If you’re looking for an exercise in mangling, no library will take you farther than The Dark Side. With a vast collection of crushed, battle-scarred drums, guitars, keys and more, it was designed with a single purpose in mind.
Description
Summary
If you’re looking for an exercise in mangling, no library will take you farther than The Dark Side.
- Produced by award-winner producer Doug Rogers and Grammy winner David Fridmann
- 40 GB of distorted and eerie percussion, guitars, choirs and more
- Pre-rendered sounds pushed through analog vintage & tube effect chains
- Easy to drop into metal, industrial, or hybrid orchestral songs
- Powerful tool for film, TV, and game music production
- Winner of a MIPA Award
- Now included in OPUS, along with individual downloads, custom keyswitches, and dozens of MIDI Tools and Mixer Effects
Brand
EastWest

System Requerments
Summary
If you’re looking for an exercise in mangling, no library will take you farther than The Dark Side.
Below are the minimum and recommended hardware and software specifications for using Opus on Windows and MacOS systems.
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RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
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The chart below outlines the MacOS and Windows 64-bit operating systems and sequencers that are officially supported and fully tested with the latest version of Opus. Please note that while most Sequencers / DAWs are VST 2, VST 3, AU and AAX plug-in format compatible, only those listed in the chart below are officially supported.
Product | Version | MacOS (10.13+) | Windows 10 |
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EW Play 6 Stand-Alone | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
EW Opus Stand-Alone | 1.0+ | YES | YES |
Ableton Live | 10.0+ | YES | YES |
Apple Logic Pro | 10.0+ | YES | – |
Apple Garageband | 10.3+ | YES | – |
Avid Pro Tools | 2018.1+ | YES | YES |
Bitwig Studio | 3.0+ | YES | YES |
Cockos Reaper | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
Image-Line FL Studio | 20+ | YES | YES |
Motu Digital Performer | 9.0+ | YES | YES |
Steinberg Cubase(1) | 9.0+ | YES | YES |
Steinberg Nuendo(1) | 8.0+ | YES | YES |
Presonus Studio One | 4.0+ | YES | YES |
VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro | 6.0+ | YES | YES |
Notation Software(2) | Version | ||
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Avid Sibelius | 2018.1+ | YES | YES |
MakeMusic Finale | 25.0+ | YES | YES |
Steinberg Dorico | 3.0+ | YES | YES |
- (1) VST3 usage is recommended
- (2) Sibelius / Finale / Dorico notation programs work with Opus, but do not support the full feature set of some Opus/Play Libraries, such as those that use WordBuilder. Please contact support for details.
Videos
Summary
If you’re looking for an exercise in mangling, no library will take you farther than The Dark Side.
Demos
Summary
If you’re looking for an exercise in mangling, no library will take you farther than The Dark Side.