Slow
Crystalline ambient pads and soundscapes
Slumberous serene pads, feedbacking tones, and flittering noise-textures: Slow is a customisable sound library of pads and soundscapes inspired by the sound design of pioneering ambient producers. This versatile tool is ideal for creating atmosphere and emotion in your ambient and cinematic music.
62 oscillators in a three-layer engine
Slow is powered by Mirage, our powerful VST/AU sampler engine, which is downloadable for free. Each of Slow’s 63 “oscillators” can be loaded into Mirage’s three layers and processed with envelopes, filters, LFOs and a whole rack of effects. As well as this, there are 100 categorised presets and randomisation tools to find inspiration quickly.
Slow can be used to create ambient and cinematic pads with a serene crisp, crystalline modern edge. Each of the 63 ‘oscillators’ that make up Slow were carefully created from synthesisers, granulizers and organic sources. You’ll find subdued ambient tones, but also sounds with lush high frequencies, feedback qualities and rich overtones.
These 63 samples are organised into two categories: Tonal and Textures. The Tonal category is the main one and consists of pleasant single-note instruments with occasional dissonant or multi-note instruments. The Textures category features various noise texture sounds that are designed to layer with the tonal sounds to create soundscapes.
100 presets
Slow features 100 production-ready presets categorised into six folders: Basses, FX, Keys, Noise Textures, Pads and Pulsers – with Pads being the most significant. Each preset is a playable instrument that can be easily tweaked to fit your track or used as-is. As suggested by the category names, Slow is capable of a bit more than just ambient pads – it can be used to fill out the low end or add haunting textural elements and tonal accompaniment.
Inspired by ambient music pioneers
Slow is inspired by the sound design of ambient music pioneers such as Tim Hecker, Boards of Canada, Stars Of The Lid, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mark Pritchard, and Benoit Pioulard. These artists each explored a different avenue of ambient music; however, a common thread of breathless multitimbral sound design can be found, often more complex with overtones than the ambient music of Brian Eno. We’ve tried to capture elements of these sounds and create a useful tool for a wide range of ambient and cinematic music.
Hear Slow 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 Mirage
Slow runs inside Mirage, our custom sample-based-synthesis plugin. Mirage is free: no log-in, no hassle, no license keys. It’s a 64-bit VST2 and AU plugin for Windows and macOS.
Slow will appear inside Mirage, along with any other Mirage libraries that you have installed. Mirage allows you to easily find, transform and play FrozenPlain’s sample libraries:
- 3-layer architecture: blend multiple sounds
- ADSR envelopes, filters, LFOs
- Rack of effects: reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, more
- CPU-efficient
- Preset browser
Visit the Mirage page for more information.
Mood-board
Our visual interpretation of Slow’s sound
Crossgrade from Slow: Kontakt
If you purchased/redeemed Slow: Kontakt before 11/28/2024, you can get 50% off this product. See our Crossgrades page for how to do this.
The new Mirage version of Slow uses the same samples as the Kontakt original, with minor tuning adjustments. Both engines offer similar capabilities, but the Mirage version may provide a faster sound design workflow and an easier-to-use interface that matches other FrozenPlain products. Mirage will see continued development and improvements. Additionally, the new version includes 100 new presets. The old presets are not available in the new version.
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