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A striking new sample collection brings SAM’s orchestral percussion bang up to date.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. The tonal characteristics of orchestral brass instruments are notoriously difficult to capture and reproduce in sampled form. Does this library succeed?
Time Textures Expanded builds on the concept of its predecessor, and includes a whole slew of new source sounds and processing capabilities.
Still wary of subscriptions? Avid’s new PlayCell sample player might change your mind...
Spitfire consolidate seven symphonic products into one bumper package.
EastWest get intimate with their latest orchestral string section library: Hollywood Strings 2.
Solo Violin A contains the simplest of instruments: an effective legato violin patch.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Modern Animated Percussion represents a collaboration between two well-established sample library/virtual instrument developers: Sample Logic and Soundiron.
EastWest have taken the part of the map marked ‘here be dragons’ and made it very much their own.
The Score offers a one stop, all‑you‑can‑eat, scoring buffet for composers in a hurry.
If I buy a sample library, I usually drop its contents into the 'Sample Library' folder on my hard drive, but that's ended up...
Heavyocity’s supercharged sequel rockets into orbit.
Spitfire’s new symphonic double‑bill combines two complete orchestras and a host of extras.
Chris Hein’s OCTA instrument is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
Spitfire Audio launch their new flagship series with an intensively‑miked drum collection.
NI and Sonuscore take assisted string arranging to another level with Action Strings 2.
A new collection adds expressive solo instruments and voices to the company’s orchestral range.
EastWest/Quantum Leap unveil their expanded orchestral masterwork and built‑in orchestrator.
Previously only available for free after a questionnaire and a two week wait, BBCSO Discover is now instantly available free of charge.
Heavyocity take a creative wrecking ball to the orchestra.