What is the Windmaschine?
With Windmaschine we are proud to present a playable VSTI that is a faithful reproduction of the Windhowler Mole Effect but also takes it to a whole new level.
The Windhowler is an electrical instrument developed in the 1960s which can produce unique wind sound effects with a very special sound signature. Only a few devices exist and the one the entire planet and luckily we had access to a unit in mint condition. We captured every single detail in order to preserve its sound signature and character.
In combination with our visionary software engine these captured recordings are transformed into a virtual instrument that allows you to go to sonic territories way beyond what the original device is capable of.
Tutorials
Explore WINDMASCHINE through this series of tutorials. Get started with the basics, or take it to the next level with a walkthrough of advances features.
What The Artists Say
Windmachine is the most fun I’ve had in a while. Wind can be so tricky, the ability to ‘perform’ it using this new instrument, is just plain rewarding, and the variety of sounds it can produce, even after playing with it for just a few minutes, is pretty astonishing.
Tim Nielsen
(Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance / Solo / Moana / Finding Dory)
Windmaschine is such a cool “instrument”. I love how flexible and completely thought out the interface is. The Windhowler was already a great library but this elevates those sounds 10 times at least. There are so many great sounds in here. Thanks!!!
David Farmer
(The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies / Avengers (Infinity War & End Game) / Ant Man and the Wasp)
For Star Wars Battlefront (1), one of our overriding goals was to work with the original recordings as much as possible. One of the components of the icy Hoth winds in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was clearly from the Mole Richardson machine; some of the raw material even had “Mole Wind” in the name!
Initially, the material in Tonsturm’s “Windhowler” library was a perfect complement to this original material and helped flesh out our version of Hoth.
Then, when we started working on SWBF2, Tonsturm was kind enough to let us have early access to their beta version of Windmaschine. It enabled us to authentically extend the sound pool and add a whole new layer of timbres and fidelity that would have been hard to achieve without the flexibility of this wonderful instrument.
Ben Minto
(Star Wars: Battlefront / Battlefield / Mirror’s Edge / Black / Burnout)
Windmaschine is a great way to quickly create and dynamically perform those classic rushing wind sounds you are looking for. I love how it not only faithfully recreates the original windhowler device, but also adds new features like convolution reverb that really open it up to creating a much larger palette of new sound possibilities.
Tim Farrell
(Star Trek: Discovery / Star Trek: Picard / The Walking Dead)
Blend between different colors of wind
Manually blend between the individual colors of wind or let the wind modulation system mix it for you.
Explore the possibilities.
Its all at your fingertips.
Custom Wind FX
The FX section of WINDMASCHINE allows you to tune its sound character to the mood you need. Or to change it drastically.
Tailored Effects invite you to explore different sides of wind. And to be part of it.
True Stereo Convolution
Finally everything is set into stage with our beautiful sounding convolution reverb engine.
It comes with custom recorded true stereo impulse responses providing a breath taking sound quality.
Besides nature, exterior and indoor impulse responses we included IR recordings from musical instruments like gongs, sound bowls or cymbals enabling WINDMASCHINE to create lively textures, drones and atmospheres.
Meticulously capturing the original
We invented a way to meticulously capture every possible setting of the original Windhowler hardware. We attached a script controlled stepper motor to the wind speed dial. Each resonator sample set finally consists of 120 short loops that are cross blended in real time when performing WINDMASCHINE.
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$179,00 US*
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Bundle Offer:
Buy WINDMASCHINE + Our Windhowler SFX Library
For just $20 more you will get our highly acclaimed Windhowler SFX Library on top of your WINDMASCHINE purchase. For more info on our Windhowler SFX library click here.
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Windhowler SFX Library
$199,00 US*
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In order to provide the best possible sound quality we had to accept that WINDMASCHINE is a little CPU greedy. If you are happy with the sound you tweaked we recommend rerecording or freezing the audio for further editing.
Systemrequirements
Intel CPU with at least 4 Cores; i7 or better recommended.
Mac OSX 10.9+ (64-bit), 4 GB Ram, Intel® CoreTM i7
Windows 8 - 10 (64-bit), 4 GB Ram, Intel® CoreTM i7
Formats
Windemaschine works as VST, AAX, Audio Units and Standalone.
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