Sample Libraries

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Nine Angles For Forte’s (NAFF) Spat Curve is described as a 3D sample‑based instrument collection.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Sonora Cinematic already offer a felt piano instrument and now they’ve applied the same approach to guitar, with a library of guitar samples played with felt picks.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Fracture Sounds’ libraries excel at two things: detailed orchestral sampling and atmospheric textures. Orchestral Atmospheres brings these strengths together in one elegant and extremely expressive Kontakt library.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Native Instruments’ Scene series includes a range of instruments designed to provide media composers with an array of premium cinematic sounds in a simple and intuitive interface.

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Obsidian Brass samples French horns to create textural, atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. The latest instalment in VSL’s symphonic odyssey adds six new solo woodwinds to the company’s hall‑recorded Synchron series.

Rating: 4.5 Stars. Westwood Instruments’ Alt Choir provides a collection of sounds perfect for human, intimate and tense vocal writing.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Glow Worm's sample packs are all based on analogue synths.

Spitfire travel through time to uncover the secrets of the BBC’s mysterious ‘special sounds’ department.

As well as giving you access to a vast range of loops and one‑shot samples, SOS For Artists offers some cool tools for finding, auditioning and manipulating them.