Sample Libraries

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Ostinato Woodwinds delivers a much more focused vocabulary of less than a dozen motifs, ideal for minimalist rhythmic beds and pads.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. To create Randy's Prepared Piano, various objects and materials were used to alter the sound of the source instrument before it was recorded.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. It's perhaps not surprising that electronic keyboard sounds are a big part of the underlying sound set. However, these also include synths, ambient noises, attack sounds and various drones.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. Nearly 10,000 samples of a modern 10-string E9 pedal steel were taken for this appealing virtual instrument...

Is Terminus the final destination in your search for hits, slams, risers and falls?

EastWest's Hollywood Pop Brass does exactly what it says on the tin.

Spitfire Audio join forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the celebrated Maida Vale Studios. Is this the best of British?

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. World-renowned and Grammy-nominated cellist Tina Guo returns to Cinesamples to create a valuable update to her industry-defining virtual instrument.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. This ROMpler-based instrument for Kontakt offers some fairly classic-sounding pianos and keyboards.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. Lap Harp features a sampled Eastern European zither-like instrument called a Perepyolochka.

We explore some alien soundscapes, courtesy of Slate + Ash's Auras...

Soniccouture's fabled loft yields further synth treasure...

The US drum maestros take a decisive step into the world of orchestral percussion.

Is this the only library you need for Hollywood-style orchestral brass?

A new library sees the Berlin orchestral sample maestros enter the Fourth Dimension.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. The iconic timbre of this vintage keyboard is impeccably captured in this 500MB Kontakt sample library.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Covering electric rather than orchestral basses, as well as three playable electric bass guitars, this 6GB library includes a whole range of useful bass-rich content.

Sonuscore bundle an awful lot of orchestra into a very modest amount of disk space to deliver immense scoring power.

Audio Modeling's SWAM range delivers a complete suite of virtual solo woodwinds and strings.

EastWest set themselves a technical challenge and a half with this solo operatic vocal instrument.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Noire is the result of composer and pianist Nils Frahm's quest to recreate his signature piano sound as a virtual instrument.