ANGRY WOODWINDS PRO Angry Woodwinds Pro is a loud (ff-fff), bare-bones solo woodwinds library, recorded in the same space as Oceania, Oceania II, Angry Brass Pro – Ensembles, Angry Brass Pro Soloists, Vista Strings, the upcoming Voyage, and others. It consists of five leans, yet energetic instruments – solo flute, solo piccolo, solo bassoon, solo clarinet, and solo oboe – with the…
Performance Samples Vista and Cinematic Studio Strings In this video, we are going to not compare sample libraries but getting into the process of layering them. Let’s get into the process of layering Performance Sample Vista and Cinematic Studio Strings. We will also talk about further processing such as reverb, mixing, and mastering. In this…
Performance Samples’ Vista Strings Vista is a legato strings library featuring a larger-than-life, romantic chamber sound, four dynamics (from a true PP all the way up to an intense FFF), slurred legato, same-note bow-change repetition samples, multiple attack types, and more. Just like Con Moto, the sustains, legato, and other assets were recorded “in motion.” The…
Performance Samples’ Vista in this video we are exploring the Kontakt sample library Vista by Performance Samples. This sample library does one thing only and it does it absolutely well – legato.
Performance Samples’ Perfperc – Volume III Perfperc – Volume III wraps up the Perfperc series with large set of extensively-sampled toms and more, all through the lens of a repetition-based, performance-sourced sampling approach. The library’s highlight is fifteen toms – 4 low, 4 mid, 4 high, and 3 roto – laid out across the stage,…
Oceania II Overview Oceania II is a choir built for thematic writing and improves upon original Oceania (See our Oceania by Performance Samples Review) with twice the ensemble size, more syllables, and two speeds of releases (the faster of which helps for fast phrases).
Oceania II by Performance Samples Oceania II is a choir built for thematic writing and improves upon original Oceania (See our Oceania by Performance Samples Review) with twice the ensemble size, more syllables, and two speeds of releases (the faster of which helps for fast phrases). The library was created using phrases chopped out of connected performances…
Solo strings recorded in motion. Featuring expressive pitch-memory legato. Solos of the Sea – Solo Violin B is a very simple solo legato instrument. This library explores a fairly specific sound: a loud, ff-esque dynamic with heavily slurred legatos. You can trigger even more dramatic portamento legatos by playing hard velocities on certain idiomatic intervals.…
PerfPerc Vol. 2 Let’s explore Kontakt sample library Performance Samples’ Perfperc – Volume II . Please note, the discount was just available throughout the stream. Thanks to everyone for being there.
Brass Flash Sale: 50%-OFF FOR 50 HOURS Performance Samples is running another 50%-OFF FOR 50 HOURS sale, this time on their ANGRY BRASS PRO – ENSEMBLES and CASPIAN 50% OFF FOR 50 HOURS – through Aug. 19, morning PST 2020 WITH CODE: BRASS50OFF50HRS
Perfperc – Volume II by Performance Samples’ is now available Perfperc – Volume II continues the exploration of percussion libraries built using multi-samples captured from repeated performance phrases. The library features more than 15 instruments (many of which with a world percussion leaning) including a djembe, frame drum, conga set, cajon, udu, a large selection…
Performance Samples Flash Sale Performance Samples grew from years of iterative private orchestral/choral sample development; an exploration of how session configuration and post-production processes can nurture musical nuance within sampling. They are running a very time-limited flash sale now.
Easy Method Fanfare | How to write for Brass In this video, we are going to take a look at an easy method on how to write for a brass fanfare. Let’s come up with a few solutions on how to arrange for orchestral brass sample libraries. It also doesn’t matter if you are writing…
With Perfperc – Volume I Jasper Blunk founder of Performance Samples introduces a unique series of an examination of percussion libraries built using multi-samples captured from repeated performance phrases. This library was produced with a heavy focus on start-time consistency and timbral cohesion between RRs wrapped up in a performance-sourced repetition approach. This leads when…
Cory’s Library Spotlight – CON MOTO – COMPLETE BUNDLE by Performance Samples Con Moto is a string library recorded with motion in the sustains, legato, and attacks/releases. “Active-bow” sustains offer continuously re-expressed vibrato & emotion, via performance & editing approaches. Responsive note attacks and meticulously-timed release samples – derived from units of musical performance – morph…
Angry Brass Pro Soloists Test Session Angry Brass Pro Soloists Test Session patches were recorded during an early test session for the forthcoming, dedicated Angry Brass Pro – Soloist library, which will contain solo trombone, horn, trumpet, and tuba with some new approaches. It will serve as an accompaniment to the already-released Angry Brass Pro…
PRE-OCEANIA II SALE – THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2020 In advance of Oceania II’s release (release date and pricing TBA), Oceania I is going on sale at $79 (full price: $269). (There will be a significant loyalty discount for current Oceania I owners, which will be valid during (but not beyond) Oceania II’s intro period.) Oceania…
Available Now: FLUID SHORTS II – Aggressive Chamber String Shorts with Repetitions Performance Samples launched a new library for Kontakt. Fluid Shorts II is available now for an Introduction Sale of $59 through August, 27th 2019 (reg. $89). Performance Samples developed from years of iterative individual orchestral/choral sample development; an exploration of how session configuration and…
Audio Ollie released LA Modern Percussion. Audio Ollie teamed up with Performance Samples and the legendary scoring mixer Alan Meyerson to bring you his iconic, distinctive percussion sound, heretofore unreplicable with the existing tools and libraries. To capture this aggressive, wide, and larger-than-life sound, Audio Ollie used the exact setup Alan does on his blockbuster…
Performance Samples released today Violins B. Con Moto – Violins B is a string library recorded with motion in the sustains, legato, and attacks/releases. “Active-bow” sustains offer continuously re-expressed vibrato & emotion, via performance & editing approaches. Responsive note attacks and meticulously-timed release samples – derived from units of musical performance – morph with your…
Oceania by Performance Samples Review Every year another sampled choir walks to the stage and shows off its “next-gen” features. But what if the realism and playability of such next-gen offerings could be supplied with old-gen simplicity? We’ll discuss this concept by looking at Oceania – an effectively simple choir library from Performance Samples. For…
Fluid Shorts by Performance Samples Review Strings libraries are becoming one of the most commonly sampled attractions, and there are more available than most people can keep track of at any given time. Performance Samples has an interesting offering for composing with staccatos, aptly named Fluid Shorts, which we’ll be looking at today. Performance Samples…
Caspian by Performance Samples Review Caspian by Performance Samples is a marvelous brass library. Performance Samples has done it again: Composer have now access to another very playable brass library for their template. Caspian includes three patches: Six French Horns, Three Bass Trombones, and Three Trumpets, a perfect size for a brass section. Overview of Caspian: Three…
Performance Samples released Fluid Shorts which is based around performance spiccatos. Includes four individual sections: 8 violins, 6 violas, 4 cellos, and 3 basses Original Score from Yann Tiersen – Comptine D’un Autre Été
Oceania is Jasper Blunk’s first commercial release from his company Performance Samples. Oceania is a 48-person choir (24 women / 24 men) with a focus on syllable cohesion, playability, and energetic, dynamics. It is a choral library that emphasize expression, energy, and are “fun to play” over everything. And in addition it just sounds great.…
