Sample Libraries

Epic Risers and Epic Drops are designed for the full version of Kontakt (v.5.6 or later) and provide the sorts of ‘riser’ and ‘drop’ sounds that have become firm ear-candy favourites for cinematic composers, game sound designers, and music producers in various contemporary genres (EDM and hip hop).

Weighing in at a substantial 40GB uncompressed, SKU therefore has plenty of headroom to focus on sound quality and detail...

I took my first sound design job years ago on a television show whose budget barely afforded me the petrol to the studio. It...

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

Soniccouture’s latest instrument combines recordings made in extraordinary spaces with an ultra-modern interface.

Steeped in LA’s musical and film culture, Cinesamples built their reputation on the acclaimed CineSymphony orchestral series....

RealiTone offer several specialist sample-based virtual instruments and the latest release — Screaming Trumpet — is no...

This excellent library features a deeply sampled solo violin expressively played by the maestro himself.

The Bulgarian choir specialists go epic with a trilogy of choir libraries.

Zero-G’s new library makes it easy to add a touch of Middle Eastern flavour to your productions.

With a title like Heavy Industry, it will perhaps come as no surprise if Zero-G’s latest offering is intended to take the user into the sonic realms of the urban, industrialised world.

Gothic Instruments continue to expand the collection of libraries (‘modules’ in GI-speak) based around their Kontakt-based Dronar...

According to urban legend, an Irish theatre manager once bet his mates that he could add a new word to the English language...

This module follows the structure and feature sets of the other Dronar modules. Each Cinematic Atmospheres preset is therefore based upon blending up to four underlying sound elements...

Expeditions uses the powerful (and very deep) Kontakt-based front-end that provides loop playback, manipulation, a range of creative effects with sequencing options, and is designed to inspire hi-tech music tracks/cues.

Caspian: Thematic Orchestral Brass comprises three .NKI patches: Six French Horns, Three Bass Trombones and Three Trumpets, performed by the Czechoslovakia-based Capellen Orchestra.

Both volumes in the bundle provide a selection of multi-sampled, multi-articulation, virtual brass instruments that are playable in exactly the same way as a conventional orchestral sample library is but are much more suited to soul, funk and pop.