Following hot on the heels of Crystal Pads as a recently released entrant into its ever-expanding Origins series, The Crow Hill Company’s newly released Brackish Pads lets users control the level of patina in what is surely the most original sound-set to come out of the Edinburgh-based enterprise stable so far.
This library may not be for everyone. Microtonality, stammering, stuttering, strangulated tones and unpredictability may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But if it’s heartbreaking, tragic and profound music you’re wanting to write, this may be your bag. We love this, and are proud of creating the most original sound-set to come out of our stable to-date.
Whilst working on our Crystal Pads plugin we stumbled across a novel new approach to motorising music. By creating unpredictable note modulations we found them forming random arpeggiations that reeked of zeitgeist. In combination with creating what we thought was an essential up-to-the-minute set of un-refined cerebral and intimate pads and drones we set about expanding on this idea of randomness into a dedicated partial we call “Critters” for our most unique synth library to-date.
All analogue, all tube, and all wrong, featuring 16 x 3 unique sculpted sounds, made by music makers for music makers with particular mindful consideration to those scoring to picture.
Brackish Pads is available to purchase for £29 GBP as a sample-based virtual instrument for Windows and macOS (VST/VST3, AU and AAX).
More information: The Crow Hill Company
