Sample Libraries

Does the latest iteration of NI’s Komplete music production suite provide all the tools you need?

NI and Sonuscore take assisted string arranging to another level with Action Strings 2.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Electric Vintage has been created around samples and performances from a vintage ’50s Fender Telecaster.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Mysteria is primarily aimed at providing dark and suspenseful sounds suitable for use in a cinematic context.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Straylight is designed with media/film composers in mind and, by combining a granular synthesis engine with sample playback, Straylight specialises in soundscapes, transitions and ambient tones...

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.

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

Recording a library of acoustic guitar samples highlighted the importance of repeatability, blind testing, small lasers and double‑sided sticky tape.

NI describe Thrill as a “cinematic tension performance instrument”...

Created in collaboration with the makers of LA Scoring Strings, NI’s new Symphony Series instrument puts a 60-piece string ensemble at your disposal.

A normal upright piano has three strings per key in the upper registers, two for the mid octaves and usually one for the lowest octaves.