Electronic tonalities
Patch into experimental sounds, complex patterns, and delightfully weird signal chains. It’s a world of audible geometry that plugs you into the past, present, and future all at once.
With everything from pristine tones to evolving percussive chitter, Achrome is a collection of carefully crafted and meticulously sampled modular patches. Made in collaboration with Berlin-based composer and sound designer Max Knoth, it connects figures, soundscapes, and patterns that hark back to the pioneering work of avant-garde electronic composers.
Specs & requirements
Content
5 Konkret instruments with multiple articulations
5 Abstrakt instruments with multiple articulations
2 layers per sound
2 mic positions
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
Size
63 GB of samples (28 GB SINEarc compressed)
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
Audio demos
A möbius strip of past and future
A bridge between epochs, Achrome brings the ideas of pioneering electronic music composers into the present and opens doors to a bright future of synthesized sound possibilities. It puts a wide variety of chromatically-sampled patches at your fingertips, all with two layers of sound you can blend to taste using the mod wheel. Discover archetypal electronic sounds and aleatoric patterns inspired by the past, refined and recorded with contemporary expertise.
About the inspiration
In great musical tradition, these are modular studies, examining and elaborating on the work of avant-garde composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Klaus Schulze, and Györgi Ligeti. These composers were not afraid to venture away from the conventional and dive into uncharted territory. Achrome takes this concept and runs with it, bringing experimental analog synthesis into the world of playable virtual instruments.
About Max Knoth
Max Knoth is a polymath: An engineer, arranger, orchestrator, sound designer, and composer who has worked with, among others, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lou Reed, Danny Elfman, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, and Carsten Nicolai. After discussing the concept for Achrome with Cornelius Duerst, the creator of the FABRIK series, Knoth created all the modular patches and sampled them at his studio in Berlin. The results are a mix of technical mastery, intentional sound design, and deliberate randomness.
The Fabrik series
Sinoid
Mutated sine waves
Radome
Experimental cello
Achrome
Electronic tonalities
Transit
Cities in motion
Konduit
Sonic electricity
Runs in SINE
Mic merging
Preserve your system resources: Fine-tune your mix using multiple mic positions, then merge into a single channel within the player.
Greater usability
SINE is designed to complement the compositional workflow. Create on the fly with auto keyswitch options, and easy remapping tools.
Download single instruments
Choose only the instruments and mic positions that you currently need—no need to download the entire collection at once.