Sample Science Releases Pastoral Tones – Boards of Canada-Inspired Plug-In

The Boards of Canada is a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison, and Marcus Eoin. Their sound can be described in many ways, including: warm, analogous of sounds of the 1970s, nostalgia, and the natural world.

Utilize the unique sounds of Boards of Canada with the inspired Pastoral Tones.

Pastoral Tones from Sample Science attempts to recreate a spectrum of the duos musical tones for our creative pleasure. Layers of natural and synthetic samples can be processed with a variety of effects, modulation, and envelopes.

The plugin is available now for $19 for Mac and PC. Available formats include 32/64-bit VST, and AU formats. Read on for more details from Sample Science here:

The plugin includes 62 preset sound to choose from featuring analog synthesizers, flutes, brasses, strings, electric pianos, sound FX, basses and atmospheres.

The acoustic instrument sounds have been sampled from public domain films produced between the 1950s and the 1970s.

To thicken the tone, various sound modules have been added, including a sub oscillator, vinyl and film grain noise layers as well as field recordings sampled from public domain old films.

All the preset sounds are one sample stretched over 5 octaves of the keyboard. Multi-samples have been avoided to increase loading speed, keep the plugin light on RAM and to obtain that old sampler vibe. As a result, Pastoral Tones runs well on older computer.

Furthermore, recordings of public domain films were preferred over new recordings in order to get the most authentic retro sound possible, the kind of sounds you would hear on a Boards Of Canada album.

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