Sample Libraries

Large and complex orchestral libraries have their place, but most of the time all that many of us need is a simple-to-use product that won’t fill our hard drives with samples that may never see action...

Featuring the vocals of Clara Sorace in three different sets of vocal presets, Zero-G’s Electro Virtual Instrument library also includes a sizeable collection of instrument sounds: synths, guitars, leads, pads, drums, drum loops and various sound effects‑style groupings.

Electric Sunburst delivers highly polished Les Paul-style electric guitar performances via a Kontakt front-end...

The Con Moto Cellos samples are taken from actual performances, the idea being to give a sense of naturalistic movement with dynamic and tonal consistency to played phrases.

The 2GB Vintage Vocals library offers three different female singers, a range of performance articulations and, of course, the same ‘retro’ sonic target.

This new EZX pack was created from existing recordings made for Superior Drummer 3 Rock Foundry — and rock is most certainly what it delivers.

Output’s new subscription-only instrument offers creative loop manipulation and an ever-expanding library of sounds.

Gothic Instruments have been wasting no time in adding to their list of sound modules for Dronar. At the time of writing, the release of Metal & Glass represents the eighth module within the series.

This large hammered dulcimer library runs on the full version of Kontakt 4.2.4 and higher (though not on the free Kontakt player), occupies 2.6GB of disk space and costs less than 50 quid.

To create Dream Machine, EZKeys engineers Mikael Stenberg and Viktor Hansson combined samples of a Fender Rhodes Mark 7 with those of a Schiedmayer Celeste, having discovered that the two instruments complimented each other extremely well.

Eduardo Tarilonte’s libraries always guarantee something special and unusual. Focusing heavily on instruments of ethnic origins and the past, they’re a goldmine for anyone scoring for movies, games or any music that needs a touch of magic.

Sampling veteran Kirk Hunter’s latest instrument aims to cater for all of your violin needs.

Oceania comprises two choirs — men and women — which can be used independently but are at their imposing best when played in tandem.

On offer here is a wide range of more abstract ‘wind-flavoured’ sounds — in fact, just about anything other than traditional brass and wind.

Film scores from the golden era of jazz were the inspiration for Sonokinetic’s latest sample library.

There exists in Bulgaria a rich choral tradition which sounds quite different from the Western classical vocal style....

Microrgan is a fairly straightforward instrument, based on an obscure 49-key reed organ that was made some time in the 1950s...

EastWest’s new Hollywood Choirs library combines cinematic gloss with sophisticated word-building tools.

Sahara not only captures the underlying sound and the unexpected warmth of the Enqoniq Mirage, but also its sometimes imperfect soul...

Available as an EZX expansion pack for Toontrack’s EZdrummer 2 and with an imminent release in Superior 3 format, UK Pop aims to wrap up six decades of UK pop drum sounds using four kits plus extra parts and cymbals, all recorded at RAK Studios in London.

Vir2’s compact and easy-to-use Vital Series of libraries continues with Sticks, whose sounds are derived from various sticks hitting various objects.