Sparse (Unison)
    Long Medium (Unison)


    Synth: Bass
    Sub 60 II
    Sub Stab
    Short Stab
    Short Sub 20


    Synth: One Shots
    Back Stab
    Swell 60
    Ratatattat 1
    Ratatattat 2
    Ratatattat 3
    Ratatattat 4
    Single Hits


    Pads: Mallet
    Swarm Moving 60
    Attach Organ
    Revenv II
    Soft Organ
    Ps Soft Organ
    Organic Moves
    Inorganic Moves
    Ps Waves 1
    Ps Waves 2
    Ps Waves 3


    Warps: Organic Warps
    Air Ensemble
    Granular Strings
    Scattered Bows
    String Abstraction
    String Waves
    Submerged Strings
    Synth Strings


    Warps: Sonic Warps
    Bass Drone
    Bass Dist
    Ps Pad (Filtered)
    Detuned
    Old Tape
    Tape Mild
    Tape Moody 4th
    Tape Moody 4th Fx
    Tape High Note
    Tape High Sustained Note
    Tape 60 Drone
    Tape A Maj3rd
    Tape A Maj3rd Fx


    Individuals: Full Band - Combi
    Long Combi Unison
    Long combi Min 2nd
    Long Combi Maj 2nd
    Long Combi Min 3rd
    Long Combi Maj 3rd
    Long Combi Perf 4th


    Individuals: Full Band - Gliss
    Long Gliss (Maj 3rd)
    Long Gliss (Perf 4th)
    Long Gliss (Perf 5th)
    Long Gliss (Min 6th)
    Long Gliss (Maj 6th)
    Long Gliss (Min 7th)
    Long Gliss (Maj 7th)


    Individuals: Full Band - Medium
    Long Medium (Unison)
    Long Medium (Min 2nd)
    Long Medium (Maj 2nd)
    Long Medium (Min 3rd)
    Long Medium (Maj 3rd)
    Long Medium (Perf 4th)


    Individuals: Full Band - Octave
    Long Medium Oct (Min 3rd)
    Long Medium Oct (Maj 3rd)
    Long Medium Oct (Perf 4th)
    Long Medium Oct (Aug 4th)
    Long Medium Oct (Perf 5th)
    Long Medium Oct (Min 6th)


    Individuals: Full Band - Sparse
    Long Sparse (Unison)
    Long Sparse (Min 2nd)
    Long Sparse (Maj 2nd)
    Long Sparse (Min 3rd)
    Long Sparse (Maj 3rd)
    Long Sparse (Perf 4th)


    Individuals: Full Band - Two Note
    Long Two Note (Min 2nd 3rd)
    Long Two Note (4th 5th)
    Long Two Note (2nd 5th)


    Individuals: Synth Cells 1
    Cells 1 Perf Prime
    Cells 1 Min 2nd
    Cells 1 Maj 2nd
    Cells 1 Min 3rd
    Cells 1 Maj 3rd
    Cells 1 Perf 4th
    Cells 1 Aug 4th
    Cells 1 Perf 5th
    Cells 1 Min 6th
    Cells 1 Maj 6th
    Cells 1 Min 7th
    Cells 1 Maj 7th
    Cells 1 Oct


    Individuals: Synth Cells 2
    Cells 2 Perf Prime
    Cells 2 Min 2nd
    Cells 2 Maj 2nd
    Cells 2 Min 3rd
    Cells 2 Maj 3rd
    Cells 2 Perf 4th
    Cells 2 Aug 4th
    Cells 2 Perf 5th
    Cells 2 Min 6th
    Cells 2 Maj 6th
    Cells 2 Min 7th
    Cells 2 Maj 7th
    Cells 2 Oct


    Individuals: Synth Cells 3
    Cells 3 Perf Prime
    Cells 3 Min 2nd
    Cells 3 Maj 2nd
    Cells 3 Min 3rd
    Cells 3 Maj 3rd
    Cells 3 Perf 4th
    Cells 3 Aug 4th
    Cells 3 Perf 5th
    Cells 3 Min 6th
    Cells 3 Maj 6th
    Cells 3 Min 7th
    Cells 3 Maj 7th
    Cells 3 Oct

    FAQs

    Is there a discount for owners of other Ólafur libraries?

    Yes, if you own any of the other Ólafur libraries you will receive a 25% crossgrade discount during the introductory price period, until the 3rd of December.  

    The introductory pricing offer is 20% off for all customers during the same period. 


    What other libraries would Cells work well with?

    Cells is a very flexible tool that works with a lot of different products, but here are a selection of libraries that naturally pair with Cells: 

    Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit 
    Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions 
    Olafur Arnalds Evolutions 
    Albion Tundra
    Albion NEO
    Fractured Strings 
    Percussion Swarm

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    Tech specs

    Mac system requirements

    Mac OS 11 - 14

    Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM.

    Recommended: 2.8GHz i7 (six-core), 16GB RAM.

    Apple Silicon computers are supported and 64 bit DAW required.

    (32 bit DAWs not supported) 

    PC system requirements

    Windows 10 and Windows 11. (latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Minimum: Intel Core 2.8GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

    Recommended: Intel 2.8GHz i7 (six-core) or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

    (32 bit DAWs not supported)

    File size

    Download Size 29.79 GB

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