Ladies and Gents, our MOUNTAIN DULCIMER is here. And we know you’re gonna love this thing! The Mountain Dulcimer, native of the Appalachian region of the U.S., is a strummed zither with a beautiful, intimate, unique sound. The specific model we chose to record has a sweet, beautiful and inviting tone, and we sampled the heck out of… Read More »
Adam Monroe’s Honky-Tonk Piano is a 16-bit Piano Sample Library VST plugin for windows based operating systems. Useful to anyone looking for a worn (but in-tune) piano sound, suitable for playing ragtime or any style of music that requires a dirtier, grittier sound. Includes 32/64-bit versions, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Lo-Fi, equalization, partial round-robin, and pedal/non pedal samples. Year… Read More »
BFD3 is the third generation of FXpansion’s flagship software acoustic drum studio: new levels of realism and ground-breaking features in an intuitive redesigned engine. With stunning new kits, mix-ready presets and modelling technology for tom resonance and cymbal swells, BFD3 delivers uncompromising detail. The revamped interface has a new mixer and sound browser for the easiest BFD experience… Read More »
Until now, if you wanted a realistic acoustic guitar in your productions, the only serious option was to use a real guitarist. Numerous sample libraries and virtual instruments have come and gone that proclaimed realism, but fell far short of delivering on that promise. At best, they could be used to fill in a guitar part in… Read More »
This is our take on the retro electronic organ Stylophone. Created for Kontakt 4+ this instrument enhances the playability of the stylophone – some of the features include: increased key range to 3 octaves, polyphonic playing, legato scripting, round robin, chorus effect, variable vibrato, release triggers, key taps, and filters. The stylephone requires the full version of Kontakt… Read More »
This SAXBAND Soprano Sax Kontakt Library will allow you to realistically imitate virtually any tune that a real saxophone could play. It was recorded using MID-SIDE technology with multiple articulations and production techniques that create the impression of a live performance. We recorded all intervals for up and down articulations in three variants: normal Legato, Portamento and Glissando.… Read More »
The Eyal Levi Expansion is designed to give the user professional quality, aggressive drum sounds right at their fingertips. Take the focus off of drum mixing, put it back into making great music and discovering new drum tones quickly and easily. Eyal Levi (The Black Dahlia Murder, Six Feet Under, Monuments) has mixed and processed these sounds from… Read More »
The 1901 Upright Studio Piano is the most comprehensive deep-sampled Upright ever created. Recorded and processed at 24-Bit / 96Khz at our famous British Studio through a large custom NEVE desk. The 1901 Upright Studio Piano contains both standard and prepared articulations. All standard sustain samples were recorded with both pedal up, pedal down and half pedal positions.… Read More »
The Nocturne Violin is part of Orchestral Tools’ new Soloists Series. A series of beautiful sounds from selected artists from Berlin which we captured with a solo-style dynamic range and a variety of lyrical expressions. Months of development and test recordings led us to new concepts in legato and articulation sampling and with CAPSULE this instrument will be… Read More »
The library is recorded with 4-5 different mic positions: AB, Tree, Close, Surround and Concert master (only violin 1). The mics can me mixed and matched by the user but using them all at the same time is obviously very resource demanding. Also Adaptive Legato Engine is created, which uses three different legato types (slurred-expressive, agile and fast)… Read More »
Terry Date is the producer, recording engineer, and mixer behind bands like The Deftones, Pantera, Staind, Incubus, SoundGarden, and many more. His drum sounds were a major influence on Steven Slate and many of Slate’s own samples were modeled from tones on Terry’s records. Now, Steven brings you sounds from the man himself. Terry Date Drums for SSD4… Read More »
With Cinematic Studio Piano, we invite you to take a seat at a Yamaha C7 Grand in a world-class scoring stage. You’ll be inspired by the warm, realistic sound of the instrument, captured by an array of beautiful ribbon and condenser microphones and recorded using the same techniques as the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series. CSP’s intelligent… Read More »
Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Micro is the compact starter edition of our acclaimed Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble library. This heavy cinematic drum library features a total of 28 hard-hitting ensemble articulations, including 6 concert snare drum sets, 5 large tom sets, 7 bass drum sets, 4 Indian Dhol sets, 3 Turkish Doumbek sets, 1 Irish Bodhran (frame drum) articulation,… Read More »
Orchestral Tools’ Soloists Series is focused on detailed captured sampled solo instruments that reach a degree of expression and realism never heard before. Selected artists from Berlin were recorded in a Solo-Style dynamic range, with the lyrical expression and the finest tone that is needed to create extraordinary solo lines and phrases. Now Orchestral Tools introduces the second… Read More »
AFRICAN BALAFON WITH SNARES RECORDING THE BALAFON French musician Jean-Philippe Rykiel contacted us about a unique type of African balafon in which each key had “snares” that vibrated when played, giving it a interesting buzzing quality. Sometimes called a “gyil”(JEE-le), it’s usually found in parts of northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and south-eastern Mali. Hardwood keys are suspended over… Read More »
