iLiO – Miroslav Vitous – Symphonic Orchestra Samples – Solo Instruments I: This disk contains Bassclarinet, Bassoon, Basstrombone, Clarinet, Contrabassoon, Trombone, Trumpet, Viola, and Violoncello. All in the highest quality, and very expressive. This is the first of two Solo Instrument disks, which are a must for anyone wishing to emulate orchestral solo performance…
Handpan, is a magical journey in D-minor and Chromatic scales. This specific Handpan is made out of thickened nitrided steel, which gives it a softer moody and cinematic sound. It resonates in a way that can be used for rhythmic play, but also has a tail that is perfect for meditative and slow performances. It has a sound that captivates the soul. Also known as Hang or Pan Drum, the Handpan has an enchanting sound that transports you to a realm of serenity and inspiration. With a 22 inch/56 cm diameter and hand-hammered tuned, this handpan is recorded with high resolution 192kHz stereo and the aim was to capture sound of the Handpan the way you would hear it when playing it on your lap. Now available in your DAW. Handpan brings you a mesmerizing sound both in D-minor and extended chromatic scale. Pro’s of D-minor presets – the instrument’s resonances are the most natural and whole in the pan’s body. If it was tuned, then the small resonances between notes would misalign. So this is more natural and it is easy to get the hang of playing this way of playing. Pro’s of the chromatic presets – allows you to extend the instrument to any scale you wish.
ORIGIN STORY Quartz in Motion – A Sonic Vessel for Infinite Evolution. Time Crystals is born from the resonance of quartz singing bowls, instruments that have carried their luminous tones through centuries of meditation and sonic healing. We sought to capture this timeless energy — not as something frozen in time, but as something in perpetual motion. With our Non-Static Sampling™ and Infinite Motion Engine™ 2.0, these crystalline vibrations expand, contract, and evolve — never repeating, always unfolding. Each sound blooms and transforms, like ripples through water, carrying harmonic overtones that shimmer with depth and life. More than a sample library, Time Crystals is a dynamic ecosystem of pulses, drones, pads, and keys, designed for composers, sound designers, and ambient explorers seeking textures that breathe and morph in response to your creativity. Whether scoring vast cinematic landscapes or sculpting introspective sonic worlds, Time Crystals moves with you—never still, always becoming. Step into an evolving soundscape where past, present, and future dissolve into pure vibration. This is sound untethered, forever in motion.
Step into the future of orchestral music production with Morphestra ULTRA, a cinematic, morphed orchestral virtual instrument designed to transform the way you compose and produce music. Boasting over 650 organic instruments and morphed presets, Morphestra ULTRA introduces a bold new era of cinematic sound, unlocking previously unimaginable creative possibilities for composers, music producers, and sound designers. The cinematic legacy lives on through with new unparalleled sampler power pushing orchestral samples to the new heights with new samples and refined sound design techniques.
Created for both musical use and sound design, Violence features an unprecedented deconstruction of a solo violin recorded from numerous angles: bowed, scraped, hit, plucked, played with mallets, chopsticks, guitar picks, and wet fingers. Then the sound design was repitched, layered, and post-processed through an array of unusual tools to produce sounds unlike any found in other virtual instruments. More than eighty unique patches were designed, each with a custom set of scripted knobs and controls all conveniently organized into four categories of sounds: Drum Kits, Melodic, Pads and Sound Effects, and Tempo-Synced. The inspiration for Violence came from the influential American composer John Cage, whose extensive experiments with prepared piano yielded new timbres and effects. What Cage did on the piano, Violence brings to the violin: a new and unorthodox approach to a traditional instrument, yielding amazing and fresh new instruments, textures, and sound design elements. Violence combines physical alterations with digital manipulations for a sound that straddles acoustic and electronic realms.
Cello Ibrida contains different types of sampling and sound design techniques inside one advanced GUI. The concept relies on not focusing on a single traditional library concept but several that when combined will bring out modern sounds that retain an organic sound. A cello section was recorded to do “texture” articulations and multisample. From there we edited and processed a variety of sound design style patches to create low pulses, hybrid plucks, pads and sfx. Our matrix GUI contains a two layer system each with its own effects chain, LFOs, Sequencer and gate. But the magic happens in the performance matrix page where two macros, two envelope sequencers and velocity source modulators can be individually assigned to different master effects, chord maker and a detuner. This enables even the simplest of sounds to be continuously modulated and ever changing. Additionally, we added CC assignable inputs for crossfade, macro1/2 and LFO rate/amount to let composers modulate all these parameters in real time and thus, creating a great performance sound design instrument.
With over 75 instruments and sound sources plus years in the making, Terra Incognita is by far the most ambitious sample library from Marcos Ciscar Sampled Instruments. Here, you enter a world of its own with a blend of both rare and more traditional instruments all performed with a pre-hispanic touch inspired by ancient civilizations and the rainforest. Native flutes, world music instruments, stones, drums, human voices, ambient synths and ethereal sounds complemented with nature sounds from French Guiana, Costa Rica and Europe. Many of the instruments here are rare, hand built and not often sampled, if at all. Well, first and foremost it is a sound world that I’ve created. In the beginning, it was an unconscious process. I collected and sampled sounds that I liked. Then, it turned into both an album project and the development of a sample library. A sound collection that I intend to expand and develop further on in the future. Both projects fertilize each other. Some sounds were recorded with both projects in mind. Others were taken out from the album and developed into samples. Yet others started out as samples being used on the album.
