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The sound of infinity

Like a ray of dark light, a drone is a primal statement of intent—shifting and beating on an endless path all its own. Created with experimental musician Alexander Hacke, this collection offers a phantasmagoria of complex, playable drones. Largely chromatic, intuitively playable, and very very long, these drones are carefully designed by Sascha Knorr and Timo Loosli—a perfect foundation for scores, atmospheres, meditation, and rituals.

Highlights

478 GB of meticulously designed drones
Conceived and guided by Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten, hackedepicciotto)
Playable intensity—add layers with the modwheel
Long samples—circa 1 minute
Recorded and processed chromatically
Guitars: Bass 6, electric bass, steelcaster, acoustic, vintage electric
Orchestral instruments: Celli, basses, trombones
Basso profundo choir
Plus hurdy gurdy, tanpura, didgeridoo, ebow piano
Recorded at Teldex Scoring Stage and Silent Green, Berlin
Soft low drones

Soft low drones

Multiple layers combine to form a complex substrata—move the modwheel for depth and intensity.
Sub drones

Sub drones

Bass, Moog synth, a bass choir… these drones focus on sub-shaking low end with long, undulating waves.
Atmospheric drones

Atmospheric drones

Reaching into the ether, tanpura, hurdy gurdy, ebow piano and more create a shimmering firmament in the high register.
High-intensity drones

High-intensity drones

Use the modwheel to travel from forceful to highly aggressive, with inherent organic friction and distortion.
Drone tools

Drone tools

Designed for scoring, these tools give you risers, swells, and tension builders—harmonic or atonal.
Drone ingredients

Drone ingredients

The raw recordings—useful alone for texture, but perfect for constructing your own complex drones.
Now includes the Arkanum update
Now includes the Arkanum update

Arkanum is a dark sepulcher filled with the restless spirits of 33 new drones—all carefully designed by Alexander Hacke himself. Many of these new drones offer layered expression via the modwheel—fun to play and perfect for scoring to picture. And all of them are shapeshifting portals to darker worlds.


Learn more about Arkanum in our exclusive patch walkthrough with Alexander Hacke.


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About Alexander Hacke
About Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a musician, performer, composer, singer and producer. A member of seminal German band Einstürzende Neubauten and one half of acclaimed duo hackedepicciotto, Alex has worked with iconic musicians from Jaki Liebzeit to David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower) and Gianna Nannini. Based in Berlin but absorbing diverse musical influences from his travels around the world, Alex has brought his unique musical vision to this drones collection.

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Artist Series

Drones

By Alexander Hacke

Studio

Teldex Scoring Stage, Berlin

189,00 € +VAT

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Licensed
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    Drones
  • Dronehenge by Timo Loosli
    Drones
  • Archangel by Emmanuel Jacob (Drones plus strings)
    Drones
  • EXIT 23 by Doro Bohr
    Drones
  • Have Mercy by Jakob Olofsson
    Drones
  • Desert Dream by Benjamin Botkin (Drones and Tallinn)
    Drones
  • Meditation XI by Franziska Pohlmann
    Drones
  • Arkanum by Emmanuel Jacob
    Drones

Specifications

  • Works with Orchestral Tools’ SINE Player—NOTE: Very latest version required!
  • 478 GB of samples (221 GB SINEarc compressed)
  • 24 bit / 48 KHz patches
  • SINE system requirements:
  • Mac: macOS 10.13 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple M1 chipset supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
  • Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
  • Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX

Important

If you want to buy the Kontakt version of this collection, please note:

  • This is not the latest version of this collection - the SINE version might offer additional features not available here
  • We don't maintain and update the older Kontakt versions of our collections
  • You can upgrade this Kontakt version to the SINE version later for an additional upgrade fee*

*= Upgrade fee is around 10% of the regular collection price. This is due to doubled costs for downloads and licensing.