So I'm scoring an absurdist horror film. The music will be in the direction of Utopia by Christobal Tapia De Veer, but I also need some dark influences like Suspiria by Thom Yorke and Gone Girl by Trent Reznor. Besides some sampling I'm planning to do I'm looking at String Audio's Dark Matter 2, but they also have Lightless and Monolith. Not sure which one to pick. I already have Omnisphere, Gravity and almost all Gravity packs. Any other suggestions?
Looking for dark pads
- Thread starter JeffvR
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Ledwick
Member
spitfire's british drama toolkit is on sale atm, it isn't "synth pad dark", though it's capable of "acoustic texture dark"
Check Glitchmachines sound libraries, bizarre stuff. Try to test Chimera.
https://glitchmachines.com
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Yes I bought this one in the sale! Awesome synth
Dandezebra
Sorry for the inconvenience
Here are some random ones that I like:
Phobos II
https://www.synthmagic.co.uk/phobos-ii.html
Zero-G stuff like Shadowlands or Altered States
https://zero-g.co.uk/collections/cinematic/products/altered-states
Insussuro Bundle (or just dark)
https://www.kontakthub.com/bundle/insusurro-pads-collection/
Or, just run anything through Mikron Cascade! Ha!
https://www.112db.com/plugins/mikron/cascade/
Phobos II
https://www.synthmagic.co.uk/phobos-ii.html
Zero-G stuff like Shadowlands or Altered States
https://zero-g.co.uk/collections/cinematic/products/altered-states
Insussuro Bundle (or just dark)
https://www.kontakthub.com/bundle/insusurro-pads-collection/
Or, just run anything through Mikron Cascade! Ha!
https://www.112db.com/plugins/mikron/cascade/
Kuusniemi
Active Member
I released this a little while ago and it has quite a few pads for that style of music:
https://www.manmakesnoise.com/the-lobby-piano
(Sorry for this plug of something I made.. )
https://www.manmakesnoise.com/the-lobby-piano
(Sorry for this plug of something I made..
)
Richard Wilkinson
Wilx
Not necessarily pads, but I'm doing something with a sprinkle of that utopia sound, and sound dust is a treasure trove of great instruments/samples in that style. I would look at using falcon or Alchemy etc to stretch out some samples (particularly vocals) and pitch them down lots for 'dark pads'.
Ned Bouhalassa
Senior Member
Not to be a jerk, but you mentioned that you already have Omnisphere; there are many dark pads to be found there, and there are many more from wonderful 3rd party sample sets for it.
Dietz
Space Explorer
I just stumbled across these and liked what I heard:
-> https://sellfy.com/p/Y5X9/
-> https://sellfy.com/p/hKcP/
-> https://sellfy.com/p/ed5L/
(Disclaimer: I neither own these products nor do I have any affiliation with their creators.)
-> https://sellfy.com/p/Y5X9/
-> https://sellfy.com/p/hKcP/
-> https://sellfy.com/p/ed5L/
(Disclaimer: I neither own these products nor do I have any affiliation with their creators.)
Mike Fox
Senior Member
I recently picked up Aquiver. It's only $5 right now. Sounds pretty damn good too!
http://rigid-audio.com/products_aquiver.html
I agree with Ned though. Omnisphere already has some dark pads in it.
Dark Matter 2 will do it all though.
http://rigid-audio.com/products_aquiver.html
I agree with Ned though. Omnisphere already has some dark pads in it.
Dark Matter 2 will do it all though.
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Yes Omnisphere IS great for pads! But the more choice the better
. I bought Dark Matter 2 and it's really good. I'll be building a template for this film so there's no endless search for the right sounds. Thanks for all the suggestions!
SimonViklund
Member
How large is Aquiver on the HD? I can't find that information on Rigid Audio's website.
freecham
New Member
Dandezebra
Sorry for the inconvenience
Could probably make some dark pads using this - on sale today:
https://zero-g.co.uk/products/haunted-ground
Technically geared for ambience but what's the difference anyway?
https://zero-g.co.uk/products/haunted-ground
Technically geared for ambience but what's the difference anyway?
