February 2016 Sample Library Demo Round Up Review

The Masked Phantom by Alexander Kostov

Purchase: https://www.samplemagic.com/details/507/techno-razor-patches

Our first foray into the world of Reaktor 6 staple Razor has us digging deeper into sound exploration and cutting edge synthesis supplying 101 patches aimed squarely at the sound of techno in 2016.

From glitchy electronics to retro rave stabs, atmospheric pads and dubby chords to throbbing basslines and dark synths, anthemic gated chords to percussive leads, this diverse collection pulls influence across the techno spectrum to devastating effect.

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SM101 - Razor Techno Patches - Full Demo.

http://soundiron.com/products/petroglyph

Petroglyph is a stone hand percussion library recorded with a collection of primitive stone artifacts from various North America tribes in the pre-Columbian area, some pieces dating back thousands of years. They include tools (mortars, pestles, grindstones, bowls, awls, hammers) and weapons (axe, spear and arrow heads) in all sorts of shapes, sizes and stone types. 

Tino Danielzik - Ancient Space (naked) - Soundiron Petroglyph

This track was primarily composed with samples from 8Dio Hybrid Tools Synphony. A virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Hybrid Tools Synphony: "That Final Boss Is Weird" by Clement Belio

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Inspired by the leading lights of 90s house - from Kerri Chandler to Pépé Bradock- the latest in the MIDI Elements series delivers over 150 MIDI melodic motifs designed to inject musicality and inspiration into any house track.

Packed with 106 deep and soulful chord progressions, 46 bumpin’ bass grooves, 23 laconic leads and retro arpeggio patterns, MIDI Elements: Classic House offers a rich resource of melodic and soulful MIDI loops inspired by house music royalty.  All loops are key-labeled, making it a breeze to find the right files to fit your mix.

MIDI offers the ultimate in creative freedom. Not only can you use any sound source to trigger the notes, you can also edit the MIDI data itself with ease: change the key of the loop, edit the tempo, notation, velocity, length and more. The creative possibilities are endless.

MIDI files are 100% compatible with all major DAWs.


SM101 - Classic House - MIDI Elements

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Inspired by the groundbreaking hip hop scene of the late 80s and early 90s, Golden Era is an expansive 1.2GB collection of classic MPC beats and breaks, retro vinyl-styled loops, soul and jazz-infused melodics, afro-laced percussive grooves, analogue layers, 520+ dusty drum hits and 70+ stabs spanning Rhodes, Hammond, assorted analogue synths, live bass hits and electric guitar licks.

Inspired by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Jurassic 5, Golden Era delivers six folders jam-packed with old school beats and breaks, mellow live bass, fat analogue subs, retro synths, soulful keys, live percussion grooves, characterful FX layers and more.

All loops are tempo-synced at either 80, 90 or 100bpm and loops are key-labeled where applicable.

SM80 - Golden Era - Full Demo

This playlist features audio demos for The Black Album Drums sample library for BFD3 and Kontakt 5.5 (full version only).
This kit is inspired by the 'Black Album' by Metallica, having been recorded in the same room with the same exact kit and the same mics, positions and paths and featuring Mike Tacci who worked as assistant engineer on that album

Black Drive

UVI PX Apollo
Forebear of the Polyphonic Analog
http://www.uvi.net/px-apollo.html 

Based on a rare synthesizer prototype of the one of the world's first polyphonic analogue synths, PX Apollo consists of over 4,000 samples and 150 ready-to-play patches; explore the surreal and incredibly warm tones of this relic from a key moment in synthesizer history.

PX Apollo's UI was inspired by the aesthetics of the original hardware and developed to allow both quick edits to preset sounds and deep customization by way of a full compliment of synthesis tools and effects including 3 oscillators, envelope generators, high-quality filters, pitch and stereo controls and per-oscillator modulation and arpeggiation.

PX Apollo marks the first release of our PX Prototype Series, exploring the oft veiled world of unique, fringe and unreleased electronic and acoustic instruments.

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PX Apollo by Yamaki

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Covering the timeless glam of Italo Disco innovators such as Gary Numan, Patrick Cowley and all the way up to the modern champions of the sound like Bell Towers, The Black Madonna and Bicep. Italo Disco Patches is everything you need to get a distinctly retro-sound with modern synthesizers.

Slinky DX-7 basslines, modulating Moroder-eqsue arpeggios, soaring synthesizer leads, sexy stabby keys in the style of New Order, Cerrone and much more tick all the boxes for creating timeless classics in a modern setting.

SM101 - Italo Disco Patches

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/ethnic/steelpan/
Sonokinetic Steelpan is our take on the Steel Drum or Steelpan introduced by the people of Trinidad and Tobago. A tropical joy emanates from every touch of this beautiful instrument. Handcrafted from the wealth of oil barrels that proliferate the Island State they are a low tech byproduct of a big industry, and a testament to the creativity of whoever it first was that heard the music in these barrels and started to tune and cultivate them into the musical instrument it is today.
The unique sound that is produced by striking the tuned parts of the instrument is very rich in overtones, especially on louder hits, where the whole instrument oscillates and resonates with the actual tine hit.
We decided to capture that sound using our proven ways, with two different types of sticks and additionally with our fingers, a sound not common to Steeldrum playing in general, but a sound we really liked when experimenting with the instrument and felt we needed to share with you, the composers and users of our products.
The instrument is captured by five microphones, a stereo set up on the balcony, another stereo set at about a meter and a half distance slanted above the instrument, and a close mic below the instrument, giving you ample opportunity to mix the sound to your liking.
To easily accommodate the distinctive playing method of this instrument we also included an automatic tremolo setting that will alternate between two notes when two or more notes are held together, so nice and fast tremolos are made easy for those of you with less nimble fingers.
With a beautifully crafted themed user interface designed by Ryo Ishido, we are very proud and pleased to present to you the next step in our traditional music cultural heritage, “Steelpan"
Sonokinetic ‘sticks’ with its unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling, we are really happy with how Steelpan turned out and we hope you will share in our enthusiasm for this instrument and it brings you a broad smile every time you play it.
We’re proud to release “Steelpan”, delivering a realistic sounding steel drum to your DAW.

Steelpan Demo - Beach Dancing - By Jether Garotti Junior

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Epic, expansive and euphoric: SM81 Melodic Tech-House explores the mainroom sound of labels such as Innervisions, Life & Death and Diynamic. Packed with almost 1GB of driving big-room beats, huge basslines, anthemic arpeggios, luxuriant synths, dramatic breakdowns and more.

Pulling influence from Berlin to Ibiza, the collection has been crafted from a mix of the finest digital tools and classic analogue hardware to deliver big-room inspiration in industry-standard 24-bit quality, with MIDI included throughout.

All loops are tempo-synced at 124bpm and key-labeled where applicable.

SM81 - Melodic Tech House - Full Demo

Cinematic Percussion Engineered

This sweeping orchestral arrangement shows how INDIA blends perfectly with a cinematic string arrangement.

Discovery Series India is the latest in the range of virtual instruments from musical traditions from around the world. India authentically recreates the percussive and melodic instruments of classical Indian music, harnessing the power of Kontakt to provide an unprecedented level of playability and authenticity.
For more information go to www.native-instruments.com/india

KOMPLETE > INDIA > 'Two Worlds Unite' Demo

This track was primarily composed with samples from 8Dio Electric Solo Cello. A virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Electric Cello: "Electric Dreams" by Jurgen Beck



soundiron.com/products/petroglyph

Petroglyph is a stone hand percussion library recorded with a collection of primitive stone artifacts from various North America tribes in the pre-Columbian area, some pieces dating back thousands of years. They include tools (mortars, pestles, grindstones, bowls, awls, hammers) and weapons (axe, spear and arrow heads) in all sorts of shapes, sizes and stone types.


Shaun Chasin - Pebbles (Naked) - Soundiron Petroglyph

This track features eight instances of UNA CORDA using Felt, Cotton, and Pure sound banks and presets including Harmonics' Landscape, Live Broadcast, and Harmonic Station. Also notable are the convolution reverb and reverse sounds used as atmosphere in the background.

UNA CORDA faithfully captures the special sound signature of a custom-made contemporary piano with one string per key – originally created by David Klavins in close collaboration with composer Nils Frahm. Whether you’re crafting melodies for film or simply introducing fresh elements into electronic, pop, or jazz, UNA CORDA offers a tone unlike anything your audience has heard before. 
For more information go to www.native-instruments.com/unacorda

KOMPLETE > UNA CORDA > 'Magic String' Demo

Pure Electronic side of Solar Breeze. Modulated Bass by "Open Sine" sampled instrument. Guitar melic arps by "Flageolettton" & "Rogge Strings" exclusive Solar breeze sampled instruments.

SOLAR BREEZE explores the evocative panorama of indie electronica with exclusive acoustic-electronic sounds. 
For more information visit: www.native-instruments.com/solarbreeze

MASCHINE > SOLAR BREEZE > 'Hawk Eye' Demo

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Bloq is the debut virtual instrument from Sample Magic. Featuring over 2.6GB of sample data and presented in carefully collated and customised presets, Bloq has been made using some of the most iconic and revered synthesisers and drum machines of all time.

Over a year in the making, Bloq is the result of months of arduous and carefully crafted sound design and sampling from Sample Magic co-founder Sharooz's extensive personal archive of vintage instruments.

BLOQ VST

Bloq - Main Demo

All sounds from the FlutterEP wavetable add on.

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Twitched_FlutterEP Wavetable demo_Pendle

soundiron.com/products/antidrum-1

Antidrum 1 is an experimental “found-sound” instrument library that contains 18 unconventional tuned and percussive sound collections, sampled in a variety of real-world locations. It is a celebration of every day objects and sounds and how they can be transformed into strange and compelling new musical instruments.

This library includes uniquely playable instrument banks that range from heavy work boot stomps to resonant water cooler impacts, clicking baby toys, red rubber playground ball bounces, hand-slapped ukulele and guitar shell "drums", shockmount kick thumps, hand clap ensembles, nailgun shots, male ensemble shouts, drum circle strikes and grooves and much, much more. Some instruments are recorded in ensemble, while others are captured solo and up-close. And we’ve also created a great selection of sound-designed ambient pads, leads, atmospheres, crafted from the raw source recordings to provide excellent accompaniment and texture to fatten your mixes.

Ian Dorsch - Warforged - Soundiron Antidrum 1

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