Fragments is based on the best selling Kontakt library "Seurat". However, most of the samples have been edited and altered in order to get the most out of Omnisphere's engine. Many unique samples have been added as well. There is often an imperfect beauty to the samples that gives it character and life, which is difficult to describe. The raw sources include a wide range of instruments, such as pianos, violins, guitars and ukuleles. Techniques mostly involved plucking, brushing (with fabrics), bowing, and tapping. Rather than recording a single instance of a note, entire performances were recorded in order to give variety and nuance to the granular synthesis process (originally in Seurat, but here, in Omnisphere). With this set, you can create sweeping, emotional cinematic pieces, but also more aleatoric and chaotic pieces. There are subtle and understated textures of real beauty, as well as dense and enthralling textures with a lot movement and nuance. There are beautiful and characterful strings and pads, as well as more chaotic "fragmented" ones. My particular favorites are the Stravinsky inspired string textures in the ARP category. There is something for everyone in this collection, but the majority of the sounds are in the String / Pad / Texture categories. I personally believe these to be some of the best sounds I've produced.