An industrial grade tool kit for dark techno

  • Industrial-grade VST plugin for dark techno delivering metallic, mangled, and warped textures on tap
  • 200 genre-defining presets crafted for dark and industrial techno production
  • A creative set of audio effects & smart MIDI tools that supercharge Shadow Structures sound design
  • Frictionless user interface to sustain your creative flow

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Hollow Path

A relentless pulse drives as mechanical rhythms carve through a haze of decaying synths and spectral melodies Built for late-night descent, it’s a soundscape that stalks the edges of memory and machine.

Reprieve

Downtempo rhythms accompany contorting, distorted bass tones, which are glued together by evolving percussion and a dissonant flicker that adds just the right amount of dystopian sparkle.

Protocol

Forged in flickering neon and digital ruin, this track propels forward with a mechanized heartbeat and layers of corroded synthwork. Ghostly melodies drift through the static, evoking a city long abandoned to shadows and circuitry.

Displaced (preset)

A warped signal drifting through broken space, unstable and searching. Tones bend and blur as if pulled from a failing transmission, echoing with dissonance and static ghosts. It lingers, lost between places.

Low Driver (preset)

A dense, guttural surge of low-end pressure, steady and unflinching. Saturated with grit and restraint, it rumbles forward like machinery in a dead zone.

Drone Steady (preset)

A low, brooding presence that hums with quiet menace. Thick with static tension and frozen air, it stretches time like a slow exhale in an abandoned corridor.

Drowning (preset)

A slow, suffocating swell that rises like breath held underwater, thick with detuned unease and a ghostly shimmer.

Grace (preset)

Perfect for melancholic atmospheres that need a glimmer of optimism in a dark abyss.

Crunchy Descent (preset)

Contorted cavernous atmospheres that conjure tunnels that go deep into the earth's core.

Uplifter (preset)

A tension-laced lead with a haunting edge, channeling 80s horror-style dread through detuned synths, icy reverb tails, and a creeping sense of inevitability.

An introduction to State Machine

Resident sound designer Matt takes you through the features of our State Machine instruments.

Into the void

Shadow Structures is a comprehensive collection of driving industrial atmospheres, perfect for dark techno and enveloping sound design.

From gritty and pulsating textures to foreboding metallic pads, Shadow Structures is the perfect hammer to nail your next track.

Contorted and distorted

Command and control the sounds of Shadow Structures with a curated range of effects including tape emulation and mid-driver modules.

Easily add subtle movement or ominous rhythmic motifs with Shadow Structure's wide range of built-in suite of MIDI effects.

Breathe the pressure

Made in collaboration with the enigmatic techno producer, Headless Horseman, Shadow Structures delves deep into the sound design of one of the most revered artists of the genre.

With 70 meticulously captured source sounds and 200 production-ready presets adding a touch of the dark side has never been easier.

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