Warm Studio Woodwinds: Solo Clarinet Warm Studio Woodwinds is the latest creation in 8Dio’s range of contemporary studio ensembles. It is derived from 8Dio’s Intimate Studio Woodwinds library. With over 160 hours of session material recorded at Scotland’s Premiere Recording Studio – Gorbals Sound, and countless more in post-production, Warm Studio Woodwinds continues 8Dio’s notion of a fully…
8Dio Hybrid Tools Terminus 8Dio Terminus is the latest in their Hybrid Tools series and has quickly made it into a wealth of blockbuster movies, games, and TV-shows. Terminus contains 1,200 custom cinematic instruments and FX. The sound is undeniably big, modern and studio clean with everything polished to perfection. Pro-Grade Cinematic Instruments Kontakt VST…
8Dio’s Solo Violin & Solo Cello Designer SALE The Solo Designer instruments are a massive collection of thousands of real cello & violin phrases. The intention of the library was to sample completely realistic solo violin & solo cello by creating an incredible collection of musical phrases. 8Dio programmed the library in a way that gives…
8Dio Releases Free The New Cajon and Bongo Kontakt Library The history behind 8Dio’s The New Cajon and Bongo is one of darkness and despair. The Slaves of West and Central African origin are considered to be the origin of the Cajon drum, which is essentially a wooden box with a sheet of wood nailed…
8Dio Vibraphone The Vibraphone is featured from 8Dio’s Studio Orchestral Percussion library, which contains 6 deep-sampled percussion instruments including the Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Crotales & Tubular Bells. 8Dio Vibraphone is a featured Instrument from our Studio Percussion Series and uses our advanced technique ‘Groove Sampling™’ that allows you to create hyper-realistic percussive grooves with…
FREE ASMR by 8Dio Available Now Thanks to 8Dio Free ASMR, your compositions will acquire a new dimension in which you will be able to drive the listener through sensations other than just ‘hearing music’. ASMR recordings are a new and original way to enrich your scores with new levels of madness. With over 800…
A Message From The Founders of 8Dio Dear 8Dio Worldwide Family, First and foremost, we hope you are home and well – surrounded by loved ones. In this time of unpredictability, the world needs care, empathy, and music more than ever. We want to focus on supporting you – our beautiful and creative community. You, our…
The New Glass Marimba Instrument for Kontakt To support the composer community 8Dio released another free Kontakt Instrument. The New Glass Marimba is a custom 8DIO instrument and is a modification of the classic Marimba. 8Dio has taken a classic Marimba and replaced the wooden bars with glass bars, this gives a very warm and…
Hybrid Tools: Phenex Bundle Released by 8Dio 8Dio released Phenex, available as a bundle or as two libraries that are part of the bundle: Hybrid Tools: Phenex Modular Analog Basses, Pads & Strings and Hybrid Tools: Phenex Modular Analog Effects & Tools. The bundle is a collection of professional scoring tools. Phenex was produced by…
EverWave an Experimental Trip by 8Dio Continuing with 8Dio’s experimental trip though custom-made instruments, they released a gem that intends to fulfill your transcendental desire in music: EverWave 8Dio EverWave is a special one-of-a-kind physical instrument – exclusively designed for the purpose of deep-sampling. 8Dio spent nearly two years together with a master Luthier in…
8Dio Century Ensemble Brass Lite 8Dio Century Ensemble Brass Lite is a new addition to the 8Dio Century Brass collection. Century Ensemble Brass Lite is designed to help improve your workflow – as all the brass instruments are playing together in natural orchestral seating arrangement. This means you can play powerful articulations like short notes…
The New Century Brass (2.0) 8Dio updated its flagship Brass series with a variety of enhancements to the internal mapping, patch variations and all-new mixes along with many other general improvements. Century Brass 2.0 now includes two tailor-made “in place” mixes, with instruments situated in a traditional orchestral seating position. 8Dio optimizes the entire library,…
Songwriting Guitar is “On The House” by 8Dio Ever thought about making a song like Coldplay, Oasis or Tracy Chapman? Look no further. Songwriting Guitar VST is a sample tool made for songwriters, composers and producers that need instant- and authentic guitar strums and licks. 8Dio analyzed a variety of top 40 rock- and pop…
Legion Series 66 Basses Flash Sale 48H Only 66 Basses sound enormous, the sound of many of the included patches is big and grand. You can instantly write a big-sounding piece (example below) or enhance your score. “66 Basses from 8Dio are all about loud, epic and sub rattling iconic bass. A similar string instrument that is…
8Dio’s Bundle of The Bible of Salsa includes Vol I, II, and III The Bible of Salsa is a unique collection you will ever need to dive deep into this masterpiece and rich style of Latin music. Every single instrument throughout the collection was recorded by the same players, at the same studio, with the…
Post-Apocalyptic Guitar by 8Dio 8Dio continues its series “On The House” with another free advanced sample library for everyone. Post-Apocalyptic Guitar VST is a sample library dedicated to the rhythmic timbre and textures of post-rock bands. The production of Post-Apocalyptic Guitar was inspired by Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Cul De Sac and…
Bible of Salsa – True Polyphonic Legato – Vol III The third volume completes the circle of the Bible of Salsa. In contrast with Volumes One and Two, The Bible of Salsa Volume Three is all about writing music. Bible of Salsa – Vol I – III While One and Two will allow you to…
Bible of Salsa Vol III – Teaser The Bible of Salsa Vol. III is entirely focused on Latin brass (Trumpet, Trombone, and Saxophone) and all the Latin percussion instruments (ex. Congas, Bongos, Guiros, Shakers, Maracas, Timbales, etc). The Bible of Salsa offers both the ability to play the brass instruments individually or together – featuring…
Free You by 8Dio 8Dio launched a new series of free advanced sample libraries for every composer and sound designer. Free You is a follow-up to 8Dio popular Free Angels and Free Radicals libraries, which were done in collaboration with their excellent community of users. 8Dio’s Free You is a new-generation art software instrument created in…
Discover the 8Dio hybrid scoring tools Now is a good time to get selected and current hybrid scoring tools produced by 8Dio.
8Dio’s Hybrid Tools Eternal Darkness Review Under review is Hybrid Tools Eternal Darkness published and produced by 8Dio. The content of the new hybrid Kontakt library helps the composer with additional haunting & sinister cinematic Effects. After purchase you can easily download the library through the 8Dio Download Tool which installs the new Kontakt instruments…
Salsa Volume 1 & Salsa Volume 2 The Bible of SALSA Volume One & Volume Two are available now. Become a Salsa Superhuman and compose hyper-realistic Salsa music in minutes. To push the limits of modern sampling, we traveled to Cali, Colombia, the self-proclaimed ‘World Capital of Salsa’ to record the most in-depth Salsa collection…
Equinox: Hybrid Action Tools Review 8Dio’s latest Equinox: Hybrid Action Tools is one of the latest Hybrid Kontakt libraries published and produced by 8Dio. 8Dio has been releasing over the past years many Kontakt Libraries that have been used on countless trailers and movie underscore by professional composers around the world. As mentioned in the…
8Dio has launched their early Black November Sale. Now it is a good time to get some of the leading Kontakt Instrument Libraries in the market. We are currently reviewing Century Artisan Brass and Equinox: Hybrid Action Tools. As the article is not out yet I would strongly suggest getting your hands on those two…
8Dio Century Artisan Brass – Cimbasso Ensemble The second release of Century Artisan Brass, 8Dio’s ultra deep-sampled six-player Cimbasso Ensemble offers a gorgeous highly playable sound, sampled in 96kHz with advanced features as in-depth tempo-synced articulations and eight microphone perspectives, all housed in the familiar Century user-interface. Soon to be followed by Century Artisan Brass: Flugel Horn!…
Playable with each and every note considered and introduced with care and emotion. The unique Century Artisan Brass proffers playability that assists to get the composers job done quickly. This first part highlights six Euphonium players lovingly sampled in 96kHz with in-depth tempo-synced articulations and eight microphone perspectives, all housed in our advanced intuitive user-interface.…
Equinox: Hybrid Action Tools 8Dio Hybrid Tools Equinox is a modern cinematic pulse tool designed for professionals. Equinox features a deep array of pulse- and rhythm tools all tempo-synced to the DAW. The tools include Action Groove Generator, Cinematic Pulse Generator, Giga-Horns (the new generation of Mega-Horns) and a vast array of other Rhythmic and Tonal tools. At its…
8Dio runs a Wacky Woodwinds Day: Claire Bundle $198 | Each Volume $38 + 8Dioboe $8 Looking for excellent sounding woodwinds? Take a look the reduced Claire Bundle $198 | Each Volume $38 + 8Dioboe $8: Wacky Woodwinds Day
The Bible of SALSA by 8Dio 8Dio traveled to Cali, Colombia, the self-proclaimed ‘World Capital of Salsa’ to record the most in-depth Salsa collection ever produced. Along with stellar musicians and surrounded by the amazing energy Latino artists have, 8Dio spent months recording what would become this jewel that is ‘The Bible of Salsa’. The…
66-Cellos Expands 8Dio Legion Series 8Dio Expands Legion Series, after their very highly rated 66 Tubas (our Review), 66 Trombones and 66 Basses (our Review) now you can perform with 66-Cellos. I really look forward to the monstrous sound of 66 Cello shaking the ground. Recorded in 8Dio’s favorite modern recording hall, 66-Cellos features only…
8Dio’s Anniversary Sale celebrating 8Dio being eight years in sample library industry continues. Following up on last week flash sale 8Dio continues to celebrate their 8th year in the sample business. Check out this week sale here. Personally, I highly recommend New Rhythmic Aura 1 and the second edition New Rhythmic Aura 2. Take a…
8Dio is looking for a handful of composers to test out our brand new ‘Bible of Salsa’ library collection. If you have experience writing Latin, Salsa, or advanced rhythmic music 8Dio would LOVE to hear from you. The Bible of Salsa is the first Ultra Deep-Sampled Collection of Latin/Salsa inspired instruments. 8Dio have used a…
The sample library market has many players, some are months or a few years in the market. One key player in the sample library market providing leading Kontakt libraries to the composer and producer is 8Dio. Celebrate with 8Dio their 8th Anniversary with 40% off ALL eligible Products and Bundles. Apply the code L8VE at…
Free ASMR is 8Dio’s 4th community project:The community with the guidance and help pf 8Dio creates a large ASMR sample library. 8Dio will provide 50% of all the samples in the library and the community will provide the rest. To join the team create 5 ASMR sounds and send them to 8Dio – and in…
8Dio’s Studio Saxophones For Kontakt was updated to Version 1.2. If you do already own 8Dio Intimate Studio Saxophones check your Email for instructions on how to update and download the update files directly from 8Dio. After updating I did need to perform a batch resave to assure all samples and instruments are linked. Studio…
8Dio Updates Intimate Studio Strings, now available as Version 1.3. This is a free update for existing owners (check your email), to celebrate the update 8Dio is running a flash sale. Comprising of over 500 hours of sessions the Intimate Studio Strings series marks 8Dio’s commitment to pushing boundaries not only in technologies but also…
8Dio want to push the limit of ensemble percussion sampling. They have traveled to Latin America to record an outstanding Batucada drum ensemble. The 33 Musician ensemble was recorded in incredible detail and includes a massive selection of articulations, rhythmic variations, and playing styles, all housed in an intuitive and advanced user interface. Additionally, 8Dio…
During the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s, NASA sent nine missions to the Moon, six of them landed astronauts safely on the surface. July 20th, 2019, marks the 50th Anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon in 1969, as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar mission. NASA will be celebrating the…
The Adagio series was recorded in a lush church environment and contains three main groups of master Bassists; Full Ensemble (4 Players), Small Ensemble or Chamber (2 Players) and a Solo Virtuoso (1 Player). Each section was recorded in incredible detail; we sampled a huge range of articulations including 5 unique legato types, extensive short…
Version 1.2 of Century Ensemble Brass is now available. The new update now includes individual patches for each articulation to improve load times and workflow in larger projects. We have also included time machine capable dynamic arcs, as well as our latest “Chordal” Legato, which enables you to play chord-based polyphonic lines within a single…
The updated Adagio Violas – A Part Of The Anthology Series includes several new features and polished articulations found in 8Dios Anthology Series. Anthology users will notice improvements in the overall load times, reduced CPU footprint, and overall polish of each sample. Produced by Academy Award, TEC and G.A.N.G Award Winning Composer, Troels Folmann and…
Liberis 2.0 is 8Dio’s new-generation choir library featuring the professional 45-Piece Multi-Award Winning Piedmont’s Children’s Choir lead by choral conductor, Bob Geary. The library represents the most accurate and detailed deep-sampled Symphonic Children’s Choir on the market, including Full Ensemble Choir and 3 Deep-Sampled Soloists. Currently it is available for a very short time frame…
8Dio Hybrid Tools – Terminus Review 8Dio Hybrid Tools – Terminus is a library offering professional producer and composer over 1,200 custom cinematic instruments and FX for their next trailer, game and scoring to picture project. 8Dio did send a review copy with no strings attached. Installation You download the library with the help of…
8Dio Terminus is a pro-grade tool designed for epic blockbuster scores and trailers containing over 1,200 custom cinematic instruments and FX. The sound of Terminus is big, modern and studio clean with everything mastered to perfection. Terminus is the result of over 18 months of deep production and contains four different types of core instrument…
8Dio Advent Calendar is back up, every day a special deal. 8Dio’s Advent Calendar 2018 FAQ HOW DO I GET THE FREE GIFT? You simply purchase any instruments above the required minimum spend and the free gift will be sent out automatically! (It will NOT be added to the cart, but simply be sent out automatically by our…
Dark Prophecy (Part of Hybrid Tools Series) by 8Dio Review Hybrid Tools Dark Prophecy which is under review today enters the dark mood that is needed for so many compositions in the modern action driven world of cinema. Several years ago 8Dio launched the first version of Hybrid Tool (1). Since then a significant market…
8Dio’s Intimate Studio Strings Review Intimate Studio Strings produced by 8Dio is reviewed today. The library gives dozens of playable articulations. 8Dio did send a review copy with no strings attached. Installation Download and unpack the library with the 8Dio installer tool, enter the serial code you receive after purchase. Alternative a manual download links can be provided…
Legion Series: 66 Tubas by 8Dio Review With 66 Tubas 8Dio continues their Legion Series – a range of instruments dedicated to addressing distinct requirements when you are producing epic cinematic music. 8Dio has been very successful in the film score industry. Professional composers and producer use 8Dio libraries for their trailer, advertisement underscore, and film score.…
Silka (Choir) by 8Dio Review Silka is released after 8Dio published Insolidus Choir some months earlier. Silka promises to hold an astounding lead position in a stand-alone choir library. There’s a new kid on the block, and her name is Silka. Created by 8Dio, Silka is a smooth and creamy choir library that has surprised the market…
New Rhythmic Aura 1 and 2 by 8Dio Review 8Dio’s New Rhythmic Aura 1 and New Rhythmic Aura 2 are what I call hidden gems in the portfolio of 8Dio. These updated versions did take the older version which has been heavily used by various composer and attached a new UI upgrading the superb tonal content to…
Hybrid Tools 4 by 8Dio Review Several years ago 8Dio launched the legacy version of Hybrid Tool (1). Since then a significant market with modern hybrid sounds has been developing. 8Dio has led, pushed and served this market with several libraries, other developers have entered this market with their own solutions. Now a new Hybrid Tools library…
Century Brass Bundle by 8Dio Review 8Dio offers multiple excellent and inspiring libraries. In our review of the Century Brass Bundle, we are looking at the brass section of a film or classical orchestra. In the recent years, we have been become the custom to big sounding, dramatic, in your face superhuman brass. Tension from massively…
Synthetic Shadows by 8Dio Review Many starting sound designer and composers are looking for a good across the range Hybrid library. Synthetic Shadows offers hundreds of cinematic effects from several different categories. The library is a perfect fit to be utilized in your work on the score, trailer or sound design. When you are just starting in this…
Century Strings Bundle by 8Dio Review When it comes to composing with string libraries, it is all about emotions. Strings are very well placed to express happiness, sadness, fear, hate, desire, lust, love, etc. When you compose to picture you want to suggest or enforce the story that the director had in mind and Strings are…
The New Basstard by 8DIO Review The old version of 8Dio Basstard was amongst the hidden gems of 8Dio. Today 8Dio did update the library with a new interface and the latest effects from 8Dio and retained the dominant tone of the original instrument. 8Dio has been very successful in the film score industry. Professional composers and…
66 Basses (Legion Series) by 8Dio Review Sample library developer 8Dio, known for creating important and wide-ranging sounding libraries recently released a new Bass library – a virtual instrument produced with classic, cinematic and trailer sound in mind. As the name of the library gives away, 66 bass players performed joint articulations plus rare phrases…
8DIO released an updated version of an existing Bazantar (initially released in 2012) virtual instrument library which is called The New Bazantar. I did use the original Bazantar and since 2016 and upgrade to the newly released. 8DIO sampled and processed a unique excellent sounding string instrument which has been beautifully performed by Mark Deutsch. Mark is also…
8DIO released Shepard Tones (named after Roger Shepard), with this new library you can generate those currently in high demand sounds, tension building sequences, and risers. You can produce Shepard sounds yourself. However, one of many aims of the 8DIO library is to get results quickly. Installation After purchase, you receive an email from 8Dio with a personalized and…
A piano improvisation from Ronald Ng Yuan Chang recorded especially for you to allow you to compare different pianos. There is also a Soft, Felt, Emotional Piano Library Comparison. 8Dio Arturia AUDIO IMPERIA Audiority Bengt Nilsson bigcat instruments Cinematic Studio Series Cinesamples Chocolate Audio Echo Sound Works Galaxy Instruments Ivy Audio Kirk Hunter Studios Q…
8Dio Insolidus is out as a beta version for quiet some time now and I have been using a bit and really, really like it. Some of you wonder about the included patches and how they work/sound.
