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Scare Tactics

Frightful Atmosphere Design

Scare Tactics is a collection of unsettling atonal textures, menacing drones, abstract hits, curious instruments and eerie transitions; providing all of the elements needed to construct convincingly creepy horror scenes full of dark ambience, jump scares and ominous presence. In total, there are 200 'oscillators' as well as 50 production-ready presets.

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Part of Cinematic Atmosphere Toolkit

This library is one of the 6 libraries that make up Cinematic Atmosphere Toolkit. Have a look at Cinematic Atmosphere Toolkit’s page for demos and more information. We’ve recently made the individual libraries more easily accessible to buy separately — they’re full products in their own right.

Hear Scare Tactics in Action

Atmosphere DemoStuart Keenan
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Sampler DemoSam Windell
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Powered by Floe

Scare Tactics runs inside Floe, our free, open-source plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • No extras needed — Floe is 100% free and open. Buy a library, download Floe, and you're set.
  • Grows with your collection — Add more libraries to layer across them, browse presets in one place, and expand your palette.
  • Built for production — Filters, envelopes, effects, macros, MIDI CC support, and much more. Shape sounds without leaving the plugin.
Floe complete interface
Floe's 3-layer architecture blending multiple sample libraries

Layer across libraries

Blend instruments from any library in a single patch. Floe's three-layer architecture, each with its own controls, allow for creating hybrid textures.

Floe per-layer arpeggiator interface

Per-layer arpeggiators

New in v2

Create advanced rhythmic performances. Each layer can run its own arpeggiator — different rates, rhythms and patterns playing against each other.

Floe's granular synthesis playback controls

Granular synthesis

New in v2

Stretch, freeze and reshape any instrument into evolving clouds and textures — even multisampled instruments.

Floe's reorderable professional effects rack

Pro effects rack

Eleven high-quality, reorderable effects — including pro-standard reverb and delay, and covolution reverb with creative IRs.

Floe macro knobs connected to multiple parameters

Built for the studio

Four macro knobs for expressive performance of multiple parameters. MIDI CC, sustain pedel, undo/redo, A/B comparison for preset edits, visual EQs and a random variation generator.

Free and open source

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.

Originals

Carefully updated for Floe, this library was originally made for Mirage, Floe's predecessor.

  • Fully tagged and perfectly updated to new Floe format
  • Seamlessly use the instruments in all of Floe's new features
  • Its factory presets predate Floe's new features, so don't feature macros, preset descriptions, the arpeggiator or granular synthesis

What's inside Scare Tactics

Presets
50
Instruments
200
Download
141.6 MB
Type
Floe Package

50 presets (complete production-ready patches) in Scare Tactics Factory Presets (v1.2).

  • Atmospheres & Textures 27 presets
    • Crushed Bass Pulser
    • Daunting Drone 1
    • Daunting Drone 2
    • Fearful Pad 1
    • Fearful Pad 2
    • Fearful Pad 3
    • Fearful Pad 4
    • Fearful Pad 5
    • Fearful Pad 5 Mono Tex
    • Fearful Pad 6
    • Flashback
    • Forbidding Drone
    • Ghost Machine
    • Hell Siren
    • Intensity
    • Mystery Moment
    • Noise Rush
    • Other Realm
    • Paranoid
    • Psycho
    • Steam Scream
    • Subtle Scare
    • Supernatural Storm
    • Torture Rack
    • Tremolo Terror
    • Wastelands
    • Wide Pad
  • Hits 8 presets
    • Haunted Hit
    • Imminent Threat
    • Spirit of 808
    • Suspense Hit 1
    • Suspense Hit 2
    • Suspense Hit 4
    • Terror Hit 1
    • Terror Hit 2
  • Keys 8 presets
    • B Movie
    • Chime In
    • Delayed Bass Pluck
    • Epilogue
    • Sub Level
    • Subservient
    • Tension Synth
    • Wonky Key
  • Sound Effects 7 presets
    • Disquieting Passby 1
    • Disquieting Passby 2
    • Ghostly Sweep
    • Ghoul Approach
    • Horrifying Creak
    • Noise Swell 1
    • Noise Swell 2

Technical Details

Engine
Floe, our free CLAP/VST3/AU plugin (Windows, macOS or Linux)
Library format
Floe format sample library and presets — fully tagged and integrated in Floe
Download Size
141.6 MB
Support Info
Floe Requirements
Windows, macOS, or Linux • VST3, CLAP, or AU • Details
Buying Info
Instant download • No account needed • Shop info

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