Steinberg Materials: Wood & Water Review

Steinberg recently announced the availability of Materials: Wood & Water, the second instrument of the celebrated Materials series for HALion.

Materials: Wood & Water features eleven extended playing techniques by an 18-piece string ensemble and other wooden instruments like piano, marimba and guitar played in various ways, as well as the also included synthesizer textures and different types of wood and water sound effects. Materials: Wood & Water comes with 6 GB of content.

Resulting from the collaboration between Steinberg and Magnetic 96 who specialize in sampling and processing unusual sound sources, Materials: Wood & Water is a HALion instrument that also runs in HALion Sonic SE, a free VST and AU version available for virtually any DAW.

Availability and pricing

Materials: Wood & Water is exclusively available through the Steinberg Online Shop for
129.99 euros or 129.99 US dollars. Please note that an introductory offer of 99.99 euros or
99.99 US dollars is available from September 22 until October 17, 2022.

Key features

• 6 GB HALion instrument with strings, wood instruments, synths and FX
• 11 extended playing techniques by an 18-piece string ensemble
• 4-layer sound engine with multi-samples, wavetable and granular
• More than 170 cinematic presets designed by Magnetic 96

One of our long-time contributors, Werner Mairegger has put this new release through its paces and likes what he hears.

Full Review Here