Welcome to FrozenPlain’s June 2025 newsletter

Our Continued Focus on Floe

This month continues our Floe development. For those new to Floe, it’s our totally free CLAP, VST3 and AU plugin that acts as the engine for FrozenPlain sample libraries. It’s the successor to Mirage, but we’ve given it a new name and made it free, open-source and accessible to any developer.

While Floe is still in beta, it’s increasingly becoming the best way to use FrozenPlain libraries. Our sample libraries work perfectly in Floe, and it offers significant improvements over Mirage: better browsing with tags and filters, the ability to combine sounds from different libraries, VST3 and CLAP support, easier installation, and many bug fixes.

If you’re already familiar with Mirage, Floe will feel totally familiar while offering these new capabilities. Download Floe for free from floe.audio. If you have existing FrozenPlain libraries, you’ll also need the Mirage Compatibility package to use them seamlessly in Floe.

Much of our work this month has centered around making Floe better.

New Blog Post for Floe 0.10

We’ve just released Floe 0.10 with major improvements to how you browse and find sounds. The improved picker panels make it much easier to navigate through hundreds of presets and instruments, with better filtering controls and cleaner interface design. Whether you’re working with small libraries or large collections, finding the right sound is now faster and more intuitive.

Read the full details and see screenshots in our latest blog post on the FrozenPlain forum.

The Little Things Adding Up

This month’s update showcases something important about how we approach Floe’s development: we really care about the small details that make daily use more comfortable and reliable.

These improvements come directly from user feedback and our own experience using Floe for real music production. We’re building Floe for the long term, which means taking time to get these fundamentals right. Each small refinement makes the foundation stronger for everything we’ll add in the future. Let us know what you want to see added.

Product Spotlights

Feedback Loops

Feedback Loops (£10.00) brings hard-hitting feedback FX and noise textures to your productions. Perfect for adding a harsh or brutal dimension to your music, this library contains everything from brutal feedbacking hits to atmospheric noise textures. With 200 samples and 50 presets, it’s ideal for future technology sounds, horror atmospheres, corrupted audio flows, and powerful distortion effects.

Phoenix

Phoenix (£16.00) offers smooth synth strings and choirs for lush atmospheric dimensions. Based on synthetic strings and choir samples, it’s perfect for creating wide string backdrops and ethereal choirs instantly. The 80 production-ready presets are organized into basses, keys, leads, pads, and sound effects, making it an excellent tool for cinematic underscoring and atmospheric music.

Coming Soon: Enhanced Library Experience

We’re currently working on adding comprehensive tags to all our existing sample libraries. This will take full advantage of Floe 0.10’s improved filtering capabilities, making it much easier to find specific types of sounds across your entire collection.

When ready, this will be a free update for all existing customers, significantly enhancing the value you get from libraries you already own. Instead of browsing through every preset, you’ll be able to filter down to exactly what you’re looking for with just a few clicks. You can browse for sounds such as: "dark ambient keys", "horror percussion hits" or "ethereal acoustic" and find precisely what you’re looking for.

These tags and filters work at both the preset and instrument level. Whether you’re looking for something production-ready (presets) or want to build something custom (instruments), the same browsing system helps you find what you need.

Community & Closing

Thanks for reading! We’re always interested in your feedback and experiences with Floe and our sample libraries. Join the discussion on our forum, where you can ask questions and help shape Floe’s development.

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See you next month!