Well this is an exciting time to be a composer, especially if you are on a budget. There are free orchestras available already, and you can do some wonderful things with them. Orchestral Tools recently decided it was time to…
Instrument emulation drives a major part of the sampling and plugin world. We want to have “in-the-box” what we used to only have outside the box. Part of what makes a product sound “real” is fully understanding how the original…
It’s been a little while since Spitfire released the remainder of the Abbey Road Orchestra Symphonic Strings library, and many have been waiting to see how the rest of the orchestra would pan out. Today, Spitfire has released the next…
This week, we want to focus on a brand new freebie from the folks at Fracture Sounds. It’s a solo string trio called “Blueprint: String Trio”, and is meant as a teaser for an upcoming library (likely available within days…
The Abbey Road Orchestra High, Low, and Metal Percussion modules are the first releases in Spitfire’s new flagship library recorded at Abbey Road Studio One. Is it a great start, or does it land with a thud? We’ll talk about it in great detail.
I’m a sucker for extra control. If you could see my desk, you’d see no shortage of extra macro keys, Stream Decks, palm keyboards, and more. It is for this reason that I’ve been considering adding a control surface for…
This week’s freebie is an amazing virtual sampled trumpet and trombone instrument; Bell and Bone by Librewave. Bell and Bone comes as a library that loads into the Rhapsody Player, so be sure to download that first (you can get…
I was careful this Black Friday. I only bought one new sample library. While this alone is probably one of my greatest feats, this isn’t about me. This is about the library that grabbed that one spot, and that is…
This week’s freebie is an amazing and fun to use reverb plugin from Adam Szabo; Solaris. This plugin was actually the winner of the 2023 KVR Developer’s Challenge. Solaris can function as a typical reverb unit, but it is much…
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are in the process of updating this article to reflect the additional strings and the newly released Abbey Road Orchestra: Flutes library. This article will also serve as navigation to any of our existing coverage. Another day,…