Tag archives for sound-library
Native Instruments releases Evolve
Native Instruments has released a new Kontakt-based instrument, Evolve. It was designed by Heavyocity, the same team that brought us Damage and Evolve Mutations. Evolve is aimed at film composers and sound designers. EVOLVE offers a full-scale resource for cinematic sound design that brings together a vast selection of sounds, rhythms and FX, designed specifically [...]
Piano sounds for Kind of Blue
Does the world really need another sampled Steinway? Maybe not, but I get the feeling that Piano in Blue from Cinesamples will attract more than a few people.
XLN Audio buy one ADpak, get one free
Right now you can score some free ADpaks for Addictive Drums from XLN Audio. Buy one and you get one for free, buy two and you get two, buy three, you get three… You get the idea. Retro can’t be one of the free.
Native Instruments introduces Dark Pressure expansion for Maschine
Native Instruments has released Dark Pressure, a new Maschine expansion, created in association with Steve Lawler and Loopmasters. The pack is intended for – and I quote – “tough underground dance music” and includes both drums and percussion samples as well as pre-produced rhythms for techno, tech-house, minimal and similar genres.
The Great Pyramid and Wembley Stadium IR’s for Altiverb
Audio Ease never cease to amaze me. They’re continuing to give away free impulse responses for Altiverb but the two latest in line are seriously wicked – Wembley Stadium and The Great Pyramid of Giza, yes the pyramid, the Cheops!
Sound library news 30/1-2012
Some mixed sound library news this week. Dark stuff, copperphones, apocalyptic percussion and of course your regular dose of funk, urban and electronic stuff.
The crowd choir project
Now here’s a cool idea from Soniccouture. They’re building a choir / vocal ensemble made with hundreds of voices from all around the world and need a a minimum of 500 notes to layer in the instrument. Oh yeah, they’re inviting everyone to help them out! Everybody that sends a recorded note will receive the [...]
Native Instruments releases Abbey Road Drummer Series
Native Instruments might have announced their departure from trade shows but that doesn’t stop them from announcing new products at about the same time NAMM starts. Today they’ve introduced what I guess could be called a rework of the Abbey Road Drums instruments: The Abbey Road Drummer Series.
Platinum Samples release Rock Legends QuickPack for BFD2 and BFD Eco
Platinum Samples has announced the immediate release of their Rock Legends QuickPack for BFD. The QuickPack features a 125th Anniversary Limited Edition Rock Legend Gretsch kit (limited to a production of only 125 kits worldwide) and includes 25 presets in different genres. Tracked by Rail Jon Rogut on a classic Neve 80-series console, the kit [...]
Vir2 Fractured: prepared acoustic guitar now available
Vir2 has announced that Fractured is now available. Fractured is a prepared acoustic guitar running inside the Kontakt engine. With 2.3GB of compressed samples and more than one hundred new instruments, Fractured contains a massive collection of fresh sounds that all inherit the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar but stretch out into never-before covered [...]
