From organic origins to reimagined textures
Violan for Padshop 2 continues the groundbreaking orchestral FX string expansion series, reimagining the viola as a powerful cinematic sound design tool. By transforming traditional articulations and percussive strikes on the instrument’s top plate, pegs, and bridge, Violan delivers an extraordinary palette of textures that go far beyond the concert stage.
Inside, you’ll find evolving pads, re-synthesized comps, chromatic percussion, and a wide range of orchestral FX including risers, glissandi, and clusters. These are paired with dark soundscapes and rhythmic suites of strings and percussive elements, offering endless inspiration for tension, atmosphere, and movement.
Perfectly suited for science fiction, epic thrillers, and horror, Violan empowers sound designers, film scorers, and trailer composers with apocalyptic intensity and ethereal beauty—unlocking new dimensions of creativity.
665 new creative presets for Padshop 2
301 manipulated stereo samples
Toolkit for sound designers, film and trailer composers
All presets designed by Gary Gibbons from Online Music Foundry
Exclusive expansion for Padshop 2
Available as download only (.zip file; 181.11MB)
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Violan VST Sound Instrument Set is an expansion pack for Steinberg's Padshop 2, a Granular and Spectral Synthesizer.
* For Non-Padshop 2 users - This product is not compatible with Padshop or Padshop Pro.
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Violan expansion pack comes with an "easy-to-install" instructional manual for download after purchasing.
The manual is also available in our Download page.
Online Music Foundry was founded by composer and sound designer Gary Gibbons, who has decades of experience in audio production. With all his experience, Gary instantly recognized the potential of Padshop Pro when it was first released and, since then, he has produced over 10,000 presets. With his desire to share his Padshop knowledge with users and to increase the Padshop community, he created a social media group for Steinberg Instruments - Users Group to share programming tips, technical issues and basic knowledge. He continues to make tutorials for the group and the Steinberg VST instruments and plug-ins YouTube channel.
To learn more about Gary Gibbons, visit https://www.garygibbons.info/about-me/.
