Best Epic Percussion Libraries 2021 We’ve already talked about orchestral percussion previously, and now the time has come to expand on your percussion ensemble by adding some aggression and punch with epic percussion. No percussion ensemble is complete without massive taikos, epic toms and other big banging drums, so let’s get to it! Heavyocity – […]
Best Orchestral Woodwind Libraries 2021 Now is the time to talk about woodwinds. Many modern composers nowadays tend to overlook woodwinds as an important part of the orchestra, which fills the gap between strings and brass. If you are a fan of John Williams, pay close attention to his Star Wars scores and you’ll see […]
Best Free Orchestral Plugins & Sample Libraries 2020 When you are a student or a hobbyist who aspires to become a working composer one day, you really struggle when starting out with your orchestral sample collection. Most of the time your budget if not limited is non-existing. That’s when you struggle to find usable free […]
Top 10 New Sound Design Tools And Instruments Pick for 2020 Sound design has become so mainstream these days, and there is not a single media today that doesn’t include at least some aspects of synthetic or designed organic sounds. The offer is quite substantial when it comes to both plugins and virtual instruments, and […]
Top 10 Cinematic Percussion Sample Libraries 2019 Every composer needs a few percussion libraries in their arsenal to create cinematic thumping, heart-pumping action scenes. But which one to choose? Should you stick with only one or use a combination of a few good ones? In this post we’re going to take you on a search […]
Top 10 Best Free Kontakt Sample Libraries 2019 Everybody loves getting free stuff, especially musicians and composers who know how much an average instrument or software library can cost. That is why we scouted some of the best free Kontakt sample libraries out there that will help you get started composing if you’re on a […]
Samples, Soundsets And Plugins – What’s The Difference? Here at VST Buzz, we have great deals on all kinds of different music software. We regularly receive questions about compatibility and which software is needed to run the products. The music software market has fragmented into products of many types, all of which create sounds in […]
Simple Tricks For Customising Factory Sample Libraries Kontakt FX Kontakt ships with dozens of high quality studio effects offering a powerful (and free) way of customising and personalising otherwise generic factory presets. To begin, open any instrument and click on the wrench icon on the left to open, for this example I’ll use the “Rock […]
Hidden Gems In Kontakt’s Factory Library 1 Orchestral Believe it or not there are a handful of very useable orchestral instruments included in the Kontakt Factory Library. If you are a new media composer who is still developing their collection of high end virtual instruments or if you are just looking for some alternatives or […]
A Brief History Of Sampling Sampling is so common in music these days that we often take it for granted and don’t bother to think about what exactly it is and how it evolved. In this post I am going to give you a brief history of sampling, highlighting some of the major developments and […]
