By Alexander Hacke
Like a ray of dark light, a drone is a primal statement of intent—shifting and beating on an endless path all its own. Created with experimental musician Alexander Hacke, this collection offers a phantasmagoria of complex, playable drones. These drones were carefully designed by Sascha Knorr and Timo Loosli—a perfect foundation for scores, atmospheres, meditation, and rituals.
A universe of complex and layered drones, from subtle and evocative to dark and destructive.
Highlights
478 GB of meticulously designed drones
Conceived and guided by Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten, hackedepicciotto)
Playable intensity—add layers with the modwheel
Long samples—circa 1 minute
Recorded and processed chromatically
Guitars: Bass 6, electric bass, steelcaster, acoustic, vintage electric
Orchestral instruments: Celli, basses, trombones
Basso profundo choir
Plus hurdy gurdy, tanpura, didgeridoo, ebow piano
Recorded at Teldex Scoring Stage and Silent Green, Berlin
Soft low drones
Multiple layers combine to form a complex substrata—move the modwheel for depth and intensity.
Sub drones
Bass, Moog synth, a bass choir… these drones focus on sub-shaking low end with long, undulating waves.
Atmospheric drones
Reaching into the ether, tanpura, hurdy gurdy, ebow piano and more create a shimmering firmament in the high register.
High-intensity drones
Use the modwheel to travel from forceful to highly aggressive, with inherent organic friction and distortion.
Drone tools
Designed for scoring, these tools give you risers, swells, and tension builders—harmonic or atonal.
Drone ingredients
The raw recordings—useful alone for texture, but perfect for constructing your own complex drones.
Now includes the Arkanum update
Arkanum is a dark sepulcher filled with the restless spirits of 33 new drones—all carefully designed by Alexander Hacke himself. Many of these new drones offer layered expression via the modwheel—fun to play and perfect for scoring to picture. And all of them are shapeshifting portals to darker worlds.
About Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a musician, performer, composer, singer and producer. A member of seminal German band Einstürzende Neubauten and one half of acclaimed duo hackedepicciotto, Alex has worked with iconic musicians from Jaki Liebzeit to David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower) and Gianna Nannini. Based in Berlin but absorbing diverse musical influences from his travels around the world, Alex has brought his unique musical vision to this drones collection.
Runs in SINE
Mic merging
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Greater usability
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Download single instruments
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Artist Series
Drones
By Alexander Hacke
Teldex Scoring Stage, Berlin
Works with Orchestral Tools’ SINE Player—NOTE: Latest version required!
Size
478 GB of samples (221 GB SINEarc compressed)
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
SINE system requirements
Mac: macOS 10.15 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple ARM chipsets supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX