Circle Drone of Doom
A dark, dystopian synth with absolutely massive character.
US$49
Hear Circle Drone of Doom In Action
- Circles Beyond Comprehension Autumn Wood
- A Little Test Drive Pierce Martin
- New Beginnings Evan Leffert
- Astral Tomb Michael Hoffmann
- Desired Dust Michael Lee
- To Have And To Hold Kris Kirk
- Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu ZUN & Gls (Arranged By DanFourts)
- In Space No One Can Hear Your MIDI Kris Kirk
- Circles Beyond Comprehension (Library Only) Autumn Wood
- Astral Tomb (Instrument Only) Michael Hoffmann
- Desired Dust (Instrument Only) Michael Lee
- Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu (Instrument Only) ZUN & Gls (Arranged By DanFourts)
Reviews
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
Mark Portmann
Ariana Grande, Luis Fonsi, Celine Dion, Quincy Jones
"[ISW]'s instruments consistently deliver the sound, feel, and reliability I need to do my best work. Thank you for raising the bar and making tools that inspire."
Neal Acree
World of WarCraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch
"Impact Soundworks has some of the most creative and innovative libraries out there. From world instruments to the insanely deep sampled Shreddage guitar series the Impact catalog is full of must-haves and unexpected and inspiring surprises. Highly recommended!
Stewart Winter
Co-founder, VideoHelper
"I'm a keyboard player -- I can't even make a REAL guitar sound convincing. But Telos and Rosette are my go-to guitars because they sound incredible, sit well in a mix and are so easy to configure to my personal playing habits. I'm constantly discovering new ways to play them and they've saved my ass more times than I can count. And the pedal Steel is still my favorite library of its kind for Country, Folk and organic layering behind synths."
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
"I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW's do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism."
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Richard Jacques
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
"I'm a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It's so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments... from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further."
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
"ISW creates some of the most inspiring & realistic guitar sample libraries. I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I used Shreddage 3 Serpent for leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing live-sounding leads. I also created a signature sound based on the lead guitar in David Lynch's Twin Peaks series, originally played on baritone guitar. [Serpent] built a convincing replica of that sound just using on-board FX. It was so fun and easy to do!"
Audio Demos
- Circles Beyond Comprehension Autumn Wood
- A Little Test Drive Pierce Martin
- New Beginnings Evan Leffert
- Astral Tomb Michael Hoffmann
- Desired Dust Michael Lee
- To Have And To Hold Kris Kirk
- Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu ZUN & Gls (Arranged By DanFourts)
- In Space No One Can Hear Your MIDI Kris Kirk
- Circles Beyond Comprehension (Library Only) Autumn Wood
- Astral Tomb (Instrument Only) Michael Hoffmann
- Desired Dust (Instrument Only) Michael Lee
- Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu (Instrument Only) ZUN & Gls (Arranged By DanFourts)
Overview
Six raw analog oscillators that can be multiplied, warped, and shaped with the simple turn of a knob or push of a button. More streamlined and inspiring than an ordinary synth; much more versatile than an ordinary drone. Capable of killing it on pads or beds, leads, poly synths, even a tight punchy bass — especially dark, dirty, gritty, industrial, and thick sounds. An off-the-wall collaboration with YouTuber (and 2026 Eurovision performer!) Look Mum No Computer. Perfect for dystopian world-building, crunchy game soundtracks, or to double a modern metal guitar line.
Product Info
Sonic Mayhem, Simplified
A totally unique UI invites creative experimentation. Just enough controls to give a huge range of sounds, without ever being overwhelming to work with.
Six Pure Analog Oscillators
The foundation of the instrument, each independently-tunable up to 3 octaves. Multiply them via the MORE knob for up to 48 oscillators per voice. Detune and stereo spread with THICK. Morph the waves with the SHAPE control.
One-Knob Galactic Reverb & THX Effect
Bring all 6 knobs into perfect unison (and back into chaos again) with the central UNITY knob for a true wall of sound. Then engulf your sound in cosmic reverb.
Dual-Stage Distortion
A badass custom effect that puts the “DOOM” in the name. Drive it from lightly crunched to total oblivion, with adjustable TONE and three different COLOR flavors: Dark, Balanced, Bright.
Easy Motion Control
Add filter envelope movement and LFO modulation with just a couple knobs, great for undulating pulses, sweeps, stabs, and more.
125+ inspiring presets
Custom-built, out-of-the-box sounds perfect for cinematic scores, game soundtracks, and modern metal. Or make your own!
Features
One-of-a-kind custom instrument
Inspiring hand-drawn visuals
Unique, usable parameters
Aleatoric effects
User-friendly engine
Requirements
15GB disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
6GB of RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Apple M1, Intel i5 or equivalent CPU
A faster CPU with more cores will allow you to play more simultaneous voices.
Kontakt Player 7.10+
This instrument will run in the FREE Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OSX
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Instrument Walkthrough
Featured Artists & Composers
Richard Jacques
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
“I’m a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It’s so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments… from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further.”
Lena Raine
Celeste, Chicory, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, Deltarune
Instruments from ISW are a staple of my soundtrack work for games. Vocalisa has been a mainstay vocal aesthetic of nearly every game I’ve worked on including Celeste & Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Shreddage 3 has also given me the confidence to write some really fun guitar riffs & solos despite not being able to play a real one. I’ve started incorporating Tokyo Scoring Strings into the acoustic side of my scoring work, and can’t wait to try out more from ISW in the future!
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
We love analog drone synthesizers. They are enormous, imposing, and uncompromising, with absolutely no subtlety, just raw voltage pumped out as colossal, undulating tidal waves of sound.
How do you bring that sonic concept into the virtual realm without losing its essence? And just how far can you take it? That’s what we set out to answer with this library.
Our Circle Drone of Doom began life as the titular instrument from Look Mum No Computer. We wanted to keep the killer sound and directness of the real analog hardware, but you know how we are — we kept finding more features to add and new ways to improve the workflow. The result is something that functions a lot like a synth, with much more straightforward controls.
The fun and creative design is meant to inspire you to dive in and get your hands dirty, discovering new sounds as you play with it. Every knob and setting sounds good (even if “good” sometimes means “massively, brutally chaotic”).
Start with six oscillators with the warm, rich sound you can only get from a 100% analog signal path. Each oscillator has its own independent tuning, making it easy to get cutting, tightly-tuned leads and basses as well as 3-octave mega-detuned monsters.
Turn the multiply knob for more, more, more (up to 48 voices on a single note) with as much or as little spread and detune as you want. A multimode filter dripping with character comes next, with easy motion you can introduce using just a single knob turn.
Top it off nicely with three flavors of circuit-modeled distortion and saturation (dark, medium, warm), either just a touch or enough to obliterate the signal into sonic madness.
No complicated UI here. We very deliberately added the most impactful controls rather than adding dozens and dozens of knobs and sliders that would just water down and muddy the character and experience of this beast.
Far from a single-use instrument or a straightforward drone, Circle Drone of Doom morphs and shifts to a huge range of sounds within the flavor of its distinctive character.
We think it’s an ideal companion to our Bundle of Doom if you’re writing modern metal; use it to double your Shreddage 3 Argent leads and heavy riffs.
And if you’re building dystopian soundscapes or scoring dungeon crawls, you’ll find true cinematic-ready presets ready and waiting for you: big, washy drones; crunchy analog synths; heavy, distorted darkness; massive chaos; unsettling creepiness — to name just a few.
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is the stage name of multi-disciplinary artist and inventor Sam Battle. LMNC is a touring musician, museum owner and curator, music producer, songwriter, and content creator as well as being the UK’s 2026 entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. He has amassed a devoted following of over 1.6 million with his genius musical inventions, catchy songs and infectious excitement over old tech.
Sam’s parallel career as an inventor has earned him widespread critical and public attention. His creations, among them the now-iconic Furby Organ and the Flamethrower Organ, have achieved viral success and received prominent coverage across major media outlets including the BBC, ITV, and NME. Sam is also the owner and curator of This Museum is (Not) Obsolete, located in Ramsgate, which houses the Guinness World Record-holding Thousand Oscillator Megadrone, alongside the Furby Organ, the Gameboy Megamachine, and a range of other creations.
