Pastoral Tones is a sample-based instrument inspired by the sound aesthetic of Boards Of Canada. The plugin includes 61 preset sounds to choose from including analog synthesizers, flutes, vintage brasses, strings, electric pianos, sound FXs, basses, and atmospheres.
The acoustic sounds have been sampled from public domain films produced between the 1950s and the 1970s. To thicken the sound, various sound modules have been added, including a sub-oscillator, vinyl, and film grain noise layers as well as field recordings sampled from public domain old films. Each preset sound is one sample stretched over 5 octaves.
Multi-samples have been avoided to increase loading speed, keep the plugin light on RAM, and obtain that old sampler vibe. As a result, Pastoral Tones runs well on older computers. Also, recordings of public domain films were preferred in order to get the most authentic retro sound possible, the kind of sounds you would hear on a Boards Of Canada album.
Features:
61 original sounds
Vinyl, film grain and field recordings sound layers with ASR, gain, and pan controls
Sub oscillator with ADSR, gain, and pan controls
Reverb/LFO
Royalty-free sound design
Requirements:
Windows 8.1/10/11 or macOS 10.12 and up
573 MB of HD space
Quad-core CPU or better with 4 GB of RAM or more
64-bit VST/VST3/AU Host
Pine Forest Drums is a percussion and sound fx sound module inspired by the sonic universe of Boards of Canada. From vintage drum kits to found sounds, tabla to voice cuts, the variety of sounds found in Pine Forest Drums is big compared to the usual drum module.
Available as a VST plugin instrument for Windows and VST/AU plugin instrument for macOS, Pine Forest Drums contains 38 "drum kits". Each kit has been tailored with 70s education documentaries, the esoteric culture of the 60s, and the National Film Board of Canada in mind.
Features:
38 percussion kits each containing 10 sounds
380 original samples
Vinyl crackles/Film/Tape sound generators
Sub generator
Detuner with depth and rate controls
10 drum pads for finger drumming
Level, pan, attack, outputs, and decay controls for each sound
Amp range controls
30 MIDI drum loops
Requirements:
Windows 8.1/10/11 or macOS 10.12 and up
452 MB of HD space
Quad-core CPU or better with 8 GB of RAM or more
64-bit VST/VST3/AU Host
In this bundle, you get 5 virtual instruments inspired by Boards of Canada with a 30% discount:
The Suiko VS-1 is a digital synthesizer that reproduces the sound of traditional Japanese instruments. It features eight voices: Bell, Choir, Flute, Horn, Mystery, Shamisen, Strings, and Violin.
The synthesizer is designed partly as a tool for learning koto scales and also to soundtrack shigin, which are poetry performances.
Virtual Suiko has all the original 8 sounds of the instrument plus 4 effects, a multi-LFO, highpass/lowpass filter and more!
Screenshot of the plugin version:
Features of the plugin version:
8 Suiko VS-1 Sounds
4 effects: distortion, delay, chorus, and reverb
Multi-LFO
Glide
Highpass/Lowpass filter
Amplitude range controls
3 voice modes: poly, mono and legato
Kontakt version:
The Kontakt version contains 8 instruments (nki) and has amplitude and filter ADSRs as well as reverb. The Kontakt 5/6 version requires the full version of Kontakt 5/6/7. It must be the latest updated version.
Decent Sampler version:
The Decent Sampler version features the same sounds as the plugin version but with different effects and sound-shaping capabilities. Decent Sampler is a free sampler VST/VST3/AAX/AU/AUv3 and is compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS. There's also a standalone version.
Audio demo:
Compatible with all OS via Decent Sampler!*
Compatible with all major DAWs! (Except Pro Tools)
Requirements of the plugin version:
Windows 8.1/10/11 or macOS Sierra and above
31 MB of HD space
2GHz Quad-core CPU or better with 4 GB of RAM or more
64-bit VST/VST3/AU Host
Requirements for the Decent Sampler version:
The latest version of Decent Sampler (Free)
18.4 MB of HD space
Requirements for the Kontakt 5 version:
The latest version of Kontakt 5 or Kontakt 6 and up
It must be the full version. It won't work in the free Kontakt Player
