Adam Monroe’s Upright Piano was sampled from a (slightly used) Schafer and Sons VS-40 upright piano using Oktava Mk-012 (in cardioid pattern) and AEA Ribbon microphones in wide stereo into Grace M101 and AEA TRP preamps. The piano was sampled with both small diaphragm condenser and ribbon microphones in order to capture both the transient details and… Read More »
Background At the core, the CP-70 is a piano with strings and hammers with a pickup system for electric amplification. Originally released in the 1970’s as a “portable grand piano” for use on rock tours, the sound was made famous by Genesis, Kansas, U2 and more recently Keane. The CP-70 can be compared to that of a… Read More »
Swerve 3 is the follow up to award winning Swurve 2 we released in 2014. Powered by the kontakt 5 engine. Covers modern instrument categories that are sure to make your beats have that Future, Johnny Juliano, type of sound. Included with purchase is: Clap Lab Instrument categories: 808 Bass Keys Leads Funk Stabs Plucks Effects: Reverb… Read More »
SYMPHONY SERIES – BRASS ENSEMBLE delivers high-class orchestral brass recordings arranged in an elegant, supremely usable interface. Additional Information : 8 Trumpets C3–E6 (over 3 octaves – some articulations vary) True Legato (p, mf and f layers) with precise ‘flip’ and smooth ‘slur’ styles Sustains: p, mp, mf, f, ff, double-tongue run, flutter-tongue, semi-tone trill, whole-tone trill,… Read More »
HYPERNOVA is the new ‘Top of the line’ Kontakt synthesizer from CL-Projects. Based on a well known polyphonic synthesizer from the late 90’s that was capable of emulating Minimoog, Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and ARP 2600 sounds. The Hypernova Kontakt synth is no different. It can also emulate classic synthesizer sounds, making use of sampling technology instead… Read More »
Continuing where Cinematic Tension FX1 left off is the new offering Cinematic Tension FX2 – Vol 3: Piccolos. Cacophony Inc offering more of these grouped woodwinds over the next months, with each set featuring 8-10 woodwinds performing over 2 gigs of runs, spills, pushes, hits, gestures, ostinatos & textures to give your music a new set of… Read More »
This kit comes with both Direct Wave and Kontakt Versions. Featured in the Kit: Both Direct Wave and Kontakt Versions of instruments Over 2.2GB of Sounds/Instruments! 300+ Individual Samples! Great change-up in the sounds. (No body likes the same sound over and over). Most of these claps/snares can carry a beat by them self. No need for… Read More »
Jeremiah Pena has released Photosynthesis Vol 1 – Sphere and Photosynthesis Engine for Kontakt. Photosynthesis Vol 1 – Sphere is a sample library aimed at film/game composers, producers, and musicians who need evolving pads, dark soundscapes, rhythmic underscore, and creative instrument effects. The sounds are inspired by ambient music, post-rock, and artists like Jon Hopkins, Sigur Ros,… Read More »
The Vol 1 of Hybrichord is our first exploration into what we can really get out of a normal piano, and the initial results are fantastic. Using various means of getting the instrument to vibrate, including wiring the instrument up, using magnets, electric current, etc. We managed to create some fantastic organic sounding sonic landscapes. The user interface… Read More »
Dark Dimensions Vol 1: Cinematic Tool Kit from Audio Imperia and producer Paul Ortiz is a stunning 1.2 GB collection of hard-hitting and dark Science Fiction sounds and effects, all delivered in high definition 96kHz/24-Bit and pre-programmed into playable Kontakt instruments. The kits are specifically designed for dark, modern and aggressive science fiction trailers. The kit contains:… Read More »
Jeremiah Pena has released Photosynthesis Vol 3 – Embers for Kontakt. Embers is focused on dark, distorted cinematic sounds still planted in the ambient mindset. Heavy growling basses, distant organic instruments, wavering pads, and rhythmic synths. Inspired by artists like Sigur Ros (especially Kveikur), M83, This Will Destroy You, Hammock, Daughter, Hans Zimmer, and Jon Hopkins. Embers… Read More »
The AUDIO IMPERIA “Event Horizon” series is specifically designed for modern science fiction campaigns in the likes of Tron, Interstellar, Oblivion, Gravity, Elysium and similar movies. We heavily drew inspiration from musicians such as M83, Daftpunk, Thomas Bergersen, Junkie XL and Steven Price. The kit includes: Downers Drones (Electronic) Drums Hits (Designed) Pulses 3/4 Pulses 4/4 Spiccato… Read More »
From dramatic pitch enveloped hits to squelchy filtered noises, Analog Drums contains a huge grab bag of multisamples all expertly programmed for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic. Produced entirely on Doepfer, LiveWire and MFB modular systems, Analog Drums was designed to pump the modern DAW full of real diodes, resistors and transformers! This Micropak includes 5 ‘base’… Read More »
Best Service’s second title in their best-selling K-Size range, Tech-House Edition delivers a whopping 2,800+ high quality loops and sounds. Conveniently categorised with folders for Full beats, Addons, HiHats, Percussion, Synth and ‘Sidechained’ loops at an industry standard 127bpm plus 1,300+ one-shot drums, this is the definition of Tech-House. Taking inspiration from the classic genre starters such… Read More »
The Wasp is a quirky little synthesizer that, despite its toyish look, is quite capable of funky analog sounds. It really is black and yellow too, just like the insect it is named for. Probably its most distinguishing feature is the keyboard and its non-moving touch-sensitive keys. That’s right, the flat little keys are only sensitive to… Read More »
Kick-Free Revolution Volume 1 is power-packed with almost 700 unique kick-free drum loops lovingly crafted from scratch and created exclusively for this sample treasure chest. You won’t find any lacklustre or loveless material here. Sound design wizard Oliver Schmitt returns with the next download from his famous “Revolution“ soundset series. After his highly acclaimed ‘FX Revolution’,… Read More »
Inspired by one of the most popular synths of its time, Pro II combines classic sounds with modern sound shaping tools to achieve a versatile and fully programmable virtual synthesizer. Pro II ships with a 3.9GB core sound library and includes 195 expertly programmed presets, all of which are editable via an extensively scripted instrument panel and GUI… Read More »
Everybody keeps on sampling the best and cleanest piano ever! here is a completely different approach. We sampled an old Pleyel Grand Piano (F-71240 model from 1928) with vintage gear like a Studer console and tube microphones, it has the rich and warm sound of the old jazz/blues or even classical music recordings. Technical description: 12.89GB, 2956… Read More »
The Kawai-EX Pro is a fabulous, powerful and bright 9-foot (276cm) KAWAI EX concert grand piano that used to be in the Kennedy center in Washington DC. We worked closely with Lance Herring on this library (this is our second attempt after the AcademicGrand) and decided to give our project a new dimension, we carefully recorded this… Read More »
Imperfect Samples is proud to release the final piano library, the Brasted London Broken Upright Piano. The Brasted Broken Upright Piano was sitting in an old house gathering dust, and hasn’t been tuned for over 90 years. The instrument has been imperfectly sampled with unmuted strings, and is suitable for situations where an extemely intimate, detuned, honky-tonk or… Read More »
