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Spitfire Audio – Producer Portfolio: Gwilym Simcock Felt Piano (KONTAKT)

By | February 21, 2016

If you like the Labs “Soft Piano”, you’re going to love this hand-crafted German piano played with the ‘Celeste’ pedal engaged by a living jazz legend and Mercury Music Prize nominee. There’s just something about that practice pedal. It draws you up to the very inner workings of the piano itself, quiet and difficult to play, but for… Read More »

Spitfire Audio – Frank Ricotti Glockenspiel (KONTAKT)

By | February 21, 2016

Engineered by Toby Warren at Air-Edel Studios, a classic and infamous studio in central London used by an extraordinary mix of people from Nick Cave (Proposition) to Beyonce, to Tinie Tempah. Spitfire has recorded a pristinely maintained Glockenspiel deeply with a number of beaters, techniques and from a number of perspectives. With the recent folk renaissance, the glock… Read More »

Spitfire Audio – Skaila Kanga Harp Redux (KONTAKT)

By | February 20, 2016

Recorded at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, one of the greatest scoring stages in the world and showcasing the extraordinary talent of legendary harpist Skaila Kanga, Spitfire Harp is a new benchmark in expressiveness and sound for commercially available orchestral instruments. The delicate sound blossoms beautifully in the Hall, and the loudest layers ring the walls of Lyndhurst with… Read More »

Spitfire Audio LLP – Albion II Loegria (KONTAKT)

By | February 20, 2016

CINEMATIC DETAIL & BEAUTY Following in the huge success of the thundering Albion I – Epic Cinematic Tools – Spitfire are delighted to announce Albion II – Loegria. Ablion II is designed as a stand-alone tool, and everything you would need to write beautiful and esoteric film scores out-of-the-box. We are excited to present an incredible Chamber sized… Read More »

Spitfire Audio – LLP SOLO STRINGS LIBRARY FULL (KONTAKT)

By | February 20, 2016

  A collection of virtuoso performers, playing soloistically in the Hall at Air Lyndhurst. This library is great for providing the soaring lines above the orchestra, cutting through, or for providing detail and extra humanity in your tracks by blending in with your other string libraries. The short articulations are incredibly punchy and tight, and the mic mixing… Read More »

Soundiron – Voice of Rapture: The Soprano (KONTAKT)

By | February 13, 2016

Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano by Soundiron is an advanced solo operatic soprano vocal library for Kontakt that features both multi-sampled chromatic content and tempo-synching live performance phrases in a full range of keys. Recorded with vocal artist Nichole Dechaine in a dry studio environment, this library offers True Legato vowel sustains for Ah and Oo vowels, with… Read More »

Pettinhouse – DirectBass (Kontakt)

By | February 12, 2016

DirectBass is a 5 string bass sample library for NI Kontakt 2.2 that includes all the bass pickups. The library is intended for use with amp simulators to allow users to create an infinite number of bass sounds. There are 4 Gb of sounds recorded at 24 bit 96 Khz directly to the sound card without any amplifiers… Read More »

Pettinhouse – Direct Guitar 3.0 (KONTAKT)

By | February 12, 2016

Direct Guitar 3.0 is an innovative 10Gb (The Download is 4.2 Gb) Stratocaster guitar for NI Kontakt 3 4 and 5 ( No kontakt Player ). direct recorded for amp simulator. It means that the guitar has been recorded directly to the audio interface exactly like when you plug a real electric guitar into it. Add your favorite… Read More »

Orchestral Tools – Berlin Strings 1.0 (KONTAKT)

By | January 31, 2016

▪First True Adaptive Legato (including 4 legato types: Slurred, Agile (scripted), Fast Runs and Portamento) ▪ Up to 24x RR Spiccatos ▪ Extensive collection of different short notes ▪ Playable Runs and pre-recorded octave runs (tempo synced) ▪ Smaller Sections for more definition and detail ▪ 4 Mic Positions + Concert Master Mic (Violins I only) ▪ Bow… Read More »

Native instruments – Session Strings Pro 1.3 (KONTAKT)

By | January 28, 2016

e-instruments and Native Instruments present Session Strings Pro – an inspiring, detailed instrument for contemporary studio strings and the sequel to the popular Session Strings. 20 times bigger than the original, Session Strings Pro provides a much wider sonic range, with separate instrument groups, a choice of instrument placements, 22 articulations and a fully-programmable Animator. Based on a… Read More »

Native Instruments – Session Strings: Contemporary String Ensemble (KONTAKT.NKC.NKX.NKI)

By | January 28, 2016

Aimed at producers looking for high-quality ready-to-go string sections for modern productions, SESSION STRINGS produces immediate results without hours of fine tuning and tweaking, yet also boasts an incredible set of expressive features accessible from a highly intuitive interface. The fully production-ready sound is made up of four violins, three violas, two celli and two double basses –… Read More »

East West Quantum Leap – Colossus (KONTAKT) REPACK

By | January 26, 2016

COLOSSUS is the first SUPER HIGH QUALITY complete sound set ever created, and includes 160 instruments (approx. $6 an instrument). Every instrument and sound in the diverse range of demos above comes from COLOSSUS. COLOSSUS is a massive 32 Gigabyte (not Megabyte) Virtual Instrument that covers all of the basic musical genres, the way a keyboard workstation attempts… Read More »

East West Quantum Leap – RA – REPACK (KONTAKT)

By | January 21, 2016

Ra features a 14 GB collection of beautifully recorded plucked, blown, bowed, and struck instruments from around the world. Quantum Leap RA provides composers with access to a variety of rare and unique instruments from Africa, Europe, India, the Americas and Australia, the Far East, and the Middle East and Turkish Empires. Ra is also an 8-part multitimbral… Read More »

East West Quantum Leap – Symphonic Choirs Sample Library (KOMPAKT)

By | January 21, 2016

“The Symphonic Choirs package is a true breakthrough product that will forever change the way that producers work. This is not an ordinary sample library but a highly realistic and expressive vocal instrument that ushers in a new era of creative power.” – FUTURE MUSIC (USA) REVIEW “An epic step forward in the evolution of the sampled choir,… Read More »

East West Quantum Leap – Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Edition (KOMPAKT)

By | January 21, 2016

Addition to one of the best orchestral libraries EastWest QL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum – a package of the legendary orchestral instruments. This part includes a full set of brass this brass band, with all the nuances of living the game. In addition, EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Pro XP includes a full EastWest Steinway B Grand Piano.… Read More »

Cinesamples – Piano in Blue v2 (KONTAKT)

By | January 18, 2016

Piano in Blue is an exceptional instrument with great history, and we are thrilled to announce some updates that make this piano sound even better, along with some options that allow you greater control.” Latency We added a “Sample Start” knob, located next to the Direct/Tape switch, which will cut into the samples of the sustains by 20ms… Read More »

CineSamples – CineHarp 1.1 (NKI KONTAKT.WAV)

By | January 18, 2016

CineOrch is an orchestral mockup enhancer for the professional composer. We hired a world-class 70 piece orchestra in a gorgeous space and sampled an enormous variety of chords, in major, minor, augmented and in a variety of inversions and articulations across the spectrum. In addition, we grabbed full orchestral tutti octaves, and lush low muted warm chords. Why… Read More »

CineSamples – CineOrch (KONTAKT.NKI.NCW)

By | January 18, 2016

CineOrch is an orchestral mockup enhancer for the professional composer. We hired a world-class 70 piece orchestra in a gorgeous space and sampled an enormous variety of chords, in major, minor, augmented and in a variety of inversions and articulations across the spectrum. In addition, we grabbed full orchestral tutti octaves, and lush low muted warm chords. Why… Read More »

CineSamples – CineBrass (KONTAKT)

By | January 18, 2016

CineBrass is revolutionary in its power and simplicity for recreating the sound of the orchestral brass section. The library was designed by composers, for composers, with direct feedback from the film music community during its development. The result is a brass library that is easy to use, composer-friendly, with unparalleled recording quality. CineBrass does not require you to… Read More »

Cinesamples – CineStrings CORE (KONTAKT)

By | January 15, 2016

CineSamples CineStrings CORE KONTAKT The CineStrings CORE Library is Cinesamples’ orchestral string sample library for Kontakt. Recorded at the world famous SONY Pictures Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, and mixed by veteran legend Dennis Sands (Spiderman, Argo, Avengers, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, and 250+ more). The CineStrings CORE Library covers the essentials… Read More »

Cinesamples – Artist Series: Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato (KONTAKT)

By | January 15, 2016

Tina Guo-s distinctly emotive acoustic cello captured as a solo legato patch utilizing a brand new recording and programming technique – introducing Seamless Legato!  …::: The Patch :::… First introduced as an addition to our Artist Series Tina Guo sound design library the Acoustic Cello Legato patch is now available for individual purchase by popular demand! Featuring a… Read More »

Audiobro – LASS First Chair 2.0 (KONTAKT)

By | January 13, 2016

We are proud to announce LASS First Chair 2 (LASS FC 2), one of the 2 reduced sound sets of LASS Full 2‘s library. LASS FC 2 features solo instruments performed by the section leaders. Rather than sounding like “guest soloists,” these instruments sound like the first chair players they actually are, blending perfectly with the sections they… Read More »

Audiobro – LA Scoring Strings 2.0 (KONTAKT)

By | January 13, 2016

LA Scoring Strings (LASS) brings a whole new level of expressiveness, realism, and real-time playability to sampled strings. At the heart of its revolutionary sound are Real Legato performance samplepatches and a unique layered ensemble approach. These ensembles were all recorded individually in a large film scoring studio. Because they made up of different players (avoiding  the dreaded… Read More »

AudioBro – LASS Bundles (KONTAKT)

By | January 13, 2016

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 »

8Dio – Forgotten Voices: Francesca (Kontakt)

By | January 12, 2016

  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 »

8Dio – Spirit Flute (KONTAKT, WAV, SFZ)

By | January 11, 2016

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 »

8Dio – Legacy 1928 Steinway Scoring Piano (KONTAKT)

By | January 11, 2016

8DIO Legacy Piano series – a collection of deep-sampled world-class pianos. Legacy Piano series marks the next evolution in piano sampling and first virtual piano series to ever have round robin (repetition samples) on both sustains and staccato, which means you get a more varied, fluent and expressive piano. We are launching our Legacy series with the release… Read More »

8dio – Claire bassoon virtuoso (KONTAKT)

By | January 10, 2016

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 – Free Radicals (KONTAKT)

By | January 10, 2016

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%) and partially created in-house by 8DIO (50%). 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 – Steel String Guitar Bundle (iso, KONTAKT)

By | January 10, 2016

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 »