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Zero-G Eastern Violin
Zero-G Eastern Violin
Eastern Violin is a 2.7gb library of over 1000 authentic eastern style violin phrases. Professionally recorded on location in the Indian subcontinent in pristine 24bit audio. These phrases are the business when it comes to locking down the essential character of the region. They can be used in almost...
$19.95
Zero-G Ethnic
Zero-G Ethnic
Produced by the Paradise Organization for Zero-G, this is a huge collection of ethnic rhythm loops, percussion, vocals and effects for dance producers, remixers, DJs and artists, including: Oriental Loops: African Beats
$10.00
Zero-G Fraktale Fragmente
Zero-G Fraktale Fragmente
An exquisite, experimental multi-format sound library of handmade electronic signals.Fractale Fragmente is an exquisite, experimental multi-format sound library from the Hamburg-based electronic project Neueheimat. Neueheimat is the brain-child of Dennis Grell and Philipp Staudinger - two producers and sound designers.
$10.00
Zero-G Hauntology
Zero-G Hauntology
Hauntology - a massive 3.2 Gb of organic electronic music samples from acclaimed composer and producer Si Begg. The library is full of amazing abstract, melodic and percussive loops as well as weird effects, sweeps and tonal textures. Here is what Si Begg says about the library: The aim of this library...
$25.00
Zero-G Kocktail Kollection
Zero-G Kocktail Kollection
Zero-G Kocktail Kollection KOCKTAIL KOLLECTION - Fabulous Lounge Music sample library. IF U ARE LOOKING FOR THE DEEP CHEESE...... Yeah, we know what you're thinking. Just what the world needs, another lounge sample collection, another bunch of two bar 'elevator music wannabe' sound bites.
$25.00
Zero-G Legacy
Zero-G Legacy
Zero-G Legacy [DVD / Multiformat] Legacy (WAV, ACID, Kontakt, EXS24, HALion, Reason NN-XT, Apple Loops) NEW RELEASE! Welcome to LEGACY - over 1.5 Gb of sounds inspired by the classic sci-fi movies of the eighties. Legacy consists of a vast array of atmospheres, cinematic FX, drones, impacts, rises and suspense-filled ambiences.
$19.90
Zero-G Nordic Noir
Zero-G Nordic Noir
Nordic Noir is a huge new 3 Gb Cinematic Crime, Drama & Action sample library from Zero-G based on and calling to mind the great soundtracks from that bleak and beautiful cinematic and TV genre. The sounds from the 32 construction kits have been cleverly created so that they can be interwoven and...
$17.50
Zero-G Phantom Horns
Zero-G Phantom Horns
Description This world-class library features the dynamic and much admired sounds of the UK's most respected horn section - The Phantom Horns (including John Thirkell and Gary Barnacle). The line-up consists of Trumpet, flute, flugelhorn and trombone, as well as Alto, Tenor and Baritone saxes. Both...
$10.00
Zero-G Total Bass Drums [DVD]
Zero-G Total Bass Drums [DVD]
Zero-G Total Bass Drums [DVD] Total Bass Drums (WAV, ACID, Kontakt, EXS24, HALion, Reason NN-XT, Apple AIFF) Total Bass Drums is a massive library of over 10,000 single hit kick drums.  There are over 1.2Gb of samples organised into folders each containing 500 individual kicks. These folders are named Analog Kicks.
$25.00
Zero-G Total Snare Drums [DVD]
Zero-G Total Snare Drums [DVD]
Zero-G Total Snare Drums [DVD / Muliformat] Total Snare Drums is a massive library of over 10,000 single hit snare drums. Total Snare Drums (WAV, ACID, Kontakt, EXS24, HALion, Reason NN-XT, Apple AIFF). There are over 1.5Gb of samples organised into folders each containing between 60 and 500 individual snares.
$15.00
Zero-Gravity Beats
Zero-Gravity Beats
SONY / Siggi Baldursson: Zero-Gravity Beats The Zero-Gravity Beats collection is the brainchild of master drummer and percussionist Siggi Baldursson. Best known for his highly regarded work with Sugarcubes, Bjцrk, and Emiliana Torrini, the intensely creative Siggi was one of the first acoustic drummers...
$10.00
Zmey Techno Bullets
Zmey Techno Bullets
Zmey Techno Bullets [WAV / Sylenth1 / NI Massive] About Samples Library Zmey are proud to present this ultimate collection of TECHNO BULLETS! Great collection of presets for Massive and Sylenth, EXCLUSIVE FX`s, Drum Hits, Bass loops and Synth loops! 651 professional samples for your next TECHNO BOMB! Listen to the DEMO.
$10.00
ZTechno Chemical Techno
ZTechno Chemical Techno
Pack Summary ZTEKNO are back with new Chemical TECHNO sample pack! We are proud to present updated vision of our sample packs! Our sample packs have become even more convenient for your next productions. Now you can choose: Synth Loop dry or wet, sidechained or not sidcheined Bass Loops, many options for Drum Loops (Tops a\b.
$10.00
Ztekno Madness Techno
Ztekno Madness Techno
About Sample Pack ZTEKNO are back with an Unlimited Techno sample collection, Inspired by great music played by CARL COX, ENRICO SANGUILIANO, RICHIE HAWTIN, JAY LUMEN, PIG & DAN, JUAN ATKINS, CHRIS LIEBING, UMEK, ADAM BEYER, GREEN VELVET and a lot more! Check this crazy demo track and grab your...
$5.00
Ztekno My Tech House Mind
Ztekno My Tech House Mind
ZTEKNO proudly presents «MY TECH HOUSE MIND»! The day has come and today, finally, you can feel like a real professional producer (if you are not a professional already) of the Tech House style and hear yourself in a way you have never heard before. We are talking about high-quality content and using it.
$10.00
ZTekno Techno Nation
ZTekno Techno Nation
ZTekno Techno Nation Sample Pack Summary ZTEKNO is back with this amaizing and very very FAT Techno Nation sample pack! This sample pack a lot of what you hear for the first time! Don`t miss this brilliant and grub your copy now! All loops and samples are warmed,processed and tuned. 545 Mb Unzipped...
$10.00

Sample types

Sample libraries are the collections of sound files that are usually organized in sets concerning musical instruments or environmental sounds categories used for compilation. They are widely used by composers, DJs, music producers and other people for making musical works. Usually, famous music composers are known for their own sound style they form using blends of various sample libraries and sound effects in their compositions.

Samples can be differentiated from regular sound records by few special features. They are short (length about 10 seconds) and are recorded using one note. That helps to make a qualitative instrument on their basis. High quality samples are usually professionally-cut. In such samples micro-pauses in the beginning and in the end of a sample are deleted and the stops for sound loop are marked. Samples without sound loop are called “one-shot” samples, which are reproduced from the very beginning to the very end of a whole piece. Such samples are ordinary used in making drum sounds, sound effects etc.

Samples with sound loops are called “loops”. E. g, one set of drums for four-eight time can be recorded as a loop. Special software that can work with pre-made loops has become widely-popular among the amateur musicians. These programs include SONY ACID, EJAY and many others. Sample libraries and single samples in WAV format can be reproduced with literally any PC sound playback software.

Sample recording

When it needs to digitize the piano sounds, one can guess, that it will be enough just to record every piano note. This approach was used in 1970-s, when sampling techniques just appeared. But the sound quality made with such a technique is rather poor and too far from the professional sounding.

For recording a full-quality sample it's inevitable to take into consideration all the trifles of sound, e.g, the velocity of key press, using a pedal, sounding with opened and closed piano top etc. Adding to it the sounding dependence from the place where sound is played and even from the furniture of this place we have a great bunch of factors that can notably impact on the sounding. So, the quantity of sounds can reach 100 per one piano note. The more sounds we record, the closer we are to the original sounding, but also the bigger are the recorded files. It enlarges the size of an instrument that is sampled.

Potentially, sounding of an instrument that uses sample libraries come close to original. But considering that there are a lot of peculiarities in the sounding of original instrument, digital instruments can't copy it with an absolute accuracy. That's why original pianos are still in use.

After recording desired sounds, we need to make an integrated instrument, which sounds will be then reproduced by digital or analog sampler. For that, we need to assign (map) the samples from our own sample libraries to each keyboard key. For getting qualitative sounding, we need to spend a lot of time assigning appropriate samples.

Clean and processed sound libraries

The most part of sample libraries present clean («dry») sounds without any sound effects applied. So, the musicians can put necessary effects by themselves choosing the right place for them in any individual composition.

Some sample libraries can have samples with special sound effects for particular purposes, e.g., imitation of cathedral choir reverb or heavy metal distortion. These samples are also called «wet» samples.

Sample libraries and music software for DJs and amateur musicians

Sample libraries are vitally important for a good DJ. If some time earlier Djs used analog devices for making cool sounds, now they can use their own collections of digital sounds to make a musical masterpiece. The quality of a synthesizer for a DJ or other musician's purposes is measured by the quality and quantity of sound samples it can reproduce. The best ones, for example, some Yamaha high-end models, have an impressive sample libraries in combination with perfect sound quality.

Sample libraries can be used not only by professional musicians and producers who buys a lot of expensive equipment. They can also be used by an amateur, who just starts his music experiments. Sample libraries are provided in the digital file-sets that can be easily downloaded from the web. Simple sets are usually free or cost not much. So getting them is not much of a problem.

There are a great variety of computer programs which use sample libraries and can substitute synthesizers. One of good examples is FruityLoops. It has its own collection of software synthesizers. There are more than 20 various synthesizers and 2 samplers available. They can be used for making one's own sample libraries. But it needs a lot of time and experience, so amateur musicians often use already-prepared sound sets, combining and mixing them together, adding some effects and environmental sounds. FruityLoops sample library can be easily expanded with other libraries. The friendly interface will help to make such an expansion easy and fast. FruityLoops is rather professional music production instrument with a lot of different options and possibilities. But there is another program to work with sample libraries that is called SoundForge.

SoundForge, developed by Sony Creative Software, is a suitable platform for an amateur musician. Its restricted version, Sound Forge Audio Studio, is a nice instrument to start with. It's price is pretty good and it has all the functionality to start home experiments with sample libraries. SoundForge has a set of instruments for fast editing and creation of new sound pieces. The program helps to remaster and clean old records, put filters and effects and create master-discs. This program will be a good start to making your own sample libraries.

Great collection of sample libraries for any taste

It's clearly seen that producing samples is not an easy task. Luckily, there is a great variety of special sample libraries available on the contemporary music market and there's no need to make them yourself. One can find practically any sound he or she needs.

Our site provides a solid collection of sample libraries in various formats, including WAV, AKAI, GIGA, SF2, Reason refills etc. They can be used for making industrial, house, trance and other kinds of compositions. Our library is being constantly developed and updated. We are glad to present you a variety of choice for making your own music masterpieces.