Instrument · Hollow Relay

A sound desk for the quiet parts

A small sound desk for space-horror tabletop games. Shape the room, cue a hull knock, and take the whole ship offline. The Bridge is free to play.

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Hollow RelayHollow Relay's green sound desk, with six knobs and a wireframe ship monitorNo. 08

We've made a small instrument called Hollow Relay. It's for the moment in a space-horror game when the ship still sounds ordinary, but something has changed.

The desk is a ship console, with a room map, glowing cutaway views and six knobs for shaping what you hear. Machinery, air, electronics, structural creaks, strange life and a tonal drone all have their own space in the mix. A tension control moves them together when the scene changes. There are 24 cue sounds, with a little variation each time, and a big Cut switch when someone needs the room back.

The Bridge is free to play. You can save a mix, share the settings and export the sound without signing up. The full offline desk has twelve rooms and costs $24. The $49 Creator edition adds commercial audio rights and a 108-file WAV export. Both prices include applicable taxes.

Code, copy and procedural artwork are AI-assisted. The sound is made with original synthesis recipes, with no third-party samples or generated music tracks.

Open the Bridge: https://hollow-relay-ten.vercel.app/demo.html?from=journal

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