The Whale Drum is a modern incarnation one of the world’s oldest known instruments: the tongue or slit drum. A member of the idiophone family, variations of these tuned percussion instruments are found around the globe, spanning many cultures from Africa to Asia and the Americas. They were originally carved from hollow logs or wooden blocks and struck… Read More »
This months samples collection is once again a two pronged attack with two very unlikely set of bedfellows. The first part is Industrial Metal, a collection of ferocious distortion violent guitars, drum loops and bad ass synths. The second set are quite the opposite in nature, Trance. A fantastic colection that offers everything a fan of the genre… Read More »
in 2006 announced a huge library of drum samples with a very advanced position in layers, speed and articulation of choice, taking into account all the nuances of the game on live drums. This library – Natural Drum Kit – has been 2 years in the making and was recorded a few months at a studio in Glasgow,… Read More »
An impressive selection of over 50 multisampled programs direct from classics such as the Minimoog, Roland TB-303, ARP 2600 and the Doepfer Modular. An impressive selection of over 50 multisampled programs direct from classics such as the Minimoog, Roland TB-303, ARP 2600 and the Doepfer Modular. 100{83c93de8c9bf92b09b526c8ece7da73c325d55368c444eba1a4531e14f6c453a} Analog Puremagnetik’s Analog Bass Volume 1 is an impressive selection of… Read More »
Big Fish Audio Hybridizer 3 – Multi-format disc contains more than 8,300 different samples and sound designs, Hybridizer 3 covers many genres of music, especially useful for writing film soundtracks, interactive projects and video games Bunker 8 Digital Labs once again returns to places that most fear to tread with Hybridizer 3. Thousands of “hybridized” sample fanatics around… Read More »
For the ultimate in musical expression. The M-Audio ProSessions Premium Grand Piano delivers the legendary sound of the Yamaha C7 Grand Piano, captured by Sonic Reality in EXS24, HALion, Kontakt, MachFive, and Reason formats. You’ll experience the rich, deep tone of this amazing, multi-sampled acoustic grand piano with dynamically sampled notes and long durations for each key. For… Read More »
Living somewhere on the other side of the BPM dial, you have reached your down tempo destination. Welcome to 101 Below. Bunker 8 Digital Labs has coaxed the body electric with this smoothed out offering. With over 4GB consisting of over 4,300 pieces of content, this DVD-ROM is unrivaled in its examination of the mellow, trip hop, ballads,… Read More »
Heavy Guitars. Heavy Guitars delivers a fantastic palette ranging from ultra-crunchy to gritty “Old Skool” classic rock. With a wide spectrum of articulations including tones, sustains, effects and tons of chords, this easy-to-use library is the ultimate songwriting tool. If you’ve been looking for a rock guitar library that is truly realistic, your search is over. Produced by… Read More »
Discovery releases the long-awaited library of Ainu sounds. The natural sounds produced in Hokkaido are rich, warm, and delicate, but they can evoke power and strength when combined. This new library contains the beautiful music and voices of Ms. Umeko Ando, an acclaimed Mukkuri (Jews harp) player among Ainu musicians. It consists of her slow and meditative Upopo… Read More »
What is it? Piano Attack a unique sample collection of a hammered, beaten, prepared and abused piano. The sounds range from beats to atmospheres and from (strange) new instruments to bizarre drones. A wealth of inspiring sounds for composers, musicians and sound designers. The range of the Piano attack sounds is enormous, from a simple brush of the… Read More »
The Energy Bow Guitar library is an expressive Kontakt instrument made from recordings of a Fender American Standard Strat played with an E‑Bow. Sampled chromatically from a drop tuned D2 to A5. We fitted a Seymour Duncan Little ’59 humbucker for extra sustain and everything was recorded cleanly through an Inward Connections Vac Rac 4000 pre-amp. 24… Read More »
Tortured, Demented & Beautifully Flawed. Death Piano is a alternative take on Piano Sample Libraries that celebrates the obscure. Full of reverse samples, lo-fi gritty goodness, synthesis shaped tones, morphed massacred sounds and more. Designed for Kontakt 5, Death Piano is an inspiring collection of piano oddities that is sure to inspire film composers, pianists, songwriters, producers and… Read More »
“Elements: Analog Drums” is the second library in our series “Elements”. This small yet useful volume contains drum one-shots designed purely with analog synthesizers. The usability of these drums spreads across many styles and genres – from trailer and industrial to pop and lounge. We also added our signature Nine Drum Industrial Kit – recorded with 9 different… Read More »
TIMPHONIA is the fifth instalment in MODWHEEL’s Creative Differences percussion series for Kontakt. TIMPHONIA was made using MODWHEEL’S pedal and fixed skin Timpani. The two fixed skin Timpani were retuned to allow recording of as many pitches as possible. MODWHEEL felt that a lot of other percussion libraries featuring Timpani have been recorded in large concert halls or… Read More »
Welcome to 8DIO Natural Acoustic Series – a studio collection of high-end deep-sampled acoustic instruments. The 8Dio Instant 12-String Guitar library contains two different libraries, including our 12-String Guitar Solo and 12-String Guitar Strummer. 8Dio Instant 12-String Guitar Solo VST is a passionate, deep-sampled (+2.660 samples) pristine sounding 12-stringed guitar. We recorded the 12-String Guitar in great detail,… Read More »
About Tupans X3M One of the most requested instruments is finally released. Inspired by the aggressive sound of recent Action Blockbusters, Strezov Sampling decided to produce the definitive sample set of Tupans. A sound which hasn’t been commercially available up until now. The Tupan is a traditional Bulgarian drum played with a beater and a stick at the… Read More »
Strings at your fingertips. STRINGS. Zilhouette Strings is the first pure string library we are releasing and we are very excited about it! It includes 7 violins, 2 viola, 7 cellos and 2 basses in total. The musicians we recorded are german-known session and live orchestra musicians. All content was recorded in several recording sessions in our own… Read More »
Cinematika is a consistent collection of 55 cinematic sounds available as a VST/AU instrument plugin and a sample library in Wav, Sfz, Sf2, Reason NN-XT and Kontakt 4 formats. The sound range from deep tones to ambient pads, ethereal pianos to soft strings. The plugin instrument features a simple yet effective layering engine to thicken the sound easily.… Read More »
The “Solo Double Bass” is the fourth and final installment in our “LSS Solo Strings” Sample Library Bundle, complete with the same fantastic features as the rest of the LSS Solo Strings… 3 LEGATO MODES Three legato modes were sampled – slurred, bowed and portamento. These are easily switchable during use via keyswitches, and one exceptionally useful feature,… Read More »
The solo viola boasts the same set of fantastic features as its cousins from the LSS Solo Strings bundle, including THREE true legato types, 8RR x 3 Dynamic Layer Staccato playing, TWO true release modes (hard and soft), plus trills, al with four fantastically blendable mic positions, which, between them, can offer a huge variety in sonic pallete.The… Read More »
The idea behind Cassetto was to create a synthesizer which has an old and slightly faulty sound as well as a fairly fixed yet interesting architecture. The end result is a synth with it’s own character and capable of some very unique tones. Although Kontakt is often used for complex samples, Cassetto uses sampled oscillators so that it… Read More »
We’re bringing it to the next level with this release of a full SSATB set of recorders! Our beloved IVORY WIND, released in 2012, was our first foray into wind instrument sampling, one of our first ever experiments with true sampled legato. With this set of recorders, we are officially putting Ivory Wind to rest! The instruments we… Read More »
The Bansuri is an traditional, ancient Indian flute. Get that fantastic, well known and loved ethnic sound in your scores/soundtracks. Featuring true legato interval playing, we have sampled this instrument extensively with a wide variety of expressional playing, vibrato, no vibrato, artiulations including different types of turn, more complex ornaments, FP (loud – sudden quiet), accelerating vibrato and… Read More »
This is the individual solo violin instrument from our “LSS Solo Strings” sample library bundle, which also replaces our previous solo violin, and is not even comparable in quality. We have sampled the instrument in a large beautiful London concert hall, with many microphones, making up four main, mixable mic perspectives, close mono, close pair, mid room and… Read More »
We Are Proud To Introduce The Fifth Chapter Of Our Indie Fingers Serie: Indie Fingers Volume Five: Nylon Edition Indie Fingers Volume Five: Nylon Edition is the new library featuring an extensive Nylon Guitar toolset ideal for creation of realistic sounding nylon guitar parts. Indie Fingers Volume Five: Nylon Edition features several of the tools previously found in… Read More »
