Dark Veil for Soundbox Available Here!
Edinburgh, Scotland, 5th February 2026. Sonora Cinematic, developer of Soundbox
and Kontakt libraries, has announced Dark Veil – a beautifully dark-sounding
instrument for Audiomodern’s free Soundbox sampler platform and the first in a new
series of experimental instruments – The Founder’s Locker.
Recorded, processed and curated by Sonora Cinematic founder and sound designer Alessandro Mastroianni, each title in The Founder’s Locker doesn’t begin with a product idea or market research. Instead, it starts with experiments in sound, building creations from curiosity rather than by design. Only those that remain compelling at the end of the process earn their place in the series.
Elaborating on the concept, Alessandro says, “When we create products at Sonora Cinematic, we have to think about the market. That’s not wrong, it’s necessary, but it also shapes the kind of tools that we make. When I take the company owner hat off and I wear the composer’s, the sound designer’s… a different way of working appears. The musician’s way. This is where ideas come first, not features. Some ideas are strange, some lead to concepts that are too narrow, too personal, too unconventional to ever become ‘proper’ products. For a long time, those ideas stayed hidden, The Founder’s Locker is where they live now.”
Introducing Dark Veil
The first title to enter The Founder’s Locker – Dark Veil, originated with recordings of bowed instruments from the North Caucasus, revealing a dark, textural beauty. Then, the experimentation began – running the sounds through pedals, amps, effect chains and more, reshaping the raw performances into something entirely new.
The result is a textural instrument for Soundbox that makes sublimely playable cinematic drones and immersive atmospheres. Nothing here is meant to sound clean or pristine. Every sound is rich with movement and character.
Dark Veil includes fifteen presets many of which take full advantage of Soundbox’s MPE capabilities. For those users who don’t have an iPad or an MPE controller or simply prefer to use their own standard midi keyboard, the presets are also available in a ’Modwheel’ version, where the Modwheel controls the same parameters.
Pricing
Dark Veil is available now for just £9 (+vat) and, in keeping with the ethos of The Founder’s Locker series, will never be discounted. The combination of affordability and uniqueness make the series an ideal choice for music producers and sound designers craving fresh inspiration with the added assurance that they’re always paying the best price.
Dark Veil requires Audiomodern Soundbox v1.1.1 or later. More titles will be added to The Founder’s Locker soon for Soundbox and other popular platforms.
Find out more: Dark Veil for Soundbox Available Here!
About Sonora Cinematic
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sonora Cinematic is the home for sample libraries and instruments produced by composer and sound designer Alessandro Mastroianni. Collaborating with musicians and audio professionals around the world, their bestselling releases for Kontakt include Panorama Guitars, Emma Legato, Harmonic Bloom, Aria Vocalscapes, Poiesis Cello, and many more, as well as an expanding catalogue of Soundbox instruments featuring vocals, guitars, orchestral textures and others.