SCENIC VIBRATIONS
WRAITH
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MUSIC BOX SUITE
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OBELISK
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SLOW
PHOENIX
DUAL MUSIC BOX
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FROSTPOINT
Music Box Suite
$25.00
Realistic music boxes and sound design VST/AU
A tool for both realistic music box composition and for intriguing sound design, this VST/AU features a unique set of music box sounds that will expand your sonic palette. Music Box Suite is powered by our VST/AU sample-based synthesis engine, Mirage. This engine houses the 2 multi-sampled music boxes and the complementary set of samples that make up Music Box Suite. Mirage is the ideal playground for these sounds; they can be layered, filtered, tuned and processed to your precise needs. This product comes with 40 production-ready presets ranging from realistic music box instruments to keys and ambient textures.
Music Box Suite is based on the samples from our old Kontakt library, Dual Music Box. Each sample has been re-edited and remastered. New sounds have been added and new presets made. If you own Dual Music Box you can get a discount on this product. See below for details.
Description
Two multi-sampled music boxes
At the core of Music Box Suite are 2 multi-sampled music boxes, both of which feature 4 round-robin. The first is the Victorian music box. This instrument has a warm antique tone. The second is the Tiny music box. This has a bright, sweet sound. By tastefully layering these 2 instruments, new compelling sounds can be made.
Included in Music Box Suite are a few of the winding-up sounds and the ‘whur’ of the music box device. These give you the option to create a fully realistic music box piece.
Organic sound design
This product features a collection of complimentary samples that are designed to work with the real music box samples. This expands Music Box Suite’s potential from more than just realistic music box emulation. The 40 included presets demonstrate this; there are keys, pads and ambient textures. These complimentary sounds are primarily morphed versions of real music box samples, however, there are also a few additional instruments such as a guitar pluck, a glockenspiel and synth strings.
Using Mirage’s simple interface, instruments can be layered, reversed, looped, tuned and distorted. This pairing of Music Box Suite’s samples inside Mirage’s engine results in a unique tool that is ideal for adding a charming melodic aspect to your track, whether it be an electronic piece or a cinematic one.
Already own Dual Music Box Kontakt library?
The samples for Music Box Suite are mostly taken from our old Kontakt library, Dual Music Box. The samples have been greatly improved and have been put into our new engine, Mirage, which offers vastly more features for creative sound design. As well as this, there a new set of extra instruments that are designed to be blended with the music box sounds.
If you’ve already bought Dual Music Box from frozenplain.com, you can pick up Music Box Suite for a discount. If you bought Dual Music Box before this product launched (7th Sept 2020), then you can upgrade for only $5, if you have bought Dual Music Box after this launch, the upgrade is $13. This discount is handled automatically. Simply log into your account on frozenplain.com and visit the Music Box Suite page to see the price change.
Specifications
- 40 presets, saved as separate mirage-music-box files
- Mirage sample-based synthesis engine included
- Music Box Suite Mirage library (closed format mdata file) which features 24 instruments
- ~52MB file download
Buy now, and download whenever you like
Music Box Suite is distributed as a digital download only. It should only take a matter of minutes before you can start using it in your production. FrozenPlain has a streamlined checkout system, you only need to put in essential information. For the first product you buy here, you will be prompted to set a password in order to create an account. All products you buy on this site are added to your account and the latest versions can be re-downloaded at any time.
You can pay for Music Box Suite with a credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Apple Pay. The payment process is handled by our online reseller Paddle.com. Once payment has been completed successfully you will be able to download Music Box Suite instantly. On top of this, you will automatically gain FP Credits which can be redeemed for a discount on future purchases from this site.
Powered by Mirage
Mirage is a sample-based-synthesis VST/AU plugin for Windows and Mac that comes free with any powered-by-Mirage product. It’s the control hub for FrozenPlain’s new sounds, offering a powerful set of parameters and effects for rapid, flexible sound design, no matter what the sound source is. Once it’s opened up in your DAW, you’ll see all of your powered-by-Mirage products ready to click on and use instantly. There’s no subscription or log-in procedure, just instant access to the sounds and presets. By purchasing this product, or any powered-by-Mirage product, you gain access to updates with new features and improvements. These will almost always be completely free. We will ensure these updates never break backwards compatibility. This means as the capability of Mirage expands, your old DAW projects or presets will still work just like they used to. If you already have Mirage, you can visit this page to download the latest version. It’s worth noting that Mirage has no use unless you have a Mirage library; in the current version, these can only be made with our internal tools. Mirage allows for up to three different sounds to be controlled separately and layered together. The layers in Mirage have the following controls unique to them: pitch, volume and pan, filter, volume envelope, LFO, EQ, sample loop settings and MIDI settings. These controls facilitate an incredible amount of manipulation over the original sound source. Built-in effects such as distortion, bit-crush, chorus and stereo widener can be used to enhance the sound with extra harmonics or extra simulated width. The compressor can be used to control dynamics or add punch, and the filter can be used to isolate just the frequencies you need. Mirage also has reverb and delay effects for real space simulation. These are great for sound design too. One of the reverb effects is a convolution reverb; this is typically used to add a real-sounding reverberation to the signal by using a sample of a real space (AKA an impulse response). Mirage features both realistic impulse responses and abstract ones for creative sound design. Mirage enables you to turn samples into fully playable patches. The volume at both the layer level and the master level can be controlled with MIDI velocity. Sustain pedal (MIDI CC 64) is also fully supported, enabling you to hold notes using a foot pedal. On top of that, any parameter in Mirage can be controlled by knobs or sliders on your physical MIDI controller. This is done by simply right-clicking the parameter, selecting ‘MIDI learn’ and then moving your controller. And of course, Mirage can also be automated by your DAW. Mirage is designed to not get in your way. It is fast to load up and is CPU efficient. It has a vector-based GUI that can be resized so that it will work on any size screen. The controls are laid out intuitively, and a full description of what each control does can be viewed by hovering the mouse over it for a moment. Mirage also comes with a PDF user manual with all of the nitty-gritty details covered. Mirage helps you with finding the right sound quickly. In a recent free update, Mirage received a built-in preset browser. This is a panel that can be opened up via a button at the top of the interface. All the presets are arranged in a clear list which can be navigated with the arrows keys on your keyboard as well as your mouse. For spontaneous inspiration, Mirage features controls for useful randomisation. The first randomisation feature is a multi-mode button that loads a random preset. It can be set to work in one of three ways. Firstly, it can load any random preset at all – even of different libraries. Secondly, it can load a random preset that is of the same library that you currently have loaded. Or thirdly, it can load a random preset in the current preset folder (the folder might contain all bass presets for example). The next randomisation feature is two buttons that load a random instrument for one or all of the 3 layers. This is excellent for quickly trialling a new sound source but keeping Mirage’s other parameters unchanged.
Mirage libraries are loaded from a side panelA free control-hub for FrozenPlain sounds
Access to free updates
Three independent sound layers can be layered togetherDesigned for sound layering
Nine effects can be used to shape the soundA rack of built-in Effects
Designed to be played
Minimum friction from your mind to your DAW
Presets can be quickly loaded and savedUse presets or create your own sounds
Useful randomisation
Requirements
Music Box Suite is designed to be as accessible as possible to producers, composers, musicians and sound designers. You probably already have what you need if you are producing audio on a reasonably modern computer. There is one exception – Music Box Suite is not available in the AAX plugin format yet, and so will not run in Pro Tools. Here are the specific requirements:
- A computer running Windows 7 or higher (either 32-bit or 64-bit), or a Mac with macOS 10.9 or higher (64-bit).
- A host that can play either a VST2 plugin or an AudioUnit v2 (AU) plugin. Examples of such hosts are Cubase, Ableton Live, Studio One, Reaper, Reason, FL Studio, Logic X, Garage Band, and many more. Logic 9 or older does not support AudioUnit v2 and so this product will not work in it.
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hirofumi yamaguchi (verified owner) –
If you are looking for a good music box sound, choose “Music Box Suite” and you will be happy. In addition, you will discover new possibilities for the sound of music boxes.
Christopher Bright (verified owner) –
Every composer needs a good music box library in their arsenal. After a lot of researching, my choice is Music Box Suite. The boxes sound pristine, and the round-robin samples really help with the realism-factor. As a bonus, you can use these sounds creatively with the included presets (or with editing in the Mirage engine) and you’ll be surprised at the unique sounds you’re able to achieve.