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Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Looking for great layering options or want to create an orchestral mix using instruments which are different and folk‑like? Solstice delivers a surprising array of choices...
UK-based software developer FXpansion have unveiled a new add-on pack for their BFD sample-based virtual drum...
Polaris is a new sound library featuring a modern string orchestra imitating classic synth sounds, from the mind of Grammy-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer & technologist Brian Transeau, aka BT.
Wave Alchemy’s TRIAZ could be all the percussion software you’ll ever need.
What benefits have the latest crop of CPUs brought for audio users — and what might the coming year have in store for us?
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. These cinematic libraries focus on bowed guitar and bowed piano textures.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Built from detailed sampling of chromatically tuned metal discs, Alloy Vol I's tones are reminiscent of chromatic orchestral percussion, hang drums, steel drums and tubular bells...
If you are on a more modest budget, but interested in a collection of brass sounds — and perhaps something that is suitable for both general classical and jazz duties — then Xtant Audio’s Model Brass might well appeal.
This new instrument takes its name from the broken piano of Lumineers member Jeremiah Fraites.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Morricone fans will be pleased to hear that his compatriots Fluffy Audio have created a sample collection inspired by the composer’s striking cinematic soundscapes.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This library focuses on orchestral trumpet and horn sections played with maximum resonance to recreate the rich, full-bodied tone heard in classic Hollywood 1990s film scores.
Rating **** 4/5 Stars. Auddict are back with a further library that uses the PercX engine: Raw Drum Kits, aimed more at songwriter/producer types.
Hans Zimmer’s drum collection doesn’t disappoint.
UJAM and Hans Zimmer attempt to make creating professional string parts possible for everyone with Striiiings.
New sound companies seem to spring up every day, each one bringing a fresh selection of sample library treats. One such...
Vintage Strings is a Kontakt library intended to sit alongside Vintage Vibe and Vintage Horns and, like those products, uses original samples recorded in a fashion intended to replicate how it might have been done in Motown.
Rating **** 4/5 Stars. As with its predecessor, this toolkit lacks any rhythmic material, but its astonishing sounds are well worth the entry price.
Spitfire have condensed their massive BBC Symphony Orchestra instrument into two lighter versions — one of which could cost you nothing at all...
Film composer, theatre composer, TV composer, ballet composer... Why be one when you can be them all?
Rating **** 4/5 Stars. The Cinesamples approach to granular synthesis is based on a library of samples taken from recordings of violinist Michael Levine, which are divided into textures, pulses, pads, one‑shots and sound design patches.