The name stops you in your tracks. The Deer. The Fox. And The Guitar. It sounds like the opening line of a folk tale told somewhere deep in a darkened forest — and that is not entirely far from what Wavelet Audio have actually built. But before we g...

There's a problem that has followed nylon string guitar libraries for years. Developers chase perfection. Perfectly timed notes. Perfectly balanced velocity layers. Perfectly clean recordings with every trace of human involvement edited out. And the...

Most sample libraries are built to impress you in the first thirty seconds. They front-load the cinematic swell, the dramatic chord, the moment that makes you reach for your wallet. Outlines, the new Kontakt library from The Phono Loop, does somethi...

When it comes to finding unique and evocative sounds for film or game scoring, it’s hard to beat the emotional power of traditional ethnic instruments. Enter Shogun by Sonik Vortex — a beautifully curated collection of Japanese instruments designed ...

If you're into cinematic textures, ambient soundscapes, or hybrid scoring, then you’ll want to stick around—because Vektor 2 from LOOT Audio and Nova is one of the most powerful, drama-fueled Kontakt instruments I’ve reviewed this year. In this...