***Crossgrade for owners of "The Score", "Elysion", "The Orchestra", "The Orchestra Complete", "The Orchestra Essentials", "Strings of Winter", "Horns of Hell", "Forces of Fury" or "Woods of The Wild".

Also owners of "Complete Classical Collection" and "String Essentials" are qualified!

DARK HORIZON - The Cosmic Darkness!

A journey into the future of sound turned dark and gritty fast. ELYSION’s famous ensemble engine has been hijacked , augmented, and vaporized . With the drifting cosmic remains , DARK HORIZON molds the future into a dystopian atmosphere of massive basses , cosmic arps , and drifting pads . Turn simple chords into unreal , nightmarish space- scapes , while moving the mod- wheel b ends time and transports you into the dark , disparate corners of e ldritch furies.

FOR EXTRAORDINARY AND DARK BASS SOUND

With a focus on dark, dirty bass sounds, DARK HORIZON pushes levels and tones not yet explored by the ELYSION series. Our space engineer Tobias Menguser sent wavs into the far reaches of the cosmos, beyond the known universe, where only the terrifying nightmares and figments of reality lurk. In those unknown places, the sounds were twisted and experimented upon, crafting a full sound palette of dark and low basses. They mutated into growling instruments, screaming oscillations, and ground-shaking subs.

FOR MODERN PRODUCERS AND SCORE COMPOSERS

For ambient, modern electronic, and experimental music, Dark Horizon can bring a new power into your work with its library of grinds and grooves. For scoring and blockbusters, these sounds make for perfect tension-building underscore.

DARK HORIZON – WHAT’S INCLUDED?

As the deep underbelly of the ELYSION series, DARK HORIZON is a powerful KONTAKT instrument that resynthesizes orchestral sounds and sound FX along with a great variety of rare analog synths and FX boxes . T he resulting instruments are mind-crushing sounds, gut-wrenching themes, rhythmic arps , whirling pads, and a set of effects to push them even further beyond the imagination.

AMBIENT – RESYNTHESIZED – CINEMATIC

DARK HORIZON pushe s sounds into unrecognizable extremes, utilizing analogue rack effects and extraordinary sound sources. Use DARK HORIZON as a scoring tool for any project that needs a dose of profound bass and gritty depth or use it as a really exceptional synth to create innovative melodies with outstanding sonic power.

LAYERED – DIRTY – POWERFUL

With four layers of sounds and an onboard compressor , delay, and hall reverb, create unique and disturbing combinations for a truly original experience. Each layer is linked to an independent arpe g giator and two pan engines, allowing you to easily create complex , evolving pads .

SAMPLING REDEFINED bursting with expression and variety

DARK HORIZON is loaded with an abundance of exceptional instruments. Together with the Ensemble Engine, the Motion Engine and the Pan Engine, there are almost unlimited possibilities for creative sound development.

SCORE THE DARK WITH OUR FAMILIAR USER INTERFACE

Users of ELYSION and THE ORCHESTRA will find DARK HORIZON’s user interface familiar , with all the essential controls in the same places or intuitive to find.

POWERFUL FEATURES – SUPERNATURAL WORKFLOW

DARK HORIZON features our critically acclaimed ensemble technology, empowering you to create complex sounds by playing simple chords.

DARK HORIZON uses a modified version of the ELYSION ensemble engine. This means you can play up to four different instrument modules at the same time , and e ach module allows independent controls for arpeggiator s . Using the mod-wheel unlocks a n astounding filter effect that produces a great number of kinetic, digital possibilities .

DARK HORIZON comes with its own unique dynamic FX engine. It allows the fundamental customization of the instruments, e.g. steering attack or decay via Midi CC. Besides other FX the Motion Engine includes also two Pan Steppers, breathing live and variation into every pattern in no time.

DARK HORIZON comes with 180 complex animated and fully customizable themes, spread across five different categories. Each category has its unique style and purpose, providing you with either rhythmic elements, dark textures or sounds that are perfect for playing melodies.

Complex rhythms for chords that push the audio floor with movement and vibration. The modwheel modifies the arps and filters, increasing the tension, while introducing horn blasts, braahms, and drones.

Low pulsing basses with complex arpeggiations reveal great dynamic range when the modwheel is pushed, morphing the rhythms and raising the filters.

Legato arpeggios arranged in danceable grooves with the modwheel pressing the frequencies and creating a much sharper tone.

Dark, tension-filled drones complimented by screeching impulses, filter swipes, and stellar reverb effects at the turn of the modwheel.

Wide cosmic pads and gently gliding legatos, this set includes the bulk of the playable content. The modwheel releases all the built up anger and tension as the frequencies push.

EXPORT YOUR CUSTOM PERFORMANCE WITH MIDI DRAG’N’DROP

Once you have been inspired by a theme in DARK HORIZON, drag and drop the arrangement of your performance to your DAW. Now you are free to use it within every library you own. Unleash the power of the ensemble engine onto your personal template, change notes, combine different patterns and make them your own. Experience the incredible efficiency of DARK HORIZON, ELYSION 2 and THE ORCHESTRA merging together within your DAW.

TOBIAS MENGUSER – THE DESIGNER BEHIND DARK HORIZON

Tobias Menguser has been working in sound design since the 1990s and started out programming synths for companies like Waldorf , Ensoniq and Clavia and did pioneer work in producing sample CD-ROMs for Ensoniq EPS16 + and ASR10 .

In the early 2000s Tobias has been working for Native Instruments for over 10 years, he helped make Komplete what it is today and in the last ten years he has contributed sounds for over 450 US movie trailers.

Tobias’s latest projects mainly focus on software instrument building and include work for Sonuscore , Softube , Heavyocity , Steinberg , Presonus , and Arturia . “ Working in my studio and designing samples and instruments is not work for me ,” Tobias tells us, “ It’s big fun – knowing those samples and instruments will inspire musicians to create exciting tracks and scores! ”