Sample Libraries

Something remarkable can sometimes happen when vocal samples are used in a track.

The final instalment of an ambitious orchestral sampling project sees the completion of EastWest’s five-year master plan.

These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the February 2015 issue of SOS

If a title like ‘13’ didn’t give it away, then the subtitle of ‘Horror Loops & Sound Design’...

I reviewed Ueberschall’s Elatik-based Acoustic Guitar library back in the May 2014 issue of SOS and was suitably...

Zero-G’s Impact Designer Cinematic Slam Creator is perhaps best described as part sample library and part virtual...

As you might have guessed from its name, Xosphere is specifically designed for creating atmospheric sounds. Unlike products...

Audiowiesel are a small fledgling company run by Austrian composers Frank Herrlinger and Daniel Szwedek.

Like its predecessor Action Strings, the Action Strikes percussion library is a collaboration between software giants Native Instruments and the production company Sonuscore.

Zero–G’s Electro Cinematic library provides approximately 2.5GB of sample material.

These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the January 2015 issue of SOS.

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A couple of years ago Sonokinetic released Carousel, a rather splendid Kontakt–hosted fairground organ. The Carnival is very much a ‘sister’ instrument to Carousel and presents two smaller-scale barrel organs.

Sample library creators are always trying to come up with fresh ideas for products, and this is possibly why Sample Logic...

Cinematic Motion is a multi–format collection of loops for the budding composer of high-octane drama, whether for the...

Indelibly associated with magic, sugar plum fairies and, inevitably, Harry Potter, the celesta (or celeste) is a keyboard--operated idiophone resembling a small upright piano.

Not many people know this, but ‘Euphone’ is the generic name for an 18th-century instrument consisting of resonant...

In June 2013 we looked at Project Alpha, a sound-design toolkit for cinematic music projects, produced by sound designers...

Unsurprisingly, Big Fish Audio’s Pure Rock Hits 2 is a follow-up to their earlier Pure Rock Hits library (reviewed by...

A follow up to Dark Ambient - Volume 2, now even darker!