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We are ASTS Sound Design or “A Score to Settle Sound Design”. Founded by James F Brown III, Grant Borland, and Jake Dijak we strive to create high quality sound effects to help composers, producers, and musicians take their music to the next level. Our name comes from the idea that sound design is often the final step to elevate a hybrid production – It’s that thing that often sets a song apart from others, and really pushes it over the edge. We want to help composers settle their scores with something unique.
Introducing the “Modern Toolkit” Bundle, a dynamic compilation of four exceptional products: The Prime Accord, Kinetix, Black Saturnalia, and Corrosive Touch.
Crafted with precision and vision, “The Prime Accord” offers a unique take on trailer SFX, featuring Corrupted Voices, Twisted Signatures, Risers, Heavy Impacts, and Drastic Sub Booms—all centered around prime numbers. “Black Saturnalia,” born from Black Friday and Christmas packs, presents a versatile range, including Risers, Impacts, Sub Booms, Blasts, Drones, and Signature sounds. “Kinetix,” a cinematic toolkit, captures the essence of motion in sound, providing dynamic energy through alarms, chains, gears, hits, pulses, and more. Completing the ensemble, “Corrosive Touch” delivers cutting-edge stingers transcended into a variety of SFX, including Signature Sounds, Transitional Elements, Ultra Low Sub Booms, and Stutters. The Modern Toolkit empowers your compositions with a comprehensive and contemporary palette for crafting impactful trailer music.
Corrosive Touch – “Heavy Abrasive Stingers” Sample Library: Corrosive Touch is our unique offering for trailer stingers and SFX. In typical ASTS fashion we decided we wanted to make insane, cutting edge stingers, but take it one step further. We did so by taking sound elements from our stingers and processing them into a variety of SFX such as: Signature Sounds, Transitional Elements, Ultra Low Sub Booms, Stutters, Impacts, and more!
We wanted to keep the modern composer in mind, and give them a well rounded toolkit of sounds all sourced from our one of a kind stinger sets.
Kinetix – “Sonics in Motion” Sample Library: Kinetix is our cinematic toolkit that is all about capturing the essence of motion in sound. We created this sample library to serve as a unique way to give your tracks dynamic energy. Contains alarms, chains, gears, ticks, hits, pings, pulses, swells, risers, and more. Unleash the power of motion!
The Prime Accord – “Visceral Trailer SFX” Sample Library: COMPLETE EDITION: The Prime Accord is our unique spin on trailer SFX. Created with a specific vision and a whole lot of love by James Brown, The Prime Accord brings some of the most unique and cutting edge sound design in the cinematic space. The Prime Accord was a initially created to act as a modular set of sample packs, each one focused on a particular set of sounds, all relating to prime numbers. The complete edition takes all five of those packs and bundles them into one cohesive product.
Includes Corrupted Voices, Twisted Signatures, Risers and Transitional Elements, Heavy Impacts, and Drastic Sub Booms.
Black Saturnalia – “Trailer SFX Toolkit” Sample Library: 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!
Introducing the “Pain & Passion” Bundle, a harmonious blend of contrast featuring our flagship products, “Hurt” and “Delicata.”
“Hurt” is the epitome of dark and intense sound design, derived from recordings of an old, broken piano masterfully resurrected by sound designer James F Brown III. This collection offers a unique array of tormented piano blasts, booms, drones, hits, impacts, and more, providing a cinematic edge to your productions.
On the other end of the spectrum, “Delicata” unveils a lighter composing toolkit with meticulously crafted drones, guitars, vocals, percussion, pulses, and more, showcasing the power of precision and artistry in sound design across 11 versatile categories.
The Pain and Passion Bundle is a symphony of opposites, fusing the dark allure of “Hurt” with the delicate richness of “Delicata” to provide an unparalleled sonic journey. Elevate your compositions, explore the depths of emotion, and captivate your audience with this dynamic bundle that embodies the essence of Pain & Passion.
HURT – “Ultra Dark & Intense Sound Design” Sample Library: COMPLETE EDITION: Hurt is our flagship sample library, the one that started it all. These sounds were created by sound designer James Brown, and were all sourced from his old, broken piano. Who said this poor piano doesn’t have character? We certainly didn’t, and so we gave it new life.
We wanted to create a product of dark and cutting edge sound design, and the piano was the medium of choice. Since its initial launch it’s been used by tons of composers who let us know just how much they love using it on their projects. Just drag and drop our samples on your timeline and see how unique a tormented piano can be for a cinematic production!
Includes Piano blasts, booms, drones, hits, impacts, rumbles, sirens, stingers, pulses, transitions, and plenty more.
Delicata – “TV, Film, and Drama Toolkit” Sample Library: Immerse yourself in a world of sonic wonders as Delicata opens up a trove of carefully curated sound effects, each beautifully sampled with extreme detail to capture every nuance, texture, and emotion. From delicate vocals to thunderous booms, each sound in this remarkable collection is a testament to the power of precision and artistry in sound design.
Featuring 11 categories: Bass Synth, Drones, Guitars, Percussion, Pings, Pulses & Arps, Risers, Signature Sounds, Sub Booms, Whooshes, and Vocals
Delicata provides an unparalleled level of versatility, allowing you to explore a vast landscape of sonic possibilities. From dramatic scenes that demand emotional depth to action-packed trailer sequences that require a taste of hybrid sound design, Delicata empowers you to express your creativity with unmatched precision. Get Delicata now and unlock a world of sonic mastery that will leave your listeners spellbound.
Vocals by Jessica Jarvis, additional synth pulses and percussion by Adam King.
Unravel the true potential of your music productions with Delicata, a cutting-edge sound effects sample library meticulously crafted to elevate TV, Drama, and Underscore styled tracks to new heights of excellence.
Immerse yourself in a world of sonic wonders as Delicata opens up a trove of carefully curated sound effects, each beautifully sampled with extreme detail to capture every nuance, texture, and emotion. From delicate vocals to thunderous booms, each sound in this remarkable collection is a testament to the power of precision and artistry in sound design.
Featuring 11 categories: Bass Synth, Drones, Guitars, Percussion, Pings, Pulses & Arps, Risers, Signature Sounds, Sub Booms, Whooshes, and Vocals
Delicata provides an unparalleled level of versatility, allowing you to explore a vast landscape of sonic possibilities. From dramatic scenes that demand emotional depth to action-packed trailer sequences that require a taste of hybrid sound design, Delicata empowers you to express your creativity with unmatched precision. Get Delicata now and unlock a world of sonic mastery that will leave your listeners spellbound.
Get ready for the ultimate sonic assault with “Trailer Armaments: Alarms and Sirens” – the second installment in our groundbreaking series of sample libraries for trailers, TV, films, and video games.
Building on the success of our first edition, this sample library is focused around siren and alarm sound effects, offering a wide range of attention grabbing sounds to choose from. Whether you need a warning siren to signify an impending danger, an alarm to indicate a security breach, or a high-pitched tone to build tension and suspense, “Trailer Armaments: Alarms and Sirens” has got you covered.
Designed specifically for composers, sound designers, and producers who want to create a powerful and immersive audio experience, “Trailer Armaments: Alarms and Sirens” is the perfect tool for building tension and excitement in your projects. Whether you’re working on a high-octane action movie, a thrilling video game, or a suspenseful TV series, this sample library is the ultimate weapon in your audio arsenal. So, don’t wait any longer. Get your hands on “Trailer Armaments: Alarms and Sirens” today and start creating unforgettable audio experiences that will leave your audience breathless.
Introducing the first edition of our “Trailer Armaments” series – “Impacts” – a comprehensive collection of high-quality sound effects designed to enhance your compositions and productions for trailers, TV, films, and video games.
With a focus on impacts and hits, this sample library offers a wide range of categories to choose from, including sub booms, hits, signature impacts, tails, and transitional FX. Each sound is carefully crafted and professionally produced to help you create an immersive and impactful experience for your audience.
Whether you’re looking to add intensity to a movie trailer, heighten the suspense in a TV show, or bring excitement to a video game, “Trailer Armaments: Impacts” has got you covered.
Arm yourself with the most powerful impacts in the game with Trailer Armaments: Impacts!
Introducing “Voices Volume II: Creatures” – Unleash the Untamed Sounds of the Wild!
Dive into the captivating and spine-tingling world of beasts and creatures with our latest digital sample pack, “Voices Volume II: Creatures.” This immersive collection is your ultimate resource for adding a touch of primal mystique to your audio projects.
Explore the untamed depths of sound with an extensive array of creature vocalizations that include bone-chilling screams, hair-raising yells, menacing growls, and primal grunts. Whether you’re working on a film, video game, music production, or any creative endeavor that demands visceral, otherworldly soundscapes, “Voices Volume II: Creatures” is your gateway to the sonic realm of the wild unknown.
Introducing “Voices Volume 1: Scourge” – the first installment in our Voices series, designed for those who crave the dark and the eerie. This sample library is packed with hellishly processed vocals, perfect for adding a spine-chilling dimension to your music production. All sounds created by James F Brown III & his son.
With “Voices Volume 1: Scourge”, you’ll have access to a wide range of sinister vocal textures that will send shivers down your spine. From unholy chants to deathly spells, this library has it all. The sounds are crafted to perfection with meticulous attention to detail to ensure that every sample is imbued with an unearthly quality.
Whether you’re working on horror-themed music or looking to add a touch of the macabre to your soundscapes, “Voices Volume 1: Scourge” is the perfect choice.
ABANDONED is our horror trailer music toolkit. Initially created and released by Grant Borland and Jake Dijak, we’ve decided to add it to the growing list of products here at ASTS, and even added new sounds to it – Courtesy of James F Brown III.
It features 13 categories: Bass FX, Breaks & Creaks, Cello Design, Creepers (Textures), Cigar Box Guitar, Downers, Drones, Hits, Designed Piano, Risers, Signature Sounds, Swells & Sweeps, and Ticks. A fully functional horror toolkit that is bound to make your tracks the scariest they’ve ever been!
Corrosive Touch is our unique offering for trailer stingers and SFX. In typical ASTS fashion we decided we wanted to make insane, cutting edge stingers, but take it one step further. We did so by taking sound elements from our stingers and processing them into a variety of SFX such as: Signature Sounds, Transitional Elements, Ultra Low Sub Booms, Stutters, Impacts, and more!
We wanted to keep the modern composer in mind, and give them a well rounded toolkit of sounds all sourced from our one of a kind stinger sets.
Kinetix is our cinematic toolkit that is all about capturing the essence of motion in sound. We created this sample library to serve as a unique way to give your tracks dynamic energy.
Includes alarms, chains, gears, ticks, hits, pings, pulses, swells, risers, and more. Unleash the power of motion!
Hades was created with one thing in mind. DARK. This sample library covers your bases on all things dark and brooding, and is the perfect tool to break out for tracks that need that bit of tension in them. Some sounds lean into horror, while others remain more versatile. Drag and drop our samples into your track and you’ll quickly develop that dark edge to any production.
Includes cluster plucks, string blasts, scrapes, drags, Piano SFX, signature sounds, risers, dark vocals, and plenty more.
Hurt is our flagship sample library, the one that started it all. These sounds were created by sound designer James Brown, and were all sourced from his old, broken piano. Who said this poor piano doesn’t have character? We certainly didn’t, and so we gave it new life.
We wanted to create a product of dark and cutting edge sound design, and the piano was the medium of choice. Since its initial launch it’s been used by tons of composers who let us know just how much they love using it on their projects. Just drag and drop our samples on your timeline and see how unique a tormented piano can be for a cinematic production!
Includes Piano blasts, booms, drones, hits, impacts, rumbles, sirens, stingers, pulses, transitions, and plenty more.
The Prime Accord is our unique spin on trailer SFX. Created with a specific vision and a whole lot of love by James Brown, The Prime Accord brings some of the most unique and cutting edge sound design in the cinematic space. The Prime Accord was a initially created to act as a modular set of sample packs, each one focused on a particular set of sounds, all relating to prime numbers. The complete edition takes all five of those packs and bundles them into one cohesive product.
Includes Corrupted Voices, Twisted Signatures, Risers and Transitional Elements, Heavy Impacts, and Drastic Sub Booms.
Hellscrape is our modern horror offering. Everything you need to create eerie tension sound beds and compelling horror tracks. Drag and drop our horror signature sounds and watch your music transform into a visceral cinematic experience.
Includes twisted signature sounds, unsettling drones, scary strings, brooding impacts, and more!
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
Introducing the Ultimate Horror Bundle: a spine-chilling collection that promises to immerse composers and filmmakers in the darkest depths of terror. This carefully curated package combines three of our most haunting and atmospheric sample libraries – Hades, Abandoned, and Hellscrape – to deliver an unparalleled arsenal of horror-themed sound effects that will send shivers down your spine.
HADES – Dark Trailer SFX: HADES was created with one thing in mind. DARK. This sample library covers your bases on all things dark and brooding, and is the perfect tool to break out for tracks that need that bit of tension in them. Some sounds lean into horror, while others remain more versatile. Drag and drop our samples into your track and you’ll quickly develop that dark edge to any production.
Includes cluster plucks, string blasts, scrapes, drags, Piano SFX, signature sounds, risers, dark vocals, and plenty more.
ABANDONED – Sound Design Ingredients: Horror: ABANDONED is our horror trailer music toolkit. Initially created and released by Grant Borland and Jake Dijak, we’ve decided to add it to the growing list of products here at ASTS, and even added new sounds to it – Courtesy of James F Brown III.
It features 13 categories: Bass FX, Breaks & Creaks, Cello Design, Creepers (Textures), Cigar Box Guitar, Downers, Drones, Hits, Designed Piano, Risers, Signature Sounds, Swells & Sweeps, and Ticks. A fully functional horror toolkit that is bound to make your tracks the scariest they’ve ever been!
HELLSCRAPE – Horrifying Sound Design: Hellscrape is our modern horror offering. Everything you need to create eerie tension sound beds and compelling horror tracks. Drag and drop our horror signature sounds and watch your music transform into a visceral cinematic experience.
Includes twisted signature sounds, unsettling drones, scary strings, brooding impacts, and more!
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