Photon soundbank for Pigments by Oblivion Sound Lab

[binaryoblivion]

I am pleased to introduce Photon, a soundbank for Arturia Pigments inspired by '80s film scores.

Photon contains 121 patches for Arturia Pigments that evoke the synthesizer scores of 1980s action,
sci-fi and horror movies. These sounds are ideal for scoring synth-heavy films – real or imagined – but are equally suited to genres such as Synthwave that draw on the VHS aesthetic of the era.

For this bank I took inspiration from composers such as Harold Faltermeyer, Paul Hertzog, Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter, whose scores left an indelible mark on the 1980s, as well as contemporary producers who have followed in their footsteps, such as Steve Moore, Voyag3r and Le Matos.

Inside you will discover growling basses, dynamic brasses, drifting Analog Keys, crisp electric pianos, powerful leads, vintage strings, cinematic pads and sweeps, and more. All patches have parameters mapped to Mod Wheel and macros, and NKS patches are included for integration with Native Instruments hardware.

Get 25% off the full price of Photon until January 15, 2022.

Available from: https://oblivionsoundlab.com/product/photon/

Here is a video where you can listen to patches from the soundset:



And demo tracks showing what is possible with Photon. All sounds are from the soundbank except percussion:

https://soundcloud.com/oblivionsoundlab/sets/photon

[Amon1973]

The video demo sounds very good, great job. I'm not a huge preset guy and hardly buy soundbanks, but I have Neon Circuits and Dark Vision in my collection, they are outstanding. Actually have Hex Drums too
Will very likely get Photon as well.

[binaryoblivion]

Thank you for the kind words! I am glad that some of my creations have found a home in your studio.

[Amon1973]

Got Photon in the end, so I'm close to having all of your creations (don't own Repro).

There are some patches which sound pretty similar to Neon Circuits 1/2 and Dark Vision, that's your style I guess but most of these sounds resemble quite closely what I'm often looking for when designing my own sounds; meaning it's a big time-saver, at the very least a great starting point for tweaking and a fantastic reference to get a better hold of Pigments.

Checked out all patches now and just love it.

Thank you!

[binaryoblivion]

Thanks for the support, and I am happy to hear that you're enjoying the set! It was a blast to work on, since the wavetable, additive and sample engines in Pigments allowed me to go to places that simply aren't possible with analog oscillators alone. Stylistically I think Photon sits somewhere between Neon Circuits and Dark Vision. It has some of Dark Vision's sinister vibe, but there are plenty of synth-pop oriented patches too.

[Amon1973]

Absolutely, I just had a couple "reminds me of that other one" moments, didn't actually mean there is redundancy.

There's quite a lot of interesting stuff in Photon, but most importantly very useable for me
BTW, when getting Dark Vision and auditioning the sounds, I automatically stacked two bell sounds, deactivated the FX, played a melody and wrote a song which I mixed the day after. I hope for the miracle to repeat