Sample Libraries

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. This ROMpler-based instrument for Kontakt offers some fairly classic-sounding pianos and keyboards.

Soniccouture's fabled loft yields further synth treasure...

Audio Modeling's SWAM range delivers a complete suite of virtual solo woodwinds and strings.

VSL push out the boat with hall-recorded rock power drums and two top of the range grand pianos.

Mojo 2 Horn Section is an ambitious instrument that aims to succeed where other virtual horn sections fail.

If you hanker after the sound of uber-heavy metal guitars, but don’t have the guitar chops or the seven-string guitar to pull it off, then Heavier7String might be just the (virtual) session guitarist you are looking for...

Gothic Instruments have assembled their Dronar modules into a one-stop-shop for soundscape creation.

Outside the big-hitter sample library/virtual instrument developers, there are a whole host of smaller, indie-style developers doing their best to compete, either by offering something unique or accessibly priced. Folio Bass is one such product...

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...

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

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.

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

DrumCore users have been waiting a very long time for a new version, but version 4 is finally here — and available for both Mac and PC.

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...

Attack EP88 is an elaborate, 47,000-sample presentation of a vintage 88-key Rhodes Mark I prepared with a brass tack on the surface of each hammer, guaranteeing a Rhodes attack like no other.

A Noah Bell is a type of Indian bell, traditionally sold by monasteries as a way of generating income. It’s usually necessary to assemble differing-sized bells into a set so that together they form a musical scale, and that’s what Soundiron have done to create this virtual instrument.

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...

Eclipse is a Kontakt instrument with a lot of similarities to Orbit, Wide Blue Sound’s previous opus. The installation...

Hollywood Solo Instruments puts world-class violin, cello and harp sounds at your fingertips.

All of Output’s products so far have been an attempt to break new ground in the world of sample processing. Their first...