They love their edgy sounds and have no shame about it, just the way it should be.

But there’s a bit more than meets the eye with these guys, I reckon. Given the sheer scope and size of the sounds, it’s easy to pidgeonhole Tonsturm into the seat-rattling big action movie blasts segment of sound packs. Tonsturm brings teutonic sound design to the unsuspecting masses.

Glitchmachines at Plugin Boutique (affiliate link).

Glitchmachines has been doing regular sales for a while, so scout Plugin Boutique (affiliate link) for offers. Personal favorites: Polygon (the most mangled virtual sampler ever), Subvert (distortion tearing the fabric between dimensions), and Quadrant (modular FX fun for IDM crazies). And if you want to roll your own sounds in the same aesthetic, the right way to start is by getting the plug-ins that helped generate them. It helps that the prices are fairly modest, too. Staying true to its name, Glitchmachines doesn’t mess around with vanilla sounds – it’s the alien, synthetic, metallic, electromagnetic, and sinister allegories that apply. If you are new to Glitchmachines exploits but find beauty in the sounds of dying computer noises, you are in for the ride of your life! Both the plug-ins and sounds are something else, so grab ahold of the gracious freebies (2 plug-ins, 4 packs) and take them for a spin. I’ve been singing my Glitchmachines praises ever since the Ivo Ivanov-led extreme sound design haven blew my little mind in 2015 or whatever. The entire library is royalty-free as well, and includes content from the following categories: accents, booms, braams, emotions, downshifters, impacts, tension builders, textures, and transitions. Moreover, each sound has four variations – Original, Space (brighter, reverb-y), Dark (darker, reverb-y), and Grit (edgy). If you like what you’re hearing from the Free edition, you should probably shoot straight for the Deluxe edition – until December 31 2021, it’s USD 99 for 425+ original sounds (in 24/48 WAV format) and free lifetime content updates. The initial content is available in three editions – Inferno SFX Free, Standard, and Deluxe.

I also listened to some of the content in the Inferno SFX Free sound pack and that’s proof enough about Flame Sound being a killer project that’s going ways. I’ve openly admired Tomislav and his impeccable work from my early days in audio. Flame Sound is a brand new venture by Tomislav Zlatic of Bedroom Producer Blog & 99 Sounds fame.

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