Hopkin Instrumentarium: Icicles & Pop Ice

Soundiron’s Hopkin Instrumentarium: Icicles & Pop Ice captures two unique string instruments with a bright, crystalline character. Icicles features 26 short, highly tensioned strings that resonate through a suspended stainless-steel sheet, producing a pure, shimmering tone with a long, evolving tail. Pop Ice adds a thin Styrofoam sheet in contact with the strings, creating a sharp percussive pop followed by the steel’s sustained resonance. The library includes plucked, percussive, and gliss articulations, two mic positions (Close and Contact), up to 8x round robin, and 6 velocity layers for expressive control. You also get 20 custom FX presets and atmospheric pads/drones derived from the source material. Ideal for film scoring, ambient, and experimental music, this Kontakt instrument suits producers seeking organic, resonant textures that blend naturally into mixes or stand out as evocative leads. Requires the full retail version of Kontakt 6.2.2+.