forestspirits

static noise meets heavenly ambience. loops, one-shots & drums exploding with saturation, reverb fog, and raw analog warmth. built for produ...
Phoenix, US
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Nick FisherProfile picture@nickfish·May 2
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welcome to ethereal vhs

Delete and Repost as "Forest Spirit" or Kurt. Whoever the FB page name is so people don't get confused...

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you made the right call, kurt.


here's how to get started:


→ download your pack — hit the "Download: Ethereal VHS" tab. everything comes as a ZIP organized by category.


→ drag into your DAW — all files are 24-bit WAV. works in FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, Pro Tools, and everything else.


→ producer lounge — jump in the chat. share what you're making, connect with other producers.


every sound was made from scratch. royalty free for commercial use. no clearances needed.


now go make something. ✦

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Nick FisherProfile picture@nickfish·May 2

why most sample packs sound the same (and what i did differently)

i've been producing for years and the sample pack market has a real problem: everyone's recycling the same sounds.


you open a "lo-fi" pack and it's the same vinyl crackle layered on the same Rhodes sample from 2019. you open a "dark trap" pack and it's the same 808 with a different name. there's no identity. no texture. no feeling.


so i built something different.


i took the sounds i actually grew up on — early 2010s electroclash, witch house, bands like Crystal Castles and Salem — and ran everything through tape emulators, saturators, and analog processing chains. the result is sounds that feel like a memory. hazy chord progressions, drums with actual weight, VHS static that sits in a mix like it belongs there.


some things i learned making this pack:


saturation before reverb, not after. if you want that foggy VHS texture, saturate your dry signal first and then send it through reverb. reversing the order gives you that warm tail instead of a harsh, distorted wash.


your one-shots should be tuned. seems obvious but 90% of packs don't do this. every melodic one-shot in my pack is tuned to a root note so you can actually play it chromatically without everything sounding off.


drums need character, not just punch. i soft-clipped every drum hit and added subtle tape noise. it's barely audible in isolation but in a full mix it glues everything together.


the pack is called Ethereal VHS — 200+ sounds, all original, all royalty free. if you're making anything electronic, ambient, or experimental, it might be exactly what your sessions are missing.