Sample Libraries

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

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Producer Eduardo Tarilonte's library provides a collection of instruments and soundscapes inspired by the sounds of Vikings and the dark ages.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This solo violin virtual instrument will easily compete with and even surpass products emerging from much larger competitors.

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.

Sonuscore’s new library takes an unusual and inventive approach to the sampled orchestra.

Ancient Era Persia focuses on the Middle East, expanding on developer Eduardo Tarilonte’s earlier Desert Winds collection, and includes all four of the wind instruments contained in that library.

Ethno World is advertised as being the ultimate sample library for ethnic instruments and voices from all over the world...

This sample-based virtual instrument designed for Kontakt features the voices of the award winning Uganda-based Aba Taano choir, a group of four male and two female singers...

Chris Hein’s popular horn, wind, guitar and bass collections are some of the most deeply sampled products on the market and show a remarkable eye for musical detail. The veteran producer has now released Chris Hein Solo Violin...

Desert Winds focuses on just four wind instruments, but does so in magnificent detail, each featuring up to six different natural legato types.

Forest Kingdom is another tour de force from developer Eduardo Tarilonte, once again featuring a generous 7GB of sample content, memorable artwork and wonderful presentation.

A German artist’s unique instrument designs forge a new sound world.

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

Best Service's Studio Box Mark II pulls together the content from a number of earlier titles (RedBox, BlueBox and...

The duo behind Cinematique Instruments have been composing music for films and documentaries for 10 years and have more recently extended their talents to the sampling of rare and strange instruments. 

Dancehall Vibes Volume 1 provides 30 loop‑based construction kits, plus a small collection of vinyl scratches. I auditioned...

Regular readers will know that I'm partial to convolution in all its aspects, and have even given seminars exploring some of...

More and more musicians are experimenting with the sounds of 'world' instruments — so is Best Service's Ethno World 4 Professional a one-stop-shop for all your virtual ethnic-instrument needs?

We sample the delights of: Bombay Loops & Sounds **** • Da Nu RnB Hip Hop Two ***** • PMI Yamaha C7 ***