Sample Libraries

In contrast to Pure Nylon, which was designed with warmth and intimacy in mind, Pure Steel is said to sound “bright, crispy and resonant”, capturing the unmistakable sound of a steel-string acoustic guitar. 

VSL’s Duality Strings series comprises six releases, and now, VSL are offering the whole set at a reduced cost in the form of the Duality Strings Bundle.

Sound-design experts BOOM Library have just launched a new and improved library that improves upon one of their most popular legacy titles. 

The Crow Hill Company’s latest release delivers an answer to that age-old question: “what would a piano sound like if its strings were replaced by gongs?”

Captured on Stage A of the Vienna Synchron Stage, Synchron Wagner Tuba Ensemble presents users with “the noble sonority of four Wagner tubas in a cohesive, symphonic blend”.

Built from a collection of recordings that captured bowed instruments from the North Caucasus, the sounds that make up Dark Veil have been crafted using a selection of pedals, amps and effects, with the developers blending multiple signal chains together in search of new and interesting tones. 

The latest arrival to The Crow Hill Company's revolving selection of free instruments has been “built around the idea that music doesn’t have to begin with formal training, specialist instruments or expensive tools”.

Recorded during the sessions for the developer's Panorama Acoustic Kontakt library, Pure Nylon delivers the same warm tone and musical detail, but reimagined for Soundbox’s MPE-capable platform.

Established in December 2025 with the aim of creating interactive, “vibe-driven” plug-ins, the company already have two products available: Cloud Guitar and Aurora, both of which have been developed with a focus on emotional experience. 

The first formal collaboration between the two brands will see a selection of the UK-based sampling experts’ virtual instruments made available within Akai’s MPC ecosystem.

In celebration of their fifth anniversary, The Very Loud Indeed Co. have announced a sale across their range of cinematic scoring and sound-design tools. 

Described as “a musician by your side”, the latest addition to the Celemony line-up brings together a huge collection of musical phrases played by some of the world’s top session players, all of which can be adapted to play in any song, regardless of its chord sequence, tempo or groove.

Nostalgia Reborn brings together more than 4500 samples drawn from over four decades of electronic instruments, delivering an all-in-one genre-spanning collection that promises to fit into just about any modern production.