Nightshade empowers composers to quickly design haunting soundscapes that will transfix audiences
Berlin, April 17, 2025 – Native Instruments today released Scene: Nightshade, a powerful virtual instrument designed to create immersive horror and moody soundtracks, and the latest addition to their Scene series. Nightshade delivers a sinister fusion of deep strings, haunting vocal pads, eerie plucks, and ominous synth textures, wrapped in a streamlined interface for effortless sound exploration. At the heart of Nightshade is an XY pad, enabling composers to morph between 16 ghostly sound layers, creating evolving soundscapes instantly.
Designed to evoke the full spectrum of cinematic horror, Nightshade vividly conjures feelings from creeping tension to overwhelming dread with unsettling plucks and shimmering overtones. Nightshade empowers artists to design truly chilling soundscapes that will captivate audiences.
Key Features:
· Sinister Palette: Haunting synths, droning strings, and eerie plucks crafted for cinematic horror soundtracks.
· XY Pad Control: Quickly morph between 16 hybrid sound sources for dynamic sound manipulation.
· Scales and Modes: Easily stay in key with a wide selection of scales and modes.
· Creative FX Presets: Sculpt your sound with reverb, delay, modulation, and more.
· Polyphonic Aftertouch: Experience expressive control over volume, tuning, and motion in real-time.
About the Scene series
Designed with media composers in mind, the Scene series offers premium cinematic sounds in a simple and easy-to-use interface. Centered around an XY pad, each instrument comes loaded with carefully-designed presets and streamlined controls, enabling you to quickly blend, layer, and shape the perfect sound for on-screen moments.
Learn more
Get all the details at www.native-instruments.com.
Pricing
Scene: Nightshade is available now for $29 / €29.
Media contact
press@native-instruments.com
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For more than 25 years, Native Instruments has been at the center of musical innovation. The company has created communities, pushed technological boundaries, and opened new creative horizons for enthusiasts and professionals alike. Today, driven by their mission to make music creation more inclusive and accessible, the company's hardware, software across Native Instruments, iZotope and Plugin Alliance brands, provide fully-integrated solutions for musicians, producers, and DJs of all genres and levels of experience.