Sample Libraries

Join the Spitfire Audio team and engineer Simon Rhodes on a deep dive into one of the most epic orchestral projects of all time...

Our exclusive four-part video documentary series goes behind the scenes of one of the most detailed orchestral sample libraries ever made. In Chapter One, we meet the team from Spitfire Audio and Abbey Road Studios as they develop the epic concept for Abbey Road Orchestra…

Ask anyone in the know about trends in music technology, and the reply will probably contain the word ‘democratised’. DAW...

We all know you can score a movie or compose a symphony from the comfort of your DAW, but what can orchestral sample libraries do for other genres of music?

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

Familiarity with a few common articulations is the key to successful MIDI string arranging.

Adding strings to an arrangement is a great way to inject motion into your music.

A directory of all media pages that hold the associated media files for June 2016 audio examples.

A directory of all media pages that hold the associated media files for April 2016 audio examples.

This page contains a directory of all media pages that hold the associated media for November 2015.

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