LA Scoring Strings 2.0 (LASS) brings you a whole new set of tools and sonic profiles providing a new level of expressiveness, realism, real-time playability and program-ability to sampled strings. Aside from our new Stage & Color feature (providing an easy way for you to have LASS sound like famous orchestral recordings and film scores), LASS 2 has… Read More »
The vocal library is made from over a thousand different vocal phrases covering over 10 hours of material. The phrases were designed for maximum user flexibility through logical categories (ex. Slow Chanting, Playful Chanting, Flute Singing, Lullaby, Powerful/Forte, Slow/Dark etc) and by sophisticated editing and programming. The programming allows user to sculpt- and morph phrases by adjusting… Read More »
Ambient Guitar library is a massive collection of carefully crafted sounds all derived from a number of different guitars. All source material is comprised of live guitar with various effects applied real-time and minimal post-production processing. Contrary to most guitar libraries, the focus of this library is the unrecognizable, ambient side of the stringed instrument. Beyond the… Read More »
8DIO Productions has released Glass Marimba, a sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt. This gorgeous deep-sampled instrument contains over 2000 samples and is our way of thanking you all for a crazy year. The glass marimba has been a frequently requested instrument, so we thought it would be a great way to end the season. The library consists… Read More »
Songwriting Guitar contains all the essential chords needed to sketch down or build an entire song. The library contains three different types of guitars (acoustic, electric clean and electric distorted) played in the four most common rhythms used for song writing. All you have to do is to hold down a single key (ex. C) and the… Read More »
8Dio Mandolin is a deep-sampled (1600+ samples) pristine sounding studio Mandolin. We included both normal and morphed Mandolin patches to cover all dimensions of the instrument, including hundreds of natural fret and release noises. The morphed patches blend the Mandolin with a wide selection of other instruments (including high-pitched Double Basses, Bulbul Tarang, Steel String Guitars, Plucked and… Read More »
8DIO Epic Taiko Ensemble is the most comprehensive and deep sampled collection of Ensemble Taiko on the market. The library was recorded in our signature Cathedral and comes with two microphone positions (close and mid). The library features the highly renowned Taiko Ensemble group: Emmeryville Taiko lead by Susan Holm. The recordings lasted over a week, which allowed… Read More »
ADAGIO is the air, the flow, the burn and the sorrow of symphonic strings. Produced by Academy Award, TEC and G.A.N.G Award Winning Composer, Troels Folmann and Emmy Nominated Composer and Orchestrator, Colin O’Malley, Adagio String Series is a new-generation orchestral sample library and the most expressive collection of deep-sampled strings ever created. Adagio Violas Vol. 1… Read More »
Spirit Flute VST is originally an instrument played by Native Americans. It has been used in countless New Age and World Music recordings and is known for its distinctive and at times – almost haunting sound. The instrument was originally played without accompaniment in courtship, healing, meditation, and spiritual rituals. Now it is played solo, along with other… Read More »
The New Alien Drum ( aka Hang Drum by Pan Art) is a unique tonal percussion instrument , which is almost impossible to find because there is only one manufacturer of these drums in the world and less than 1000 copies in circulation. The tool has a soft , sad, melancholic tone that is a perfect companion for… Read More »
Welcome to 8DIO Natural Acoustic Series a studio collection of high-end deep-sampled acoustic instruments.Progressive Metal delivers a fully-fledged collection of brutal hard rocking 7 and 8-string guitar phrases in the style of Djent (ex. Meshuggah, Periphery, nods to Rammstein & Metallica). The collection includes 67 patches containing over 1500 deep-sampled phrases organized for song writing (ex. intro, verse,… Read More »
Welcome to our new Claire Virtuoso Woodwind series produced by Emmy Nominated Composer, Colin O’Malley. The Claire Woodwind Series is a deep-sampled collection of the finest virtuoso woodwind soloists ever sampled. These are highly playable instruments soared with true emotion, effortless and equilibristic behavior. Our Bassoon Virtuoso is the most expressive, playable and lifelike Bassoon ever sampled. The… Read More »
8Dio Dubstep is one of the most comprehensive production tools on the market for high-end Dubstep production. This hardcore instrument is created for both producers, composers and DJs. The style is mostly focused on Skrillex oriented Brostep type of sounds, so expect facemelting material from A-Z. We created 40 different core kits, which covers all corners of the… Read More »
Free Radicals is a new-generation software instrument created in collaboration with our talented community. Free Radicals was partially created by 100+ sound designers (50{83c93de8c9bf92b09b526c8ece7da73c325d55368c444eba1a4531e14f6c453a}) and partially created in-house by 8DIO (50{83c93de8c9bf92b09b526c8ece7da73c325d55368c444eba1a4531e14f6c453a}). The instrument is – scouts honor – the darkest creation you will ever come across and if you are into dark music, wild sound design and looking… Read More »
8DIO Natural Acoustic Series вЂвЂњ a studio collection of high-end deep-sampled acoustic instruments. Steel String Guitar is a deep-sampled (3.000 samples) pristine sounding Dreadnought. We recorded both fingered- and picked playing styles of the guitar, including hundreds of natural fret and release noises. In addition we also created 18 morphed patches which blends the guitar with a variety… Read More »
The Music Box is a 19th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons ? musique. Some of the… Read More »
8Dio has announced the release of Zeus Drummer, a deep-sampled progressive metal rock kit instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt. ZEUS is one of the most extensive sampled drum kits ever done. It contains over 38.000 samples and over 35.000 lines of code. In addition ZEUS contains (upper range of keyboard) our new Flow-Note Technology, which allows for completely… Read More »
8Dio has released EDM Trap, a flexible production tool designed for music producers, composers and DJs. Trap is one of the fastest emerging styles on the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene. The style is HipHop oriented, but lending elements from other electronica styles like Dubstep, Moombahton, Drum N’ Bass and others. The 8DIO EDM Trap library contains 3.5GB… Read More »
The Bazantar is a custom five-string acoustic bass, fitted with an additional twenty-nine sympathetic strings and four drone strings. The instrument possesses a melodic range of over five octaves, while its sympathetic range spans four octaves. This results in an interplay between melodic, sympathetic, and drone strings which weaves an unexpected landscape of resonance that is remarkably… Read More »
This volume is entirely created from acoustic source material made by Academy Award Winning composer, Troels Folmann. Rhythmic Aura consists of over 540 organic arpeggiations coming in 10 different source categories created with source material from live orchestra, 7 and 8 string electric guitars, semi-acoustic guitars, electric violin, electric mandolin, voices, tuned percussion and tons of extreme sound… Read More »
Rhythmic Aura Vol. 2 Synthetic is a highly intuitive, yet advanced scoring tool designed to create new compositions or augment your existing compositions. This volume is a follow-up to our popular Rhythmic Aura Vol. 1 Acoustic both volumes created by Academy Award Winning composer, Troels Folmann. Rhythmic Aura 2 consists over over 450 synth-based arpeggiations made with analog-… Read More »
ADAGIETTO is a powerful, easy-to-use, full string ensemble set based on our deep-sampled and highly expressive Adagio String Series. Produced by Academy Award, TEC and G.A.N.G Award Winning Composer, Troels Folmann and Emmy nominated composer and orchestrator, Colin O’Malley, 8Dio Adagio String Series is the definitive collection of deep-sampled emotional strings ever created. Adagietto is bread-and-butter of Adagio.… Read More »
REQUIEM PRO is the next-generation virtual choir developed for professional composers featuring 3 microphone positions (5.1 compatible), full ensemble, divisi male/female and 5 solo singers. The solo singers have four microphone positions, including a new Close Microphone. The library is based on a variety of new recording- and sampling techniques some which have never before been deployed in… Read More »
8Dio has announced “Free Angels“, a new sample library for Kontakt, and invites you to be a part of its creation. 8Dio has created what they describe as “the most heavenly sounds imaginable” and invites you to participate in adding to the collection. All they are asking is that you create 5 sounds for the collection and you… Read More »
Hybrid Rhythms is the percussive extension to our Rhythmic Aura Series and Hybrid Tools Series. The core concept is based on a strong, epic and modern hybrid percussive sound that will just sit in the mix and do its business. The library ranges from absolute, merciless epic grooves to more subtle grooves for the underscoring. The collection… Read More »
