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The first VST/AAX/AU plug-in from SoundMorph, DUST is a synthesizer plugin based on a real-time particle simulation, where each particle is a separate granulating sound source. The motion of each particle is determined by the flow field, which determines the force applied to each particle at each point.
Just like how the flow of a river determines the path of a leaf floating down in it. This is our most ambitious software release to date, and you are going to love it! Not only is DUST addictive to play with, but it generates some of the coolest sounds you've ever created.
• Presets by Richard Divine, Ivo Ivanov, Robert Clouth, Yan David
• 8 particle emitters
• convolution reverb
• Binaural Audio Panning
• Save and recall presets
• Custom Flow Field equations
• over 60 sounds included
• import your own sounds
• 4 modulation options on parameters
• Available in VST, VST3, AAX and Audio Unit format
• Compatible with Mac and PC (32 bit and 64 bit)
• Compatible with most major Daws
An Intel® Mac with Mac OS X 10.9 (or later), OR a PC with Windows 7 (or later); Multicore processor; 2 GB RAM; 1024×768 display.
ASTRAL is defined as “relating to a supposed non-physical realm of existence to which various psychic and paranormal phenomena are ascribed, and in which the physical human body is said to have a counterpart.”
This library contains a great amount of magical and otherworldly spirit textures, abstract atmospheres and beautifully paranormal drenched soundscapes that will transport you to magically soaked ethereal landscape. Perfect for sci-fi, magical, mystic, enchanting, game atmospheres. To a place where sorcerers, witches, wizards and warlocks rule the land. Support your game or film with textural elements that provide bliss and horror in their celestial magnificence! Complete with 100 different textures, adding up to 23 total minutes worth of mysterious soundscapes and atmospheric elements.
Organized by mood and style, you’ll also find the key / chord associated as well with any tonal based pads to be sure you’re matching the key of any other paired elements.
CINEMASSIVE is a library of 110 cinematic presets for Ni Massive.
All presets are meticulosly crafted to provide a new sonic weapon for modern hybrid trailer music composers, cinematic composers, film music and sound designers .
Please note: Requires Native Instruments Massive – not included, but can be purchased separately here.
Glitch Grains is the ultimate library for screen tearing glitches, erroneous malfunctions, and spasmodic system failures.
Its the Phreaking best!
We created the library using a variety of unconventional sources and techniques: No input Mixing Board, Gameboy LSDJ tracker, Raw Data, Theremin, Radio Statics, Drum Machine Sample Retriggering, Noisy Oscillators, Mic Overloads, Simulated Hacked Telephone and Electromagnetic Interference.
Includes over 200 Designed Glitches and 1600+ source files.
We did recordings of interferences, hums, buzzs, dc noise and statics, using an electromagnetic sensor as microphone.
All recordings have been imported into Serum Noise Oscillator and Wavetable Oscillators to achieve a collection of organic sounding presets.
Mind States is an experimental sound library that includes different types of tones known for altering the state of mind of the listener
The thoughts and emotions of an individual are communicated by neurons within the brain. The interaction of neurons causes brainwaves and these vary according to the mental state of the individual. With an external stimulus like audio, we can synchronize brainwaves to the frequency of the audio and attain a desired mental state. This is achieved using Binaural Beats, Monaural Beats, or Isochronic Tones, where the difference between two tones is perceived as a pulsating ‘Beat’ which synchronizes with Brainwaves.
This library is created by our specialist team who have designed sound and music for some of the world’s most respected spa/relaxation companies. Our Audio Craftsmen have researched and experimented, creating different tones in different frequency ranges to trigger different psychological responses. The files were created using the purest tone generators available so that the brain will not be disturbed by additional harmonics of the waveforms.
These are categorized into Delta waves (0.1Hz to 4Hz), associated with deep sleep and relaxation; Theta waves (4Hz to 8Hz), linked to REM sleep, meditation, and relaxation; Alpha waves (8Hz to 13Hz), which are responsible for positivity, anxiety, fast learning, etc; Beta waves (13Hz to 30Hz), linked to increased concentration, alertness; Gamma waves (30hz and above), when we are in peak awareness, tension, etc.
Our library consists of Binaural Beats, Monoaural Beats, Isochronic Tones, and Solfeggio Frequencies which are said to alter brainwaves. Each of these includes tones covering the full spectrum of brainwave categories. All files are in 24Bit 96KHz, totaling 7.2GB.
This bundle is a perfect choice for Spa and meditation centers. Also, these tones can be used for experimental music, films, ASMR, and even for self listening. No doubt, you will be getting an exceptional audio experience in your projects with this library. Try combining our tones to build your own unique experiences!
Here are the included folders:
⦁ Binaural Beats: Two pure tones of slightly different frequencies are played together (one tone per ear).
⦁ Monaural Beats: Similar to Binaural Beats, except the two tones are played in mono, and the resulting difference in the tones are perceived as a separate tone in our brain. Monaural Beats are considered to be more effective than Binaural Beats and can be played through one speaker.
⦁ Isochronic Tones: These are single tones turning on and off at regular intervals, which results in a rhythmic pulse. These are widely used for Brainwave Entertainment.
⦁ Solfeggio Frequencies: These frequencies were used in the ancient 6-tone scale and believed to be used in several ancient sacred music styles. These tones are said to have capabilities in promoting various aspects of physical and mental health.
⦁ Pads: An additional folder that includes a variety of soft and focussed pads, perfect for layering with the included tonal elements.
The charming & quirky digital sound of the OP-Z is now coming to the most popular DAWs and samplers. All 62 patches from my previous OP-Z patch dump MPC Expansions have been converted one-by-one into industry standard SoundFont files and other formats that are supported by a wide variety of samplers and DAWs.
I’ve been going through the samples of the original expansions one by one, cleaning them up and finding the perfect loop points so that all of them (save for some percussive patches) now offer infinite sustain. All samples are completely free of noise, recorded at 24bit / 44.1 kHz and stored as simple WAV files which makes them easily usable outside of the pre-mapped patches.
Compatible samplers include: exs24, Ableton Sampler, NN-XT, NN-19, Bitwig Studio, UVI Falcon, Sforzando, Halion Sonic.
The all-time classic ARP 2600 was a synthesizer that was an immediate hit with musicians and sound designers when it was released in 1971. Most famously, it’s the very synth that Ben Burtt used to give R2D2 his unmistakeable voice.
Semi-modular in nature and with many handy features like voltage modifiers, lag control, ring modulation, a comprehensive noise generator, sample & hold, and 3 independent oscillators, it comes equipped with more features than you’ll find in many of today’s analog synthesizers.
Thanks to the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation and the non-profit studio The Record Co. I was able to access an original, mint condition ARP 2600 that is beautifully maintained and lock myself in a studio with it to capture nearly 7 hours worth of raw sound design material.
Putting the 2600’s immense sound design potential to use, I created this library to help you give robots a voice, create otherworldly ambiances, score computers with the obligatory “bleep bloops”, and craft larger than life weapons with a distinct retro SciFi flair. I also captured the physical, mechanical sounds of patching cords and moving faders on the synth using a pair of LOM Uši Pro. These sounds are included in a dedicated subfolder.
The resulting sounds range from droid chatter at various root pitches, impacts, drones, noise, and lots of other sonic source that begs to be pitch-shifted and mangled. In fact, the ARP 2600’s pristine analog circuitry and my high-end recording chain capturing it at 192 kHz means that most of the final material features high-frequency content ranging up to nearly 90 kHz!
This means that you can pitch-shift most of these sounds down by up to 2 octaves and uncover new harmonic content along the way. By recording at 32 Bit with the ultra low-noise Zoom F6 and Rheingold Music cables, these recordings are extremely clean and hold up well to intense processing.
While highly abstract in nature, these sounds are a great basis for building:
Metadata: UCS file naming, SoundMiner, Soundly, BWF
Recording Specs: 24 Bit / 192 kHz for the majority of files. 96 kHz for files with less ultrasonic content, Stereo and Mono recordings.
File Format: WAV
Gear used: Genuine ARP 2600 Model 3620 (1974), LOM Uśi Pro Mics, Zoom F6, Rheingold Music Cables, Radial Pro D2 DI Box
Processing: Level adjustment, crossfades, spectral noise reduction for recordings using built-in spring reverb.
ANALOG DRUM SHOTS is a collection of 253 drum shots from Eurorack drum modules (TipTop Audio – Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas) and modern analog drum machines (MFB Tanzbar – Elektron).
All samples are Wavs 24-bit mono 48 khz one shots, ready for your next 100% analog drum kits.
Simple organization of all the sounds is guaranteed by two main categories:
DRY Analog Shots: 184 total sounds:
Kicks: 31 sounds
Clap: 12 sounds
Snares: 23 sounds
Cymbals: 26 sounds
Toms: 37 sounds
Other Percussions: 55 sounds
PROCESSED and Layered: 69 total sounds
The DX7 is a synth of near unmatched significance to music history as it essentially defined the sound of music in the 1980s. Being the first affordable digital FM (frequency modulation) synthesizer, it quickly found its way into the arsenals of everyone from hobbyists to superstars alike. The immense potential of FM synthesis stems from its complex algorithms defining how different oscillators can interact, while being very light on computing resources. These made it possible to recreate lots of different acoustic instruments somewhat convincingly but also to create sonic tapestries and sound effects that had been unheard of at the time. Pair this with velocity sensitivity and 16 voice polyphony and you can see that the DX7 made for one seriously capable performance synth.
Throughout its life, the DX7 had several VOICE ROM cartridges released for it which gave users access to new sounds both from Yamaha and third-party sources. For this library, I sampled the VOICE ROM 3 cartridge which contains 64 recreations of band and orchestral instruments. As always, these samples have been sampled meticulously using high-end converters, several samples per octave, and multiple velocity layers where appropriate.
With Dark Ambient for Serum & Cthulhu, we’ve put together a go-to resource for all things moody and atmospheric.
Featuring 60 Serum presets, 20 Cthulhu presets, loops, oneshots and MIDI files, this collection will have the creativity flowing the minute you start exploring.
We took inspiration from artists and bands including The Haxan Cloak, Lorn, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sunn O))) and Lustre as well as video game soundtracks like Fallout and Silent Hill to bring you this essential Dark Ambient production toolkit.
Whether you work in genres such as Dark Ambient, Ambient Metal, Drone, Post-Rock or Cinematic, there’s plenty of material here for you to get your ideas down fast.
Black Saturnalia is our all rounder sample pack for trailer SFX. Released initially as our Black Friday and Christmas packs, Black Saturnalia is a combination of those two products.Includes Risers, Impacts, Sub Booms, Blasts, Drones, Signature sounds, and much more!
Includes 65 AIF files all recorded at 24 bit / 48 KHz
The ARP OMNI is not just a synth, it’s more of a predecessor to modern day performance keyboards with its 3 distinct sound engines: Strings, Synth, and Bass. It’s string engine utilizes a divide-down tone generator that technically gives it unlimited polyphony. Its classic string sounds will be instantly recognizable to any fans of Joy Division, The Cars, or Kraftwerk. One might even say that the OMNI’s string engine played a big part in establishing the sound of New Wave. A “hollow” waveform mode gives the strings a more synth-like touch. In either mode, OMNI’s strings are lush and beautiful sounding, especially when combined with a long reverb or even a phaser (for that classic Jean Michel Jarre string sound).
The string section features Bass, Cello, Viola, and Violin registers.
Its synth is a simple single-oscillator design with a single envelope generator, a warm sounding ARP low-pass filter, and single LFO. This synth is capable of some quirky and musical sounds and serves as a great complement to the String and Bass engines. It doesn’t boast all that much low-end and its strength really sits in the middle register.
The bass engine is somewhat of a hidden gem as it pulls off a surprisingly convincing electric bass that’s both punchy and warm sounding and mixes well with the built-in synth. Sitting in the mix, this bass provides some serious low-end without being overly in-your-face. Both the 16′ and 8′ octaves can be mixed for an extra chunky octaver-style effect.
To get the cleanest possible tone out of this pristine ARP OMNI, I recorded it using a DIYRE FE2 DI Box with CineMag transformer, high-end Rheingold Music cables, and Antelope Audio converters. The instrument’s self noise has been reduced using subtle AI-assisted spectral de-noising to make sure these sounds will still sound very clean when being heavily processed. To allow for ideal sustain behavior, the string samples are looped within at least 3 full waveform cycles.
Take your creativity to new heights with over 410+ files featuring melodic synths, harmonic vocals, powerful drums, strong percussions, distinct atmosphere and more! One listen and you will be hooked, Cybernetic Rave has everything you need to help create your next music production & tracks.
We’re taking you back to the very beginning of the Dubstep scene with the original South London sound accurately captured across 62 presets for Serum.
Featuring the deepest subs, hypnotic wobbles, cinematic pads, melodic leads, pristine plucks, crisp claps and a range of FX covering uplifters, downlifters, sirens and more, all loaded with 4 macro controls to give you easy access to further sound design possibilities so you can really make these sounds your own.
Deep Dubstep is your go to resource and an authentic document of the birth of a genre which went from the underground clubs and pirate radio stations of the UK to become a hugely influential global scene.
Contents
62 Serum Presets
22 Bass
5 Claps
10 FX
10 Leads
10 Pads
5 Plucks
18 Custom Noise Samples
Total Files
80
System Requirements
Latest version of Serum
CLICKS, SWIPES, SCROLLS, NOTIFICATIONS, APPROVALS, DENIALS, WARNINGS, MESSAGES, PICK-UP ITEMS, COINS, TRINKETS, and OBJECT SOUNDS are all in this concise set of 300 interface sound files! Each and every CHIME, DING, PLUCK, POP, TUNE, HIT, ALARM, BLEEP, ZAP, SPLASH, THUMP, WHOOSH, ALERT and much much more has been carefully constructed with a distinct feel using METALS, LIQUIDS, & SYNTH themed sounds, covering all shapes, sizes and paces you’ll ever need for any specific elemental UI sound!
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In this library you will find a dark ambience sounds.
These sounds are perfect to use in movies, trailers, games, documentaries, etc.
These sounds were all created by me on virtual synthesizers.
After working these sounds in post-production, this library comes with 5 dark ambiences.
As a minimalist monophonic synthesizer from the 70s, the ARP AXXE is as straightforward as it gets: Single oscillator, one envelope generator, a simple low-pass filter, white noise generator, pwm… However, it still manages to achieve that delightfully gnarly ARP sound that’s so unique to everything this little New England-based synth manufacturer put together.
This pack of carefully multi-sampled AXXE patches is a tribute to this simple synth’s greatness and contains tons of musical and useful sounds that are just as relevant today as they were back when this little synth hit store shelves. From solid basses to quirky plucks, from noise crashes to surprisingly competent synth drums – this pack is sure to inspire you.
No corners were cut during the sampling process and every single patch was recorded one semitone at a time for consistent timbre and maximum authenticity. Additionally, each note was tuned individually to make sure this pack can work along all your other instruments and samples.
Recorded with Rheingold music cables and high-end Antelope Audio converters, these samples are pristine and endlessly tweakable. To make sure that this pack is useful for everyone, I’m offering you these patches in a whole load of different formats so that you can bring them into your favorite sampler. Even hardware workstations are accounted for with a full MPC Expansion and files for various KORG machines.
With Future Rave Attack, we’ve put together all of the essential elements you need to produce electrifying EDM party anthems in one comprehensive collection packed with cutting edge sounds.
Featuring 60 expertly-crafted presets covering basses, FX, leads, pads, plucks, synths and vocals all with macro controls mapped to only the most useful parameters, enabling efficient on-the-fly tweaking for custom sound design.
Also included are 5 complete Construction Kits packed with wet and dry loops, oneshots and MIDI files ensuring this pack contains every element required to create huge Future Rave tracks completely tailored to your liking and only limited by your creativity.
Contents
60 Serum Presets
12 Bass
12 FX
15 Leads
5 Pads
5 Plucks
9 Synth
2 Vocal
5 Construction Kits
188 Loops
51 Oneshots (Drums, Bass, Synth)
41 MIDI
5 Mixdown Demos
2 Full Product Demos (WAV & MP3)
Total Files
348
With Berserk Midtempo, we’ve put together everything you need to produce huge, hard and heavy EDM bangers in one epic collection. Inspired by some of the biggest names in the scene, this pack brings the sound design mastery intrinsic to the genre direct to your DAW at tempos ranging from 94 to 105 BPM.
Featuring 60 expertly-crafted presets covering basses, FX, pads, plucks, synths and vocals all with macro controls mapped to only the most useful parameters, enabling efficient on-the-fly tweaking for custom sound design.
Also included are 5 complete Construction Kits packed with wet and dry loops, oneshots and MIDI files ensuring this pack contains every element required to create Midtempo Bass tracks completely tailored to your liking and only limited by your creativity.
Contents
60 Serum Presets
24 Bass
12 FX
3 Pads
5 Plucks
14 Synth
2 Vocal
5 Construction Kits
187 Loops
83 Oneshots (Drums, Percussion, Bass, Synth)
39 MIDI
5 Mixdown Demos
2 Full Product Demos (WAV & MP3)
DR-1 Bad Grounds is a sample based synthesizer for Kontakt 6.2.2, built upon mains hum sounds. Although it was originally designed to create drones and soundscapes, it has also more general sound design capabilities like a real synthesizer.
The main controls of the instrument resemble those of a classic subtractive synthesizer: a multimode filter, volume envelope, filter envelope, 2 LFOs for volume and filter modulation, insert and send effects. Moreover, some additional advanced features are included, which take advantage of the Kontakt built-in granular engine for sample playback, for deeper sound manipulation.
There are 6 main instruments available, 3 for each sample used. In addition, several preset patches are provided with each instrument.
Specifications:
Take a trip through the neon-soaked Synthwave genre with Nightlights where we explore a vision of the future from the past to bring you everything you need to create an 80s inspired production masterpiece.
Featuring 60 expertly-crafted presets covering basses, chords, FX, leads, pads and plucks all with macro controls mapped to only the most useful parameters, enabling efficient on-the-fly tweaking for custom sound design.
Also included are 5 complete Construction Kits packed with wet and dry loops, drum oneshots and MIDI files ensuring this pack contains every element required to create Synthwave tracks completely tailored to your liking and only limited by your creativity.
Contents
60 Serum Presets
12 Bass
12 Chords
11 FX
12 Leads
5 Pads
8 Plucks
5 Construction Kits (WAV & MIDI Files)
121 Loops
33 Drum Oneshots
36 MIDI
5 Mixdown Demos
2 Full Product Demos (WAV & MP3)
Software Requirements
Latest version of Serum
Dive into massive emotional force and create an unbelievably sincere and expressive raw feeling.
Welcome to PLATFORM, a versatile and easy-to-use sample library and Kontakt Instrument with a huge variety of impressive modern-sounding and a futuristic//cyberpunk vibe a lot of character and personality.
This is a collaboration between sonic mastermind Robert Dudzic and SampleTraxx.
Designed with both acoustic and synth sources PLATFORM is aimed primarily for writing sound design tracks, score and cinematic projects but can perfectly fit in every genre of modern electronic music.
With 570 Wav sounds and Kontakt’s sound shape possibilities PLATFORM can be an essential tool in the studio when you need that off/center non standard sound.
This arsenal of high-end sound effects is now on your fingertips with 18 Kontakt Instruments and tons of sound shaping filters and envelopes, 13 effects, a rhythm section featuring a step sequencer, filter sequencer, 2 filter LFOs, and gain/pan/pitch LFOs.
If you’re looking for instant inspiration and raw emotions PLATFORM is the right heavy-hitter for you.
With Ambient Mode for Serum & Cthulhu, we’ve put together a go-to resource for all things chilled and atmospheric.
Featuring 60 Serum presets, 24 Cthulhu presets, loops, oneshots and MIDI files, this collection will have the creativity flowing the minute you start exploring.
We took inspiration from artists and bands including Boards of Canada, Autechre, Tycho, Chvches, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Mogwai and Bjork, among others, to bring you this essential ambient production toolkit.
Whether you work in genres such as Chillout, Chillwave, Downtempo, Dark Ambient, Ambient Pop, Drone, Post-Rock or Cinematic, there’s plenty of material here for you to get your ideas down fast.
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