MNTRA Huracan

Wild Winds Awaken

Introducing Huracan, a gateway into a new world of winds and percussion inspired by Mesoamerican and Andean cultures.

5 rare and unique wind instruments are accompanied by 3 textural percussion sounds, giving you a complete, curated palette, ready to create breathtaking music.

Features

• 40+ Presets
• 16 Individual Instruments
• Up to 20 Round Robins
• Up to 3 Dynamic Layers
• 3 Blendable Microphone Channels (Close, Far, and Vintage)
• 3 Custom FX (Auto Panner, Harmonic Tremolo, Metallic Verb)

Proprietary Engine - VST/AU Plugin included. No additional software required.

3-Axis Universal Controls - Simply map your favorite controller once for all plugin instances.

Intuitive Performance GUI - Custom animation-driven performance interface & mouse hover interactions.

Industry Leading Audio Quality - 384khz/32-bit extended ultrasonic range sample sources

CPU-Efficient In-Engine Playback - industry-leading 24-bit 96kHz resolution

The Story of Huracan

Huracan (AKA - U K'ux Kaj, Heart of Sky) is a K'iche' Maya god of wind, storm, and fire.

Here we imagined a hidden cenote deep in the jungle where a lone traveler stumbles upon the ancient deity, incidentally awakening it from a deep slumber and activating a portal into an alternate timeline where pre-hispanic cultures continued to thrive unaffected by colonization.

Over time they developed their own distinctive version of synthesizers and electronic instruments.

Central to Huracan is our founder Brian D'Oliveira's (Composer of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf ) deep connection with South and Central American cultures and their unique instruments

Originally raised in the Venezuelan Andes mountains, he began a lifelong pursuit of learning and researching ancient musical cultures, starting with these unique instruments.

Here, we have deeply sampled a curated collection of sources from his personal arsenal, allowing you to harness their unique potential in your own compositions

Within MNTRA's bespoke Animistic Sampler Engine, MNDALA, these sounds can be shaped into entirely new forms with an intuitive 3-axis global control system.

Built on years of development in capturing and efficiently reproducing extreme definition audio, MNDALA allows you to discover and manipulate the ultrasonic textures hidden within these ancient winds and percussion, never before accessible in a playable form.

Additionally, the extensive custom-made FX system gives you the tools to transform the source material into an endless range of otherworldly synths and textures, their natural air and pitch fluctuations imbuing your sound with unparalleled life and variation.

What's Inside?

Wind

• Mihuioti Whistle (Straight, Flutter) - Prehispanic bird whistle made of earthenware from Minerales de Pozos in Central Mexico.
• Quena (Short, Long, Flutter) - Peruvian quena with bone mouthpiece.
• Double Chamber Flute (Short, Straight, Flutter) - Double-chambered flute from Peru.
• Skull Ocarina - Earthenware Prehispanic calavera (skull) ocarina.
• Palo De Canto (Short, Long) - Rare Amazonian whistling double aerophones (singing sticks).

Percussion

• Guadua Hit - Large percussive bamboo Aerophone hit with hands.
• Prehispanic Ceremonial Shakers - Prehispanic ceremonial shakers sourced from Minerales de Pozos in central Mexico.
• Güiro Selvático - Cylindrical güiro made from Amazonian black wood.
• Gourd Hom-Pax Hit - Percussive hit on a gourd variant of a Mayan trumpet.
• Metal Hom-Pax Hit - Percussive hit on a metal variant of a Mayan trumpet.