Synthetic Soundtracks 3

Episode 3: The Impacts Strike Back

Synthetic Soundtracks 3 delivers a sense of foreboding. With heavy impacts and pounding rhythms, this is a musical futurescope that hits hard. If you need Cinematic Construction Kits to characterize the sound of destruction and ultimate power in a dystopian world, Synthetic Soundtracks 3 nails it. The moods are dark, disturbing, chaotic and always epic. This is futuristic sound on a grand scale. Big, bad, bold and breathtaking.

Format:

ELASTIK

Genre:

Cinematic, Score Music

9.9 GB, 10 Construction Kits, 1477 Loops & Samples

149.00 €

74.50 €

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Loop Library for the free Ueberschall Elastik Player
VST2/3, AU, AAX and Standalone for macOS and Windows

Relentless Rhythms And Mega-Impacts

The library contains nearly 1500 loops and impacts across 9.9GB of sample data. Ten massive construction kits each contain 4 musical sections and up to two minutes long. Each musical section offers huge flexibility with loops extending up to 16 bars. Each construction kit also contains an additional folder with dry versions of loops and single-shot drum samples. Throughout the library, instruments include analog-style, synth-based, lead, pad, arpeggio, bass and sub-bass sounds. These are complemented by massive impacts, dark ambiences and a range of sound effects. Drums include both pre-mixed and individual loops. These offer acoustic/electric bass drums, sub-bass drums, cymbals, drum SFX, hi-hats and acoustic/electric snares. Additionally, an addon soundbank with industrial rhythms, atmospheres, more impacts and 3D animated ambiences is included.

Dark Dystopian Soundscapes

Synthetic Soundtracks Episode 1: Dawn of Analog Power provided the start of an ambitious journey into the universe of classic synth-based film scores. Episode 2: The Return of Analog Power, captured the epic scale of inter-stellar battles. Now, with Episode 3: The Impacts Strike Back, the final installment of our sonic trilogy brings relentless rhythmic soundscapes and massive impacts that will crush all in their path. The moods are dark, disturbing, chaotic and always epic. This is futuristic sound on a grand scale.

Credits

Produced by J.Holo

Genre: Cinematic Soundtracks

Elastik Soundbank for Mac & Win - AU/VST/AAX/StandAlone

9.9 GB, 10 Construction Kits, 1477 Cinematic Loops & Samples

SOUNDBANK CONTENT

Mixes: 40

Backings: 40

Drum Loops: 48

Acoustic Bassdrum: 59

Electronic Bassdrum: 34

Sub Bassdrum: 5

Acoustic Snare: 5

Electronic Snare: 10

HiHats: 2

Toms: 11

Cymbals: 33

Drum SFX: 255

Percussion: 49

Shaker: 18

Bells: 4

Electric Bass: 20

Synth Bass: 126

Sub Bass: 28

Electric Guitar: 13

Distorted Guitar: 3

Synthesizer: 78

Lead Synth: 16

Arpeggio: 62

Pulsating Sounds: 11

Pads: 131

Strings: 4

Choir: 8

Electronic FX: 50

Noise: 1

Lifters: 6

Impacts: 131

Ambiences: 170

Reversed: 6

In addition to the pitch and tempo manipulation, Elastik’s central Loopeye is a detailed loop-editing tool. A large number of parameters can be adjusted, including slice-based pitch-shifting, volume and pan, reverse, formant, filter and resample. Elastik even includes a random sound replacement function called INSPIRE: one click on the Inspire button and Elastik will select an alternative loop, providing just that bit of additional inspiration when you need it. All this can be done on the fly and without leaving the Elastik environment. You can define which soundbanks will be used in the Inspire tool with the new Inspire browser.

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REVIEW

The quality is consistently high (...). As loop-based libraries go, this is top-notch stuff (…).

Synthetic Soundtracks 1, 2 & 3

Sound on Sound, March 2019

Link to full review:

https://www.soundonsound.com/ueberschall-synthetic-soundtracks

Rating: 5/5 Stars *****

„The quality is consistently high and Elastik makes it easy to get the maximum mileage out of the considerable content. As loop-based libraries go, this is top-notch stuff (…).“

Whether it's through Blade Runner 2049 or the incredibly successful Stranger Things TV series, those keeping an eye (er, ear?) on happenings in the world of music-to-picture composition can't have failed to notice the recent popularity of the synth-based soundtrack. This, of course, harks back to the music used in films such as Terminator, Escape From New York and the original Blade Runner. And if you are a budding or busy composer looking for some sonic inspiration in this style, then Ueberschall's Synthetic Soundtracks titles may well be of interest.

There are three volumes in the series (Ueberschall refer to them as 'episodes' and the tag lines for each title make an obvious nod to Star Wars), all using their powerful Elastik plug-in front-end that provides sophisticated pitch- and tempo-matching as well a whole range of other useful sample manipulation tools. Each of the three titles is built around a construction kit format. There are 10 kits in each volume, but each kit is, itself, very extensive, with multiple musical sections and lots of loop variations. Across the three titles, some 20GB of loop/sample data is provided.

Given the musical genre, as expected, synth sounds do dominate. Indeed, there are lots of very impressive and very analogue-sounding synth loops/samples providing leads, pads, arpeggios, basses and string-style sounds. Processed and dry versions are provided for many of the loops. In addition, both electronic and acoustic drum sounds are included in each construction kit as well as a more modest selection of impacts, riser loops, effects and vocals.

Given the epic nature of some of the films mentioned above, it's perhaps also no surprise that Ueberschall have aimed 'big' in terms of the musical content of the various construction kits. Yes, there are a few more gentle moments and you can thin out the sample layers for a lighter sound but, in the main, this is heavy-weight, dramatic stuff. If you think of epic space battles, unstoppable alien armies and dark, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, urban landscapes... well, you will get the musical picture. And the sounds themselves are more than a match for the scale of the musical ambition.

Of the three titles, my favourite content was perhaps in volume 3 (the darkest of the musical moods and perhaps with greater emphasis on some epic rhythmic elements) but, for busy media composers looking for an instant slice of synth-based soundtrack, all three volumes have plenty to offer. The quality is consistently high and Elastik makes it easy to get the maximum mileage out of the considerable content. As loop-based libraries go, this is top-notch stuff, and although the price for all three episodes may put it beyond some, you might be able to catch them in one of Ueberschall's sale events.

by John Walden