A library of horror effects. We are proud to present the latest release of our Artist Series instruments – Unstrung – with sound design created by Randon Purcell. Each Artist Series release will feature one of our composers/sound designers who will create most or all of the samples themselves.
Created almost entirely from raw, live solo string recordings, Unstrung offers something truly unique for horror and intense passages. The thumps, plucks, creaks, scrapes, dives and ricochets of cello, viola, violin and banjo (yes, banjo) create beats, risers and patterns that are not only unique, but also easy to use and implement into your compositions.
The patterns give you a 16-step sequencer, where each step can be loaded with a different sample from one of 5 categories (and almost 250 individual samples) of sounds: thumps, plucks, ricochets, scrapes and dives. Each step can be adjusted for volume, panning, duration and various settings, opening up endless possibilities and allowing direct sync to the various timing parameters of your DAW.
- Thousands of unique pattern combinations are available and easy to create
- 16-step sequencer with variable active step count
- Built-in pattern menu to help you get started quickly
- Unique organic sources
- Instrument-level randomization capabilities, allowing you to randomize all 16 sources with all sound categories, or limit them to specific combinations
- Keyboard set up to use one key for automatic pattern playback and 16 more keys to let you manually play your own pattern as a set with 16 steps loaded
- Per-step source selection, randomization, volume, mute, and panning
- Per-step pitch shift by +3/-3 octaves (adjustable in semitones)
- Global effects including distortion, delay (tempo sync optional), and reverb with reverse capability for truly eerie effects
Strokes gives you 80 different whooshing effects created with with live string manipulation and over 250 different one-shot samples combined in our three-layer engine to generate hits and scares. Play the hit or any of the whistling effects programmed to automatically play the hit at the end of the whistle. Create endless hit combinations from subtle to downright terrifying.
- Thousands and thousands of unique combinations available with our three-layer engine allow you to create truly unique hits and sounds for your compositions
- ADSR control for each layer
- High/Low Pass filter control for each layer
- Pitch shift up to +3/-3 octaves (adjustable in semitones) for each layer
- Select and randomize sound sources for each layer
- Solo, mute, volume and pan controls for each layer
- Volume, high/low pass filter and +2/-2 octave pitch shift (adjustable in semitones) for the whistle layer
- Instrument-level randomizer to randomize sources across all three layers, giving you instant inspiration and creative freedom
- Keyboard set up to play a constructed hit on C3 followed by whistling on every other key from C0 to G#6
- Global effects including saturation, distortion, delay (tempo sync optional) and reverb
Risers If you own our Ascendance product, you already know how easy it is to make unique risers with our three-layer engine. Unstrung Risers is a brand new version of our three-layer engine with a variety of live strings and processed string risers recorded at 8 bars, 120 bpm and stretching to the tempo of your project. This is all new content, including live solo string glissandos and various sound effects that can only be heard from the gut-wrenching sounds of acoustic strings… and a few synths thrown in just for good measure.
- Thousands of unique combinations available with our three-layer engine allow you to create truly unique effects for your horror and suspense compositions
- ADSR control for each layer
- High/Low pass filter control for each layer
- Pitch shift up to +3/-3 octaves (adjustable in semitones) for each layer
- Select and randomize sound sources for each layer
- Solo, mute, volume and pan controls for each layer
- Instrument-level randomizer to randomize sources across all three layers, giving you instant inspiration and creative freedom
- Keyboard is set up to play a constructed riser at E2, with the pitch stretched an octave to E3
- Global effects including saturation, distortion, delay (tempo sync optional) and reverb
