Over the years there have been numerous orchestral string libraries that have been successful in their own right. The Garritan Orchestral Strings collection for Gigastudio is full of literally THOUSANDS of sampled sounds taken from high resolution, 24-bit recordings of the some of the finest instruments available, performed by world-class virtuosos at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This is truly an astounding collection that composers and producers will need to hear to believe!
Free Sampler With Purchase of Sonar!
From November through the end of the year when you purchase Sonar 2, you will receive V-Sampler DXI for FREE! Developed by Speedsoft and MAZ Sound Tools, now distributed by Cakewalk, V-Sampler is a 24-bit/96kHz, 16-part multitimbral DXi sampler and synthesizer with up to 64 stereo voices – all controlled through an easy-to-use interface. Sonar 2 is a comprehensive digital audio and MIDI sequencing program for PCs that has found its way into the homes and studios of many professional artists and producers.
Around the Web
A little while back inSync wrote an article on World of Sampling, a web-based community of all things sampling. From now through the end of the year, World of Sampling is giving away three cool products for FREE including Native Instruments Kontakt. Really, all you have to do to enter is to write a tech tip for their website and you’re in. Kontakt fuses an innovative design with an advanced sampling engine. The result is an inspiringly fast and intuitively flexible sampler with exceptional sound quality. If you have any questions regarding it, give us a call and we’ll give you the skinny.