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VIs: Winning Sounds, Performance, and Price
Virtual Instruments have come of age! With today's computers, you can easily power an array of VIs - everything from drum machines to orchestras to analog synth emulations. If you're composing and producing music, then virtual instrument plug-ins make life very easy! Every tweak can be programmed, stored, recalled, and played right from within your DAW software.
In this feature, we've focused on 30 of our customers' favorite VIs, covering keyboards, guitars, drums, orchestral sounds, and samplers. This is just a small selection of the dozens of VIs available from Sweetwater. If you don't see what you're looking for, call us! We'll help you choose the best sounds for your music.
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Most Popular Samplers
Native Instruments Kontakt 3
The latest version of this popular sampler includes a redesigned interface, plus a 32GB sample library, built-in wave editor, import of virtually any format, and a unique script processor that allows you to create expressive articulations.

MOTU MachFive v2
MachFive is one of the best-selling software samplers at Sweetwater for good reason: it delivers the perfect balance of superb audio quality, speed of operation, and across-the-board sample format compatibility.

Digidesign Structure
Structure is the first professional RTAS sampler designed and optimized specifically for Pro Tools. It boasts a 128-patch multi-timbral universal sound engine and ships with a huge sample library from East West.

Cakewalk Dimension Pro
Dimension Pro combines real instruments with advanced synthesis. Its massive two-DVD sound library makes it a "go-to" instrument with fast access to superior presets, while its deep editing capabilities will please sound designers.


Most Popular Keyboards
Synthogy Ivory
A favorite with Sweetwater customers, Ivory combines over 3,500 samples with a sample-playback engine built from the ground up to bring out the resonance, response, and character of three of the world's finest concert grands.

MOTU Electric Keys
Electric Keys is like taking a trip through the annals of rock n' roll and R&B.
You'll find recreations of legendary electric pianos, organs, clavinets, tape samplers, and other rare and exotic electric keyboards.

IK Multimedia SampleTron
If you crave the sounds of vintage Mellotrons and other tape- or disk-based keyboards, SampleTron is for you! It boasts a collection of virtual Mellotrons, Chamberlins, Optigans, Orchestrons, and more, with legendary vintage sounds.

Digidesign Velvet
Velvet is optimized for Pro Tools 7 and faithfully reproduces the sound and feel of classic Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos. You can tweak the 100+ presets and apply a bevy of built-in processors to tailor the sound to your desire.

Native Instruments Komplete Classic
Native Instruments delivers a knockout collection of four amazing keyboard emulations. Komplete Classic includes Akoustik Piano, with three legendary grand pianos and an upright; Electrik Piano, with four classic EPs; the B4 II, tonewheel organ; and Pro-53 synth.


Most Popular Guitar/Bass
Applied Acoustics Strum Acoustic GS-1
If you're a keyboardist and want to add guitar to your tracks, here's your solution. Strum Acoustic GS-1 lets you choose from an array of modeled acoustic instruments, from nylon- to steel-string, booming dreadnought to detailed small-body.

Digidesign Eleven
Though not technically a virtual instrument, Eleven delivers the sounds of legendary amps: cabinet resonance, speaker cone breakup, power amp sag, ghost notes, and more. It also includes convolution-based cabinet and mic models.

Spectrasonics Trilogy
A long-time favorite of composers and producers, Trilogy integrates a custom 3GB library of more than 1,000 bass sounds with a powerful user interface. You can mix and match any two layers to create your own unique patches.

IK Multimedia Total Guitar & Bass Bundle
This bundle provides a varied collection of guitar and bass amp and effects models that are perfect for studio or live situations. It includes AmpliTube 2, AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix, AmpliTube Metal, and AmpliTube X-Gear, plus Ampeg SVX.

Waves GTR3 System
GTR3 brings dozens of vintage and contemporary amp and stompbox tones right to your computer. It also includes a high-quality hardware interface, developed in conjunction with ace guitar maker Paul Reed Smith.

Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE
Guitar Rig 3 XE gives you a stellar collection of amps, cabinets, and effects for your guitar or bass, at an unbelievably low price! You get five great amp models, 12 different cabinet models, and 21 meticulously modeled effects.


Most Popular Drums/Percussion
Toontrack EZdrummer
The most popular choice among Sweetwater customers, dfh EZdrummer is an intuitive and easy way to get drum tracks into your songs. EZdrummer combines stellar samples with over 8,000 drag-and-drop MIDI grooves.

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0
Also from Toontrack, Superior Drummer 2.0 features a completely overhauled engine optimized for use with electronic drum kits, plus, top-notch sounds. A great step up from EZdrummer, and an ultra-flexible virtual drummer for your sessions!

Digidesign Strike
Designed for Pro Tools users, Strike simulates a real, skilled drummer with a well-miked kit in a great-sounding room. It lets you produce nuanced performances with unprecedented realism, control, and playability.

FXpansion BFD 2.0
BFD 2.0 gives you a staggering 55GB of rare, vintage, boutique, and classic drum sounds that will punch up the quality of any recording. Recorded at London's legendary Air Lyndhurst studios, each instrument is captured in immaculate detail with multiple mic setups.

Submersible Music DrumCore 2.5
DrumCore provides a complete set of tools for creating great drum tracks quickly across a wide range of musical genres. It combines name-band drummer content (in both audio and MIDI formats) with great samples. It even helps you manage your own loop libraries and create your own MIDI drum kits.


Most Popular Orchestral
Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Instruments II Special Edition
The Vienna Instruments II Special Edition brings together a cross-section of the Vienna Symphonic Library in an affordable collection. It's ideal for laptop orchestration, or for newcomers to the world of Vienna Instruments.

Gary Garritan Personal Orchestra
GPO puts an amazing collection of orchestral instruments at your fingertips! This easy-to-use collection lets you play articulations in real time, build your own ensembles, and seamlessly integrate the instruments into notation programs.

East West Quantum Leap Voices of Passion
Quantum Leap Voices of Passion features five amazing female vocalists from Wales, Syria, India, Bulgaria and America, performing ethereal, striking, and mysterious sounds that are perfect for use in television, film, and musical applications.

MOTU Symphonic Instrument
From solo instruments and small ensembles to full orchestra and choirs, the MOTU Symphonic Instrument's 8GB library provides sounds from world-class musicians, recorded with pristine audio fidelity and careful attention to detail.

IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik
This powerful integrated orchestral plug-in combines the legendary Miroslav Vitous Orchestral and Choir sample collection masterpieces with a dedicated plug-in instrument specifically tailored toward classical sounds and arrangements.


Most Popular Sound Modules and Bundles
Propellerhead Reason 4
The new version of this bestselling synth bundle is the coolest yet, with workflow enhancements, the new Thor polysonic synth, a stunningly powerful arpeggiator, and the ReGroove real-time groove management device.

Native Instruments Komplete 5
Komplete 5 bundles a whopping 11 award-winning synthesizers, samplers, effects, and guitar emulations with over 50GB of professional sample libraries. Includes Kontakt 3, Massive, FM8, Absynth 4, Pro-53, Battery 3, B4 II, Reaktor 5, Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano, and Guitar Rig 3 software.

Digidesign Virtual Instrument Box Set
Add new sonic flavors to your Pro Tools rig! This collection of five software instruments covers all the bases from synths to classic electric pianos to virtual drums. Includes Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, and Xpand!

Arturia V-Collection
V-Collection packs seven legendary soft synths in one package: Jupiter-8V, Moog Modular V, CS-80 V, ARP 2600 V, Minimoog V, Prophet 5 V, and Prophet VS. All the classic synthesizers you will ever need to create a unique sound palette!

Native Instruments Kore 2
Kore 2 includes 500 sounds based on the engines of Reaktor, Massive, Absynth, FM8, Kontakt, and Guitar Rig. But that's just the beginning! Kore 2 also gives you incredible sound management capabilities that will speed your creative workflow.


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