Weird & Experimental Instruments

Welcome to Aquae Organ: our Alpha and Omega pipe organs performed in unison, recorded with hydrophones in tall crystal vases.

Artillery Shell Cello is a unique hand-made instrument created by Dust Bowl Guitars. Based on the concept of a traditional cello, this instrument features an empty metal artillery shell as the body of the instrument! This unique design results in an eerie, shimmering metallic resonance.

Frendo is a custom-built, mallet and string instrument, ideal for composers looking for new disturbing, horror-like textures for their scores. It offers a variety of timbres like strikes, creaks, scrapes, shrieks, plucks, dongs, tremolos, vibratos and more.

Harmonic Tides is an aetherial sound-designed library crafted from delicately resonant cello and double bass string harmonics. Pierce Constanti imagined a uniquely expressive textural sound designed instrument ideal for film scoring. It's perfect for modern arrangements and film/game scores whenever lush swells and huge waves of intense feeling are called for.

Icescapes is a unique collection of sound-designed atmospheric leads, ambient synths, textural soundscapes and snow and ice sound effects capturing the heart of winter.

Iron Throne is a dark collection of metallic percussive and semimelodic effects, ideal for horror and suspense scoring and post production effects. We used bows, metal rods, fists, nylon, brushes and more to lift all manner of demon song from this contraption.

This strings library features a collection of eerie articulations, including unsettling pizzicato swarms, weaving ponticello sustains, haunting ricochets, and violent tremolos that will send shivers down your spine. But that's not all—Nightmare Violin also comes packed with 40 ominous textural pads and evolving drones, ideal for crafting dark, immersive soundscapes that pull your audience into the depths of fear.

Rust 1 is an eclectic collection of metal impact and tuned percussion recorded in a variety of natural environments, focusing on small objects and found sounds. You'll find metal racks, paint cans, magnetic balls, steel pipes, brass hardware, a saw and more.

Rust 2 focuses on darker elements such as mechanical prison block cell doors, iron bathtubs, and more. We used a variety of drumsticks along with hands and boots to make sound out of all manner of metallic objects, surfaces and structures for this library.

Rust 3 features bass and rich musical tone up-close in wide stereo, capturing the most subtle of resonances and overtones. It offers alternative drum kit concepts, complex tuned percussion, dramatic FX and stingers and a wealth of leads, pads and ambiences.

Rust 4 is a collection of found sounds & creative percussion we recorded at an agricultural museum in Knightsen, California. We captured a 40-foot tall windmill in every way conceivable, pioneer-era farmhouse antiques and vintage household devices crafted from brass, copper, steel, tin, bronze and cast & wrought iron.

Rust Prime is the ultimate metallic sound design instrument, spanning the infinite sonic possibilities of resonant metal in every form and variety. It's built for the free Kontakt Player by Native Instruments and compatible with all NKS hardware.

Snack 2.0 is a powerhouse of animal sounds: Cats, Dogs, Birds, Lion, Tiger, and even a cricket. Have you ever wanted to make a cat choir? Well now you can! How bout dogs eating wet food in close stereo? Say no more. we’ve got you covered.

This experimental virtual instrument weaves real-world field recordings and expressive sound design together into a unified creative toolbox. The sounds in this library were recorded during the invasion of Ukraine by sound designer/video producer Histibe.