Cradle State Machine Slow Drift
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. State Machine’s designers suggest that Slow Drift's focus is on ethereal textures, though in reality it offers up a wide selection of preset styles, much as a hardware synth might do.
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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. State Machine’s designers suggest that Slow Drift's focus is on ethereal textures, though in reality it offers up a wide selection of preset styles, much as a hardware synth might do.
Sam Boydell talks us through selecting an orchestral sound library, creating a simple string motif and incorporating more realism into the finished piece.
We join Spitfire Audio and engineer Simon Rhodes at Abbey Road Studios for a behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions for their most detailed sample library project to date.
The latest release from The Crow Hill Company aims to stand out from other piano libraries by capturing an instrument with a rather unusual back-story.
The Very Loud Indeed Co. are currently offering generous discounts across their entire range of sample libraries and software synthesizer sound packs.
Organic Instruments' latest instrument has been created with field recordings captured in Melbourne, Australia.
Rigid Audio's new software tool makes it possible to create custom Kontakt instruments from a simple and intuitive GUI.
The latest library to join VSL’s Synchron range captures an extensive collection of percussion instruments from West Africa, the Middle East and Brazil.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. If you are a media composer working within the broad field of modern drama, action, horror or sci‑fi, Infinity Vol 1 offers a palette of sounds that might well appeal.
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Orchestral Tools’ new strings library distils the sound world of a major European composer.
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The third addition to the Song Athletics range takes a far more laid-back approach than your usual loop collection.
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Crosstalk Piano takes a new approach to piano libraries, combining faithfully captured recordings with a collection of processed multi-samples.
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Promising to be their most nuanced string offering to date, EastWest's new library captures a 21-piece chamber ensemble and employs much closer mic positions than their previous offerings.
Spitfire's latest sample library captures a range of solo and ensemble vocal performances in St. John's Anglican Church.
Products across both the Synchron Series and Synchron-ized Series are currently subject to some generous pricing offers.