Meena Shamaly takes a look at the unusual new sample library from the relatively unknown developer Micromorph called Morphzilla. From their website: “Morphzilla is a dual layer morphing tool for Kontakt 5 with a wide range of sounds including monstrous textured drones, evolving pads, ghostly atmospheres, impacts to complex, microscopic

In this video review, Meena Shamaly takes a look at the latest offering to the Plectra Series from Impact Soundworks – Plectra 4: Turkish Oud. The first video is the full review of the sample library, and the second video is the track Meena wrote to demonstrate its capabilities. Below

Meena Shamaly takes a look at Stormdrum 3 – the latest edition of the Stormdrum percussion series and the  first East West sample library to use Play 4. The video review is 2 hours in length and you can be watched below: Stormdrum 3 is the first virtual instrument to include

Oftentimes in guitar-based sample libraries and virtual instruments, harmonics seem to be included either as an afterthought, or “just for the sake of completeness”. Rodney Gates, founder of SoundCues, has tackled this head on by creating a Kontakt sample collection dedicated solely to detailed reproductions of acoustic, electric, and bass

Meena Shamaly takes an in-depth look at “The Lucky Harp” from Bad Cat Samples – a beautiful harp sample library for Kontakt 5.3 and above. “The Lucky Harp” is a meticulously recorded, and incredibly deeply sampled Celtic Harp instrument. Offering 6 Velocities Layers, and 6 Round Robins giving 36 unique samples

This week Meena Shamaly looked at the new sample library by Vir 2 called “Cinematic Thunder: Epic Orchestral Toms“. Cinematic Thunder is an orchestral tom library containing four master patches: Solo Sticks Solo Mallets Group Hits Group Random. The master patches are the natural sound as they were recorded each with