Sample Libraries

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...

Be careful you don't misread the title: BollyHood Beats has an 'H' in the middle, which is actually key to the content. And...

Anyone who bought a hardware synth in the '80s already knows that even a few megabytes of sample memory can nevertheless result in incredible sounds in the hands of skilled sound designers. 

Despite the title, this isn't the debut CD of a Cumbrian '60s tribute band. It is, in fact, another of Soniccouture's...

There are no prizes for guessing the subject of this library, because the electric guitar obviously provides the original...

Loopmasters Delicious Allstars Funk Constructor might be a bit of a mouthful, but it's certainly a good descriptive title....

Ueberschall's Electrolines is a further volume in their popular Liquid Instruments series. We've looked at a number of these...

I think it's fair to say that Wavelore are a company who create niche sample libraries: their first commercial product was a ...

Ueberschall have been steadily building up their catalogue of both Liquid and Elastik‑based sample libraries. The former, '...

Tonehammer are building a strong reputation for beautifully recorded and inventive sample libraries, but Francesca, the first...

5/5 Stars ***** The original Superior Drummer 2.0 featured a modest collection of drum pieces (although they sounded excellent and were...

Retroverb 3 is a 24‑bit/44.1kHz library of 450 Impulse Responses that can be used with any convolution reverb plug‑in....

Coldcut, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More, are amongst the most high‑profile artists to have lent their credentials to...

This recent addition to Nine Volt Audio's BPM Flex series provides around 900MB of loop content in Acidised WAV, REX, Refill,...