Concert Zither. The sound of the zither is rough and dirty, often described as “soft”. We treated the concert zither harshly: we plucked the strings, stroked them, hit them, strummed them to achieve all sorts…
Improvised, expressive and human string solos. Human, raw and expressive solo string instruments: violin, viola, cello and double bass. We recorded over 1000 unique improvisational performances on these four instruments. They can be instantly reproduced…
Neo Strings is our flagship collection of modern solo strings. A library of 24 articulations for each instrument, including simple articulations enhanced with beautiful true legato, as well as extended and experimental performance techniques unique…
Bongos & Congas. A meticulously sampled full bongo and conga drum kit with plenty of individual hits and tempo-synced grooves from many genres of Latin, jazz and pop music, Straight Ahead! Bongos & Congas is…
This mezzo-soprano library features the healing voice of Kimba Theurich and her classical, blues, Celtic and mystical vocal styles. The library features chromatic true legato, sustain and staccato, as well as flexible tempo-synced phrases and…
Master Legato is the main patch for legato, which contains three different legato articulations; each is individually activated depending on the velocity. Velocities 41-90 – The main range that utilizes the natural legato plucked articulation…
Horns and trombones. Orb Horns and Bones is the counterpart to our Orb Trumpets brass library. We recorded the horns and trombones in their traditional placement in the same room at Orb Studios in Austin,…
Orb Trumpets is a concept release based entirely on performances. Recorded at Orb Studios in Austin, Texas, the goal was to create a trumpet patch that would allow our Adventure-style programming methods to give a…
A legato vocal release intended for emotional and cinematic contexts. For this we needed a tone that would be somewhere between classical and pop. As luck would have it, our co-producer knew someone who not…
The kazoo is an American folk instrument. Anthem Kazoos is an ensemble library of legato kazoos. For Ensembles A & B, we recruited the fearless karaoke warriors from the Anthem Choir series and outfitted them…
Created in collaboration with media composer and arranger Joachim Horsley, Joachim’s Piano is a one-of-a-kind sample of his lovingly restored 1890s Steinway B, including real piano, preparations, percussion and effects. Over 35 hours of studio…
African balafon. French musician Jean-Philippe Rykiel told us about a unique type of African balafon, each key of which has a snare drum that vibrates when pressed, giving it an interesting buzzing sound. Commonly found…