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Explore a world of illustrated cards. Turn medieval instruments into sounds of your own.

Hark! brings the discovery of collectable trading card games into music making. Every preset is a playable sound with its own original artwork, rarity and lore. Explore a richly detailed fantasy world of characters, creatures and relics, then shape what you hear into something entirely your own.

Save 22% with the Founder’s Edition. Limited to the first 100 buyers.

• 100 illustrated cards and playable presets: Hark!’s 40 base presets plus both 30-preset Booster Expansions
• Medieval sources, expansive sonic possibilities: drones, ambient choirs, pads, plucked patterns and evolving textures
• Instant playability: play complex chords with one key using Chord Lock, then add movement with the arpeggiator
• Granular, Reverse, Randomise, Storm and Tape FX, plus ADSR, Delay and Reverb
• Create and save your own presets: reshape any included sound, overwrite it or save a new version
• Founder extras included: 30 MIDI phrases in all 12 keys, Print-Quality Card Collection and exclusive Founder’s Card
• Complete playable instrument: no Kontakt or additional player required
• Mac, Windows and Linux, with AU, VST3, AAX plugins and standalone app
• Royalty-free output and free updates for life

What you get

Hark! Illuminated Medieval Instrument. 40 base presets built from recordings of Hurdy-Gurdy, Lute, Psaltery, Cittern, Harp, Recorder, Shawm, Bagpipes, Rebec, Bowed Strings, Choir, Chapel Organ and more. Sustain a Hurdy-Gurdy into an unfolding drone, scatter plucked strings into granular clouds or surround a choir with tape colour and reverb. Each card is a starting point for your own sound.

Heraldic & Legendary Expansion. 30 cards and presets exploring heralds, banners, shields and chapel music. Bowed and chamber strings meet Cornett, Shawm, Recorder and Bagpipes, with plucked instruments and arpeggios adding movement. Build stately ensembles, winding melodies and ceremonial atmospheres.

Curses & Beasts Expansion. 30 cards and presets from Hark!’s bestiary and occult world. Hurdy-Gurdy and drones give the collection its distinctive character, joined by Lute, Psaltery, Rebec and Choir for intricate plucks, spectral voices and darker textures. Includes three holographic Legendary cards.

MIDI Phrase Pack. 30 original phrases in all 12 keys. Drop them into your DAW to explore musical ideas with Hark! or other instruments.

Print-Quality Card Collection and exclusive Founder’s Card. High-resolution artwork for the 100-card collection, ready to print and explore beyond the interface, plus a separate card exclusive to the first 100 buyers.

Choose the Founder’s Edition

Get the instrument, both expansions and the Founder extras together, saving 22% against their combined listed value. Explore Common, Uncommon, Rare and holographic Legendary cards, with a hidden 101st card and playable preset waiting to be discovered.

Get your Founder’s Edition. Only 100 will be released.

System requirements

macOS: macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later. Universal binary, native on Intel and Apple Silicon. AU, VST3, AAX and Standalone.

Windows: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. VST3, AAX and Standalone.

Linux: 64-bit Linux. VST3 and Standalone.

General: Around 1 GB free disk space. 4 GB RAM recommended. Runs in all major DAWs or independently as a standalone app. Works entirely offline with no account, iLok or activation.

Licence

• Perpetual licence, no subscription
• Install on any machine you own
• Royalty-free use, worldwide
• Sounds cannot be resold as sounds or used to train generative audio models