Sample Libraries

In the film world, orchestral strings reign supreme. Has the latest movie-oriented string library got what it takes to spill your popcorn?

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Vir2 Instruments is a division of Big Fish Audio, the US company whose excellent Prosonus series helped kick‑start orchestral...

What happens when an orchestra mutates into a cinematic virtual instrument? Our men in white coats investigate.

I reviewed Sample Magic's Sunset Sessions back in SOS November 2007 and found it to be a good (if slightly patchy) source of...

Although the title suggests a collection of sounds taken from the Large Hadron Collider, Electron Smasher is, in fact, a set of heavily processed loops from Big Fish Audio. 

In association with instrument collector Andreas Beurmann, Realsamples have created the Beurmann Edition, a set of eight sampled historic keyboards...

LA Scoring Strings hopes to set itself apart from the competition with clever devices that make it both more realistic and more user-friendly.

Native Instruments bring you the classic drum sounds of Abbey Road, lovingly sampled at the studio itself.

Where so many sample developers struggle to combine musicality, usability, and value for money in a single product...

So, there you are, slowly trying to make your way to the escape pod along the dimly lit corridors of your interplanetary cargo ship...

Ueberschall's libraries tend to target specific markets, with titles like ''80s Punk...

Hand on heart, I can testify that no sample collection has ever made me laugh as heartily as this new WAV spoken‑phrase...

Hans Zimmer's bright idea of adding large ethnic drums to the orchestra in film scores has proved popular in recent years,...

Sonika is Zero‑G's latest virtual vocalist for Yamaha's Vocaloid 2 singing synthesis engine. As SOS has covered the basic...

Ueberschall seem to be on a bit of a streak when it comes to Electro libraries: hot on the heels of the Elastik‑based Club...

As you'll have gathered from the name, the instruments in Soniccouture's latest offering derive their sound from the resonant...

This new download library from celebrated electronic sound designer Ian Boddy is one of his new Waveforms series, and features...

The subtitle of this library — The Michael Ripoll Project — calls to mind progressive rock outfit the Alan Parsons Project,...

No prizes for guessing that Acid Jazz City 2 is a follow‑up to Big Fish Audio's original 'part 1' of the same name, and for...