Welcome to the shadows

Colors Tensed delves into a world of suspense, creepiness, horror and atonal atmospheres. Dark synth layers are woven together with raw cello and unstable guitar, creaking wood, crackling vinyl and more. Explore a new contemporary palette of sounds, from excited and unexpected to creepy and atonal.

More than 40 beautifully colored synth textures

Design new sounds with four layers of synth, cello and noise

Three LFOs, an easy-to-use arpeggiator and additional effects

Additional master section with delay, reverb, filter, decay and more

The idea of Haunting Beauty

When designing the sound palette for Colors Tensed, the idea was to only offer sounds which evoke tension. The result is an outstanding sample library for HALion, full of spine-chilling sounds, eerie and brooding ambiences, rough synths, raw samples of different instruments and atonal haunting soundscapes, which together effortlessly evoke an aura of suspense.

About Cinematique Instruments

René Dohmen and Joachim Dürbeck have successfully been working as composers, producers and artists in the music industry. Their work covers everything from classical productions to electronic or even abstract-experimental music as well as numerous commissions for film scores. Always in search of new and unique sounds they decided to create and release their own sample libraries under the name of Cinematique Instruments.

Colors Scoring Bundle

From extreme suspense to calm tranquility, the Colors Scoring Bundle provides everything you need to heighten the emotions of your audience. Comprising Colors Tensed and Colors Tranquil - two unique instruments for HALion and HALion Sonic. With an impressive sound-shaping toolkit, the Colors Scoring Bundle means you can grasp the hearts and minds of every listener.

For support on the library, please contact: Cinematique Instruments

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