Some awesome sample packs this week: more of SampleScience' Vaporwaves series, Clavinets run through guitar amps, a free chillstep pack and some of the best dubstep samples available. Bring it on!
Now is a good time to stock up on unique sounds and creative effects: All Output virtual instruments and effect plug-ins are on sale at 35% off until May 10th.
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Impact Soundworks know a thing or two about virtual guitars and their new Shreddage 3 Hydra virtual 8-String could be the perfect weapon for all your djent needs - inside your DAW.
Our weekly round up of the best sample packs contains some delicious organs, basses, violins... and a neat little collection of free samples. Plenty of delectable sounds for you to choose from!
Welcome to our new series of weekly round-ups, bringing you the best and boldest offering sin the world of sample packs and instruments! Some cracking products in our first issue, too. Check 'em out.
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Spitfire Audio is launching the next chapter in the Albion series. It's called NEO and is a modern cinematic collection of small orchestra and intimate strings threaded through their synthesis engine.
This week's free plug-ins let you delve into the vintage glory of the Ensoniq SQ80, create smooth delays with SevenDelay and get experimental with the KLANG series from Cinematique Instruments.
According to disgruntled employees, Native Instruments is haemorrhaging staff and closing down parts of its business - while Behringer throws out a safety net. It's all a bit nuts, to be honest.
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An "entirely new bass engine" built in the familiar Kontakt Player with 11GBs of sampled synths, brass, strings and basses from all sorts of places in 4 layers with effects and masses of modulation.
This week, we have two awesome free sound libraries for you, as well as an unconventional sample recorder / editor. Check out Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, and SP22.
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Native Instruments create the biggest bundle of instruments and sound library in the world with Komplete 12 Ultimate Collectors Edition. There's a regular version too all featuring Kontakt 6 and Massive X
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Gothic Instruments have bundled together 8 of their most atmospheric DRONAR instruments into a singular, improved and yet familiar interface so you can go to town on creating the most awesome of sonic ...
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A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.
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Spitfire Audio announced its Labs sample libraries are going free in the near future. Formerly Kontakt-only, they will be breaking free of the Native Instruments sampler with the addition of a custom plug-in.
We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!
Puremagnetik release Console Y, an expanded library of the Ensoniq ARS-X across Ableton, Logic and Kontakt formats, but only in their Spark subscription service. Does $8 a month work for you?