Sample Libraries

EastWest have taken the part of the map marked ‘here be dragons’ and made it very much their own.

IK’s sampled piano instrument aims to be more than just world-beating...

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Synchron Smart Orchestra takes the donkey work out of MIDI programming by providing pre‑orchestrated tutti ensembles, percussion, choir, harp and a suite of lead instruments.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Sampled from a Kawai GX grand piano using quality condenser mics, Saturn Hybrid Piano is the debut plug‑in from Sample Factory.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. The double bass is at the heart of Signature Strings, which features over 270 designed and source sound effects.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Deep Conjuring is made up of 92 ‘instruments’, some multisampled, others loops, that can be loaded into Mirage’s three layers and then adjusted before being further processed via the 10 built‑in master effects.

UJAM target media composers with the latest addition to their Virtual Pianist instrument series.

Krotos Studio makes custom sound design accessible to almost anyone.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. The tonal characteristics of orchestral brass instruments are notoriously difficult to capture and reproduce in sampled form. Does this library succeed?

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Iconic Violin provides a solo violin recorded in a historic church in Heidelberg, Germany and offers a fantastic sustain articulation with legato.

The latest Vienna string orchestra offers a unique dual perspective.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. For dramatic male vocals that would grace any fantasy‑style music cue, Ethera Gold Prometheus is absolutely epic.