Scenic Vibrations
Picturesque tonal resonations synth
Alive with evolving kinetic energy, Scenic Vibrations has a unique sound that is perfect for cinematic and atmospheric sound design. Create tension for drama, ambience in an emotional passage and even evoke dread in a horror setting. This customisable tool is based on a set of unique ‘sustain’ recordings by sound design veteran, Si Begg. Materials such as sheets of metal, koto strings, bass guitar strings and suspended steel frames were made to resonate with a surface transducer. The sound is something beautifully organic yet unfamiliar.
Included are over 100 presets featuring intriguing tonal keys, dark pads, basses and pulsing rhythms. Scenic Vibrations runs inside your choice of two free engines — Mirage or Floe (beta) — which provide a flexible 3-layer structure for blending sounds together. Each layer features LFOs, filters, volume envelopes, loop controls and more, while the master level includes a complete rack of effects.
Unique Scenic Sounds
An Organic Synth
The sound of Scenic Vibrations is primarily organic in nature – with intriguing harmonics and natural swells of intensity. But at the same time, it is not wholly familiar to the ear. This dual-character makes Scenic Vibrations fit well with both your synthetic sound design and real instrumentation.
As well as a companion synth, Scenic Vibrations can take the lead too. Melodic lines played with Scenic Vibrations are ear-catching and thoroughly unique sounding.
Surface Transducer
The 30 instruments that make up Scenic Vibrations are created from a set of recordings of metal objects resonating with a surface transducer. Objects such as sheets of metal, koto strings, bass guitar strings and suspended steel frames were used. A surface transducer is a small electronic device that can be placed onto any resonant surface. When a signal is sent to the device, it causes the surface to audibly vibrate and resonate; in essence, turning the object into a speaker. Each sample is roughly 20 seconds long and has been tuned and made into a seamless loop.
Customisable Sound Design
It is easy to create custom sounds or edit presets with Scenic Vibrations. Mirage/Floe (beta), the engine that powers it, features a three-layer core. On each layer, you can load up one of the 30 instruments and control its volume envelope, EQ, LFO, pitch and much more. By blending together multiple sounds, you can create new timbres. And with the ‘randomise all instruments’ button, you can quickly trial a whole new set of instruments and see what fits in your track.
Sound Design by Si Begg, utilising two decades of experience
Si Begg has been working in the music industry for over two decades. His work recently has been in part on wide-ranging scores for film, TV and trailers, including Netflix show Lovesick. His technical skill and ear for usable sound design shine through in Scenic Vibrations. The sampling, editing and lots of the presets are made by him. Scenic Vibrations already plays a part in his professional work.
Over 100 presets
Scenic Vibrations comes with everything you need for adding production-ready sounds to your track. Just use the preset browser to try some of the included 107 factory presets which were designed my Si Begg and Sam Windell. There are many types of sounds among these. Including suspenseful keys, dark ambiences, fluttering pads and droning bass-pads. Once you find the sound you like, it is possible to further customise it with the engine’s easy-to-use interface.
Hear Scenic Vibrations in Action
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3 independent layers for blending
Mirage libraries are loaded from a side panel
Effects Rack of 10 effects
Presets are easily browsed and loaded
Powered by Floe or Mirage
Scenic Vibrations runs inside your choice of two free sample library platforms: Floe (our new beta platform) or Mirage (our established platform).
Mirage’s capabilities include:
- 3-layer architecture: blend multiple sounds
- ADSR envelopes, filters, LFOs
- Rack of effects: reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, more
- CPU-efficient
- Preset browser
Floe is our successor to Mirage. It's still in beta. It offers all of Mirage's capabilities plus:
- VST3 and CLAP plugin formats (in addition to AU)
- One-click library installation
- Combine sounds from different libraries
- Enhanced browsing with tags and filters
- Increased voice count (256 vs 32)
- Open-source and actively developed
Both platforms are completely free with no login, hassle, or license keys required. No additional paid software needed — purchasing Scenic Vibrations and installing your chosen engine is all that's required.
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Our visual interpretation of Scenic Vibrations’s sound
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