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Granular Dark Side
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A perfect companion to our Granular Dark Side Of The Strings VST sound instrument set, this expansion pack offers 25 presets for Steinberg's Padshop and Padshop Pro VST granular synthesizers. With 8 manipulated stereo samples, this sound set provides analog and realistic strings as well as percussion, synth pads and musical FX.

Produced by Gary Gibbons and Marco Giardina, this sound set provides a granular scoring solution by using the Padshop audio engine.

* This expansion pack is included in our product, Granular Bundle 7.
* Compatible with Padshop 2 - no spectral engine, arpeggiator, polyphonic LFOs or new FX programming added

25 new presets produced by Hong Kong composer and producer Gary Gibbons and Italian composer, sound designer and producer Marco Giardina

With 8 manipulated stereo samples, this expansion pack delivers cinematic strings, metallic percussion, dark and step modulation musical FX, synth strings, and synth pad presets

Available as download only (.zip file; 9.08MB)

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Granular Dark Side Of The Strings Plus VST Sound Instrument Set is an expansion pack for Steinberg's Padshop and Padshop Pro.

Compatible with Padshop 2 - no spectral engine, arpeggiator, polyphonic LFOs or new FX programming added

For Windows and Mac (For users who are using Audio Unit (AU) compatible hosts, please click here for our past test results.)

* For Non-Padshop Pro and Non-Padshop 2 users only - To ensure Padshop compatibility, please install our free product Granular Lite 2 before product purchases.

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Granular Dark Side Of The Strings Plus expansion pack comes with an "easy-to-install" instructional manual for download after purchasing.

The manual is also available in our Download page.

* For Padshop 2 users, please follow the instructions for Padshop Pro. * For users who are using Audio Unit (AU) compatible hosts, please click here for our past test results.