DESPAIR
eerie, subtle, tense
SOURCE: DOUBLE BASS
delicate, haunting double bass recordings,
made into cinematic, evolving textures,
creating subtle dread, cold anticipation,
and a quiet, psychological tension.
subtle
+ powerful
a double bass that's eeriely beautiful and subtly tense?
we spent a full day at hollywood scoring, one of la's most popular studios, exloring the double bass's unique subtle and powerful sounds.
we captured its deep, haunting extended textures, designed for quiet, psychological tension that slowly creeps in.
we recorded with los angeles-based session musician jules levy,
who has worked on countless soundtrack recordings such as
beverly hills cop: axel f, babylon, encanto, and many more,
and brought his expertise as a session player to the table.
the sounds we captured are subtle, unusual, and eerie.
our approach of subtly allowed us to capture the double bass's more unsettling and atmospheric side.
we made these recordings into playable, dynamic textures that add an unexpectedly understated yet powerfully unsettling emotion to your music.
DESPAIR'S sounds lend themselves perfectly for writing chillingly soft, eerily atmospheric music, feeling like subtle dread and cold anticipation.
evolving
+ cinematic
spend time on your music,
not technology.
we believe less is more when it comes to our interfaces,
making them simple and intuitive.
spend less time learning,
more time making music.
we really loved recording at hollywood scoring (LA) with the wondeful engineer adam michalak.
the studio provided the perfect environment to get lost in creativity and trying out things.
it was absolutely amazing witnessing adam at work, bringing his recording expertise to this instrument, especially knowing he's recorded soundtracks for movies like minority report, godzilla, pacific rim, venom: let there be carnage, and numerous more.
we wanted to make an instrument that focusses on the sublty eerie sounds a double bass can make.
sounds that have grit in an understated and haunting way.
we set out ot make an double bass instrument that is not made to just cover the low range.
an instrument that feel at home in the work of composers such as mark korven and johann johannsson.
hear the
sounds
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specs
kontakt version:
full kontakt (not player) 6.8.0 or later
5 sounds included:
• glides
• behind bridge
• trem bridge
• soft smooth
• vib no vib
10 presets | ~1 GB | 24‑bit / 48 kHz
mac – macOS X 10.13+ (intel i5 or newer)
windows – win 7/8/10 (latest SP), intel i5 or equivalent
recommended: quad‑core CPU & 8 GB RAM
install + download
via pulse downloader app
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