Dark Planet

Name: Dark Planet
Price: 56.76 USD
Author: Steinberg

by Steinberg · Synth · Dark hybrid sound module

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Dark Planet is a Steinberg sound module with over 800 dark presets: leads, basses, drums, loops and effects.

It has 2 GB of samples and a MorphFilter, and costs €49.99.

Best for: Keys & Synths, Drums, Sound Design. Genres: Electronic & EDM, Ambient & Cinematic.

Keywords: dark, basses, eerie, gritty, textures, cinematic, leads, pads, hybrid, sound design, original design, preset-driven.

What it does

Dark Planet is a Steinberg sound library for dark electronic, industrial and cinematic music, "loaded with hundreds of creepy sounds, shattering loops and eerie instruments." It is preset-based: you pick a sound and shape it with a few quick controls rather than building patches from scratch.

Presets: more than 800 sounds, combining playable instruments and loops.
Sound types: leads, basses, drums and effects, plus pads, atmospheric textures and music beds.
Loops: rhythmic and shattered loops sit alongside the instruments, for quick beds and pulses.
MorphFilter: an integrated morphing filter for reshaping and moving a sound over time.
Effects and quick edits: onboard effects and a custom interface for fast adjustments to each preset.
Host player: it plays inside Steinberg's HALion family (HALion, HALion Sonic or HALion Sonic SE), not as a standalone synth engine.

KVR lists version 3.5.10.

Source: Steinberg product page

When to use it

Dark Planet is the cheap, quick route to gritty, distorted cinematic and industrial sounds. Compared with Omnisphere 3, it has a far smaller library and almost no deep programming, but it costs a fraction of the price and every preset is already aimed at one dark aesthetic. Unlike Pigments 7 or Serum 2, it is not a synth you design from oscillators up; you choose a preset and tweak it with the MorphFilter and effects. It suits HALion and Cubase users who want ready-made atmospheres, loops and basses for scoring.

Best for: dark pads, eerie textures, gritty basses and glitchy loops with little programming.
Genres: cinematic and trailer scoring, industrial, dark ambient and dark electronic.
Look elsewhere if: you want to design sounds from scratch (Pigments 7 or Serum 2), or a much bigger library across many styles (Omnisphere 3).

What producers say

Reviewers treat it as a bargain for dark sound design, with few complaints beyond the drum content.

Sounds and Gear rated it 4.5 out of 5, calling it a bargain with "some truly inspirational sounds" and praising its deep, gritty, evolving textures and quick interface.
Criticisms: the same review wanted more big, high-impact drum and percussion kits.
Stereoklang blog summed it up as "really great sounds at a crazy good price."

Where to buy

Steinberg: $56.76 (€49.99 converted to USD (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))

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