Sample Libraries Archives - SYNTH ANATOMY https://synthanatomy.com/category/music-tech-news/preset-sample-library/kontakt-5-sample-libraries Music Tech News, Reviews, Events, Music Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:43:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://synthanatomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Synth_Anatomy_Icon_1.png Sample Libraries Archives - SYNTH ANATOMY https://synthanatomy.com/category/music-tech-news/preset-sample-library/kontakt-5-sample-libraries 32 32 Soniccouture Polarity Tension, a dual-layer granular Kontakt instrument in collaboration with K/V https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/soniccouture-polarity-tension-a-dual-layer-granular-kontakt-instrument.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/soniccouture-polarity-tension-a-dual-layer-granular-kontakt-instrument.html#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:43:59 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=97456 Soniccouture Polarity Tension is a new dual-layer granular virtual instrument for Kontakt Player created in collaboration with K/V. Yesterday, I reported on the latest Kontakt 8.6 update, which introduces six new, helpful MIDI tools. These [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/soniccouture-polarity-tension-a-dual-layer-granular-kontakt-instrument.html/feed 0 Slate + Ash Ruins: new Kontakt instrument takes you into an experimental guitarscape journey https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/slate-ash-ruins-new-kontakt-instrument.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/slate-ash-ruins-new-kontakt-instrument.html#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2025 02:59:38 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=97101 Slate + Ash Ruins is a new Kontakt Player instrument with a custom engine that takes guitars into colorful, experimental soundscapes. The guitar is a string instrument whose sound is directly associated with pop, rock, [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/08/slate-ash-ruins-new-kontakt-instrument.html/feed 0 Audiofier Micron, sound design and workflow focused Kontakt instrument series https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/audiofier-micron-sound-design-and-workflow-focused-kontakt-instrument-series.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/audiofier-micron-sound-design-and-workflow-focused-kontakt-instrument-series.html#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:31:09 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=96718 Audiofier Micron is a new series of affordable sound design and workflow-focused Kontakt instruments with monthly releases. There are countless Kontakt libraries on the market, ranging from very basic to super complex instruments with multiple [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/audiofier-micron-sound-design-and-workflow-focused-kontakt-instrument-series.html/feed 0 UVI Percussion Factory 2, creative rhythm designer virtual instrument gets a successor https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/uvi-percussion-factory-2-creative-rhythm-designer-virtual-instrument-gets-a-successor.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/uvi-percussion-factory-2-creative-rhythm-designer-virtual-instrument-gets-a-successor.html#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:49:39 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=96619 UVI Percussion Factory 2 is the successor of its creative rhythm designer virtual instrument, with new features and content to explore. In February 2023, UVI released the Percussion Factory, a virtual instrument featuring a wide [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/07/uvi-percussion-factory-2-creative-rhythm-designer-virtual-instrument-gets-a-successor.html/feed 4 Splice acquires Spitfire Audio and adds another puzzle piece in their AI music making master plan https://synthanatomy.com/2025/04/splice-acquires-spitfire-audio-and-adds-another-puzzle-piece-in-their-ai-music-making-master-plan.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/04/splice-acquires-spitfire-audio-and-adds-another-puzzle-piece-in-their-ai-music-making-master-plan.html#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:01:38 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=94766 Splice acquires Spitfire Audio, a renowned US-based sample library creator, for around $50 million, and plans to integrate AI technology. The big fish usually eat the small ones. Never the other way around. This happens [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/04/splice-acquires-spitfire-audio-and-adds-another-puzzle-piece-in-their-ai-music-making-master-plan.html/feed 11 Soundpaint 4.0, free sampler plugin gets major synth focused update incl. C.A.F technology https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/soundpaint-a-new-virtual-instrument-platform-for-deep-sampled-content.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/soundpaint-a-new-virtual-instrument-platform-for-deep-sampled-content.html#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:07:11 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=60404 Soundpaint, the powerful free sampler plugin from the 8io team, has just got a major free update 4.0 with new filter emulations (C.A.F tech), and more. When 8Dio introduced the Soundpaint sampler in 2021, it [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/soundpaint-a-new-virtual-instrument-platform-for-deep-sampled-content.html/feed 0 UVI SonicBundle, the complete UVI virtual instruments and effects portfolio in a package https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/uvi-sonicbundle-the-complete-uvi-virtual-instruments-and-effects-portfolio-in-a-package.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/uvi-sonicbundle-the-complete-uvi-virtual-instruments-and-effects-portfolio-in-a-package.html#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:34:05 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=93611 UVI SonicBundle features 116 UVI products featuring Falcon synth, virtual instruments and effects for macOS and Windows in a flagship bundle. In 2022, UVI released SonicPass, a subscription service that allows users to access all [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/uvi-sonicbundle-the-complete-uvi-virtual-instruments-and-effects-portfolio-in-a-package.html/feed 0 Chromatic Instruments Pistachiotone MR-65, the Casio MT-65 mini keyboard in a free Kontakt library https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/chromatic-instruments-pistachiotone-mr-65-the-casio-mt-65-mini-keyboard-in-a-free-kontakt-library.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/chromatic-instruments-pistachiotone-mr-65-the-casio-mt-65-mini-keyboard-in-a-free-kontakt-library.html#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:26:32 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=93443 Chromatic Instruments Pistachiotone MR-65 revives the Casio MT-65 mini keyboard in a free fully-featured Kontakt library for your DAW. As the owner of the Native Instruments Kontakt sampler plugin, you can enjoy many powerful virtual [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/03/chromatic-instruments-pistachiotone-mr-65-the-casio-mt-65-mini-keyboard-in-a-free-kontakt-library.html/feed 0 Spitfire Audio BBC Radiophonic Workshop, electronic music history in a virtual instrument https://synthanatomy.com/2025/02/spitfire-audio-bbc-radiophonic-workshop-electronic-music-history-in-a-virtual-instrument.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/02/spitfire-audio-bbc-radiophonic-workshop-electronic-music-history-in-a-virtual-instrument.html#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:07:17 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=92808 Spitfire Audio BBC Radiophonic Workshop is a new, inspiring virtual instrument that allows you to explore electronic music history.  The beginnings of electronic music date back to the 1950s and 1960s. A central place in [...]

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]]> https://synthanatomy.com/2025/02/spitfire-audio-bbc-radiophonic-workshop-electronic-music-history-in-a-virtual-instrument.html/feed 1 Soniccouture Flowstate: a harmonic morphing virtual instrument for Kontakt Player https://synthanatomy.com/2025/02/soniccouture-flowstate-a-harmonic-morphing-virtual-instrument-for-kontakt.html https://synthanatomy.com/2025/02/soniccouture-flowstate-a-harmonic-morphing-virtual-instrument-for-kontakt.html#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:03:24 +0000 https://synthanatomy.com/?p=92803 Soniccouture Flowstate for Kontakt is a new VI that transforms samples using a formant filter bank into a harmonic morphing virtual instrument. Kontakt instruments often have the reputation of being very limited in what they [...]

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