Alienize by Sampleson sci-fi virtual instrument plugin interface

Alienize: Sci-Fi Virtual Instrument by Sampleson

Rated 4.5/5 on Plugin Boutique (11 ratings)

Alienize is a virtual instrument by Sampleson for creating sci-fi underscores, drones, arpeggios and textures. It is controlled by mouse position or a MIDI controller and runs as a VST2 or AU plugin on Windows and macOS.

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01Overview

Alienize is built for composers and producers who score science fiction and other atmospheric material. Its 41 sound modules cover ambient pads, arpeggios, drones, melodic lines and percussive textures. Rather than editing parameters alone, you shape sounds through gestures: the mouse position on screen generates and manipulates sound in real time, and you can perform it live or sync it to video. Presets and automatable parameters let you fit the instrument into a standard DAW workflow.

Best for

Sci-fi film scoring
Live gesture performance
Video synchronization
Ambient pad textures
Arpeggiated sci-fi sequences
Metallic percussive effects

Developer: Sampleson
Category: Virtual Instruments
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Cinematic instrument designed for sci-fi music scoring
Ambient, arp, drone, melodic and texture modules
41 sound modules, each with its own gesture behavior
Mouse position as an automatable DAW parameter
Mouse-to-MIDI CC mapping for hardware control
Granular, Wavetable, Oscillator and Sampling engines
120 included presets
Low CPU usage and roughly 200 MB install size
Scalable HD interface

03In depth

Gesture-Based Sound Design and Control

Alienize uses the position of your mouse on screen to generate and manipulate sound while you play. Each of the 41 modules responds to gestures in its own way. For example, the Theremin module's pitch follows the left-right cursor position.

The mouse position is also published as an automatable parameter in your DAW, so you can record and edit gesture movements like any other automation. You can map the same parameter to a MIDI CC to control it from a hardware controller instead.

The developer also notes that you can play gestures over a movie to create synchronization on the fly, which suits scoring work.

Engines, Modules and Presets

Alienize combines Granular, Wavetable, Oscillator and Sampling engines. The module library includes ambient and drone sounds such as Alien zones, A.I Drone, Electro Drone and Bass Drone, arpeggiated patches such as Arp 1, Arp 2 and Hard Arp, and percussive and metallic textures such as Bronze, Rust, Smash and Ufo.

The instrument ships with 120 presets, giving you starting points before you build your own patches. It is listed at about 200 MB and is described as having low CPU usage.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Sampleson
Type	Plugin
Category	Virtual Instruments
Formats	VST2, AU
Operating systems	Windows, macOS

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats and operating systems does Alienize support?

Alienize is available as a VST2 and AU plugin. It runs on Windows and macOS.

What do I need to use Alienize?

You need a VSTi or AU plugin host. The listed requirements are 200 MB of disk space and 4 GB of RAM. On Windows, Windows 7 or later is required; on macOS, macOS 10.7 or later. Pro Tools is not supported.