Dark Engine is a free collection of feedback sound effects and distorted drum hits created by Timur Arynov, aka MyOSS.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
The Library
Dark Engine is the perfect source of distorted drums and feedback sounds.
The included drum samples were processed with the Boss OS-2 overdrive pedal, while the feedback sounds were created using the MXR Carbon Copy analog delay pedal.
Here’s how Timur describes the Dark Engine sample collection:
“Dark Engine sounds hard, dirty, and distorted. Firstly, I recorded synthesized and sampled drums through the Boss OS-2 distortion/overdrive pedal. Secondly, I recorded self-oscillated feedback from the MXR Carbon Copy analog delay pedal through an old guitar processor.
It was a lot of fun tweaking the knobs on the delay pedal and hearing that monstrous sound. For the best results, all samples should be used as layers to other drums and sound effects.”
It’s amazing how much a talented sound designer can achieve with just a few pieces of gear.
The included feedback sound effects are very cool, and they can be used as the sound source for all sorts of sci-fi sound effects. They can also work well for bass or lead sounds if you process them inside a sampler.
The drum samples are also fantastic, especially suitable for use in industrial tracks. They have just the right amount of grit to cut through a bass-heavy mix.
I also love the super-heavy distortion on some of the included kick and snare samples.
The Artist
Timur Arynov is a talented musician and sound designer from Almaty, Kazakhstan.
He released several free sound packs in the past, all of which are available for download through his Bandcamp page. Some additional tracks can be found on his SoundCloud page.
You should definitely check out his “Saturn cIRcles” library, which is a free collection of intentionally artificial and weird-sounding reverb impulse responses.
Summary
Dark Engine contains 94 audio samples in total, featuring 57 distorted drum samples and 37 processed feedback sound effects. All included samples are available in 24-bit WAV format. The sounds were recorded and edited by Timur Arynov.
9 Comments
Excellent. Good stuff.
Thanks again.
You’re welcome! Once again, thanks to Timur Arynov for releasing such an awesome library on 99Sounds!
thanks very much i will have more fun messing around with these
Enjoy the samples!
Hi, guys!
Thank you for support, enjoy :)
Best regards,
Timur.
#newfoundlife
Can definitely use this! Glad that you guys are so generous to give this out for free. The quality is so good I’d pay for it if it had a price tag
That intro sounded like a Bruce Faulconer DBZ song. Cell maybe?
thank you for your Generosity ….. Excellent
Thank you for the SFX