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Soundpaint is a new source of deep-sampled instruments that claim to offer unheard levels of realism and unparalleled authentic content. It launches with a free Steinway grand piano - let's check it out.
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LaBassa is a Kontakt based sampled instrument taken from a custom made electric fretless bass that's available for a donation to charity.
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Filling up a whopping 310GB of sample space China Impression samples over 60 individual instruments for a comprehensive collection of Chinese instruments.
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E-Instruments has released a collection of deeply sampled electric piano sounds for Steinberg's HALion and HALion Sonic instruments. Vibrant Electric Pianos could be all the pianos you'll ever need.
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Is it too soon for a sample instrument featuring the Behringer Model D, IK Multimedia UNO and Arturia MiniBrute? Not according to Tracktion. Meet LoFreq: Classic and Modern synthesizers sampled.
Electrix steals the sound of the Hohner Electra Piano T from Stairway to Heaven, No Quarter and Down by the Seaside and gives a rare opportunity to sample Led Zeppelins sonic character.
Tracktion Corporation has released Retromod LEAD, 106 and FAT, some meticulously sampled instruments based upon 6 Clavia Nord instruments, a handful of Roland Junos and a big bunch of more modern Moogs.
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IK Multimedia has brought their bundle of legendary synths to the iPad with 17 free instruments. More are available with in-app purchasing but isn't it a slap in the face for desktop users who pay far more?
Kurzweil release yet another stage piano in the "powerfully simple" SP6. It's a stage piano with 2GB of sounds, great weighted action, and good bit of dated looking chunkiness.
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Cosmosf FX4 pulls micro events out of delay buffers, spins them in multi-dimensional granular space and builds meso and macro sonic delights - it's a delay plug-in like you've never seen.
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Analog Strings combines sampled orchestra with vintage synths and weird tape loops, controlled by wires of pulsing liquorice. Have they found a different take on the string sound library?
Piano Producer is an online service that offers 10 high-end pianos to make your MIDI piano track sound amazing.
Daily Beats VST gives you 14 sampled instruments covering pianos, guitars, strings and orchestral in a fresh clean interface - for free!
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The grand piano owned by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury has been lovingly captured and turned into an amazing virtual instrument for Kontakt.
Douse yourself in vintage reverbs and place your music into some legendary space.
Another old synth gets the Samples From Mars treatment and the Roland SH-5 is great sounding and often overlooked source of noises.
