New in v2
Per-layer arpeggiators
Create advanced rhythmic performances. Each layer can run its own arpeggiator — different rates, rhythms and patterns playing against each other.
Arctic Strings
Smooth sustained strings
Lush sustained strings recorded in a church, designed for simplicity. Arctic Strings gives you a full string ensemble with expressive dynamics control for effective backdrops and swells. Perfect for layering real strings with other Floe libraries, or explore the included presets that venture into processed and sound-design territory.
£15.00 GBP
Personal License
A full string section, basses to violins
Straightforward controls and a Dynamics knob that blends between real expression recordings.
42 presets
Realistic variations, reverb-washed textures, and sound-design experiments that venture into organic-synth territory.
Powered by Floe
Our free plugin for expressive performance — simple yet highly customisable with layers, FX, granular and more (CLAP/VST3/AU).
Fair year-round pricing
We don’t run seasonal sales — buy when the tool is right for you.
Lush, straightforward sustains
A smooth, rich, tone with warm basses through to delicate high strings, all in one straightforward articulation. Arctic Strings is not a deep-sampled concert hall library — it's designed simply for adding the real, characteristicly lush string-ensemble sound to your productions. The 42 presets are organised into three categories: Realistic (wide chords, monophonic and octave patches), Realistic Processed (reverb-washed and filtered strings), and Sound Design (synth plucks, distorted leads, drifting detune).
Play wide, full-spectrum chords for instant results, and ride the Dynamics knob to add swells of expression. Arctic Strings also pairs wonderfully with Floe's layering features: combine the strings with other instruments, real or synthetic. Transpose the pitch or use filters to create hybrid-organic sounds.
Videos
Note: This video shows Mirage, now succeeded by Floe. All features shown are available in Floe with full compatibility.
Arctic Strings plays in Floe, our free plugin for Windows, macOS and Linux. It's where your library lives, on its own or alongside any others of ours: a preset browser, three layers for blending instruments into a single sound, and filters, envelopes and a rack of effects to shape them with.
Arctic Strings belongs to our Originals Series. It was first made for Mirage, Floe's predecessor, but is now fully at home in Floe: every instrument is tagged and ready for all of Floe's features, arpeggiators and granular synthesis included. Its factory presets are the original bank, made before Floe's newer features existed, so they're yours to take further.
Floe is free and open source: install it, add your library, and start playing.
New in v2
Granular synthesis
Stretch, freeze and reshape any instrument into evolving clouds and textures — even multisampled instruments.
Pro effects rack
Eleven high-quality, reorderable effects — including pro-standard reverb and delay, and convolution reverb with creative IRs.
Built for the studio
Four macro knobs for expressive performance of multiple parameters. MIDI CC, sustain pedal, undo/redo, A/B comparison for preset edits, visual EQs and a random variation generator.
Free and open source
Floe is a companion project to FrozenPlain — totally free and open source for longevity and ethical service to the music-making community.
Layer across libraries
Blend instruments from any library in a single patch. Floe's three-layer architecture, each with its own controls, allows for creating hybrid textures.
Details
Requirements
Runs inside Floe v2 or later, the free plugin
- Windows 10 or later
- macOS 11 or later (Apple Silicon or Intel)
- Linux (x86, glibc 2.31 or later)
- 64-bit DAW
Plugin formats
CLAP and VST3, plus AU on macOS.
Works in Cubase, Logic Pro, Studio One, Ableton Live, Reaper, Bitwig, FL Studio, Ardour, and more.
Library
- Floe format, fully tagged and integrated in Floe
- Download size: 237.3 MB
Help and support
Crossgrades
Own Arctic Strings: Kontakt? You may be eligible for a crossgrade discount.
Contents
Full preset list 41 presets
41 presets (complete production-ready patches) in Arctic Strings - Factory Presets (v1.2).
Realistic 11 presets
- Airy EQ
- Monophonic
- Monophonic Octaved
- Monophonic Octaved x2
- Natural
- Natural (Transposed Down)
- Natural (Transposed Up)
- Natural Octaved
- Natural Octaved x2
- Soft Attack
- Swells
Realistic Processed 17 presets
- Chorused
- Drenched 1
- Drenched 2
- Drenched Monophonic
- Filtered 1
- Filtered 2
- Filtered 3
- Filtered 4
- Filtered 5
- Massive Basses
- Subtle Phaser
- Tuned-down Violins 1
- Tuned-down Violins 2
- Tuned-down Violins 3
- Tuned-up Celli
- Wide Slows 1
- Wide Slows 2
Sound Design 13 presets
- Aggressive Distort
- Degraded
- Mega Distort Bass 1
- Mega Distort Bass 2
- Pan Pulser
- Pitchy Chorus
- Saturated Chorus
- Sidechained
- Space Strings
- String Pad 1
- String Pad 2
- Synth-cato 1
- Synth-cato 2
Full instrument list 1 instrument
1 instrument (sound-sources loadable into each of Floe's layers) in Arctic Strings (v1.2).
All preset tags 20 tags
Every tag used on the presets, with how many presets have it
Sources 4
ensemble
41
strings
41
hybrid
30
acoustic
28
Sound types 4
pad
6
bass
2
pluck
1
stab
1
Moods & genres 6
cinematic
41
orchestral
12
aggressive
1
dark
1
ethereal
1
ambient
1
Timbres 6
distorted
3
lush
2
pulsing
2
percussive
1
lo-fi
1
saturated
1
All instrument tags 4 tags
Every tag used on the instruments, with how many instruments have it
Sources 3
acoustic
1
ensemble
1
strings
1
Moods & genres 1
orchestral
1
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