Spitfire Audio Labs - Bell Tree [KONTAKT]
Recorded by Sebastian Truman and Cicely Balston at our new purpose built silent studios in King’s Cross London. This bell tree was recorded primarily to replace Christian’s reliance on a recording of...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Charango [KONTAKT]
The Charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, 66cm long and made with the shell of the back of the armadillo. Christian says, This may only be a small file, but this is the...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Crumhorn [KONTAKT]
This seemed like such a good idea at the time. Half a day in the hall at Air Studios, an array of expensive microphones and technicians. Paul Thomson handed over to Christian Henson to tackle...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Desk Bells [KONTAKT]
A carefully manufactured array of ceramic desk or “service!” bells. Lovingly sampled here in our new purpose built dry space at Kings Cross by Cicely Balston and Sebastian Truman. The hammer...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Fingered Dulcimer [KONTAKT]
One of the beautiful artistic aspects of sampling is “Hyper Sampling” whereby you design an instrument that simply couldn’t be played that way but with a sound that is totally true and organic.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Frame Drum [KONTAKT]
A large dull sounding thin bodied bodhran-like drum played with fingers and thumbs recorded with loads of round robins and dynamic layers. Use the UI or associated KeySwitch to select different style...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Hammered Dulcimer [KONTAKT]
Recorded especially for this Christmas give-away by CH at Air-Edel studios for that dry, controllable sound. With two dynamic levels and 5 round robins per hit, plus a pass of tremolando with release...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Hand Chimes [KONTAKT]
Like the desk bells these also have a schoolish or primitive quality. Designed for school use they have a remarkably sonorous instrument.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Hand Claps [KONTAKT]
Like with our Bell Tree range, this is a refresher set of hand claps so you can replace that tired old sample you nabbed off a CD laminated to a trade mag 8 years ago.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Indian Banjo [KONTAKT]
This quirky little thing is a 24 stringed autoharp style instrument but with all 24 strings tuned to the same note! You strum the exposed strings over the sound hole with one hand and depress stops...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Iron Drum [KONTAKT]
Recorded at Air-Edel studios specifically for the labs the Iron Drum is a heavy iron drum with 6 “resonators” that feels not unlike a chunky hand drum. It has a beautiful mellow tone that’s both...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Kalimba [KONTAKT]
Brilliantly (because they often sound rubbish) recorded by Stanley Gabriel at our new purpose built silent studios in King’s Cross London.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Mini Pan [KONTAKT]
A small toy steel pan recorded and played with a selection of beaters by Sebastian Truman and Cicely Balston at our new purpose built silent studios in Kings Cross London.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Ollie Waton Drums [KONTAKT]
Christian has a new live room and wanted to test it out for drums. Spitfire welcomes showcasing the talents of the young up-and-coming Ollie Waton (www.olliewaton.com) and also Stanley Gabriel...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Soft Piano [KONTAKT]
This is one of Christian and Paul’s favourite private patches, having become a workhorse within many of Henson’s film scores. It is especially proud in the haunting “Triangle”.
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - The Colonel [KONTAKT]
Christian’s Wurlitzer piano, bought for £200 from a friend, it’s seen some action! Recorded with a bunch of round robins, release triggers and dynamic layers and a selection of mic settings. DI,...
View ArticleSpitfire Audio Labs - Toy Dulcimer [KONTAKT]
Of unknown original, Paul discovered this tiny single-stringed (ie not arranged in pairs) Dulcimer which has to be heard to be believed, truly infectious.
View ArticleThe Drum Broker - S1 Presents Voices Vocal Collection [WAV]
Grammy Award Winning Multi Platinum Selling Producer S1 (aka Symbolyc One) presents "VOICES", The S1 Vocal Collection library which features dynamic songwriting duo The Frontrunnaz. 'Voice" Collection...
View ArticleMSXII Audio Presents - The MSXII Soulful Stems [WAV]
And yet again, MSXII proudly delivers with their most anticipated sample pack to date! The Soulful Stems is colorful array of rich, warm, vintage textures blended with the rhythm and groove of the...
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