Sample Libraries

When the call comes from the BBC asking if you can supply two hours of music for their upcoming 16th-century historical drama...

***** 5/5 Stars. Lost Tapes Vol 1 is the first release from UK-based Freshtone Samples. The library's title derives from the efforts to catch the authentic sound and vibe of the 1960s and 1970s era...

Big Fish Audio use the words "storm”, "explosive”, "raw”, ”roaring”, "power” and "fire” to help describe the guitar sounds of...

Huge, elaborate orchestral sample libraries are all the rage right now, but for more modest requirements and lower budgets, Session Strings Pro could be just the ticket.

Here's the problem: you're working on a project and you decide you need some kind of shaker or tambourine part, but you'...

If, like me, you prefer tea to coffee and view Starbucks with the same contempt as you do McDonalds, don't let the name '...

Epic World is certainly an ambitious library of Cinematic Landscapes, and its glossy presentation is further enhanced by the...

EastWest continue their Hollywood orchestral series with a large-scale brass library. Is it another Tinseltown classic?

The Metal ADpak is XLNaudio's latest add-on for their drum-sample instrument, Addictive Drums. The ADpak features detailed...

The Elastik engine is at the heart of Ueberschall’s many sample libraries — and now they’ve stretched it a bit further with the release of V2...

Ueberschall's Urban sample pack targets the mainstream end of the genre, and is ideal for those wanting an, er, urban edge to...

Following the modus operandi of offering very focused and specific sample libraries, Sonokinetic have turned their attention...

On some levels, the idea of this sample collection is a little strange, because what we're dealing with here is,...

Described as 'Natural Chillout Music', Ueberschall's Nightshift features 18 song-construction kits aimed at smooth, laid‑back...

Rumble Marching & Cinematic Drums is a collaborative project between Sample Logic and System Blue, capturing a certain...

Spitfire celebrate this sceptred isle with a suitably grand orchestral library.

Ueberschall's Ambient Lines is another in their series of Elastik‑based sample libraries.

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As the title suggests...

It's not often that packaging sleeve notes are underwhelming — they tend towards excessive hype — but those of Deep House don'...

My first Ethno World 5 observation was "blimey, an actual manual!”. Having a pile of virtual instruments squatting in my...

Back in SOS October 2008, we raved about the 'high‑quality sonic weirdness' of Heavyocity's original flagship product, Evolve...

A capacious new European library takes the strain out of programming orchestral string runs.