I forgot to say that I also get a lot of use out of the NI Session Guitar Acoustic packages.  I do play guitar but I haven’t been able to get a decent direct sound from my acoustic guitar.  These libraries solve that problem for me.

On October 9, 2025 at 10:20 am peter said
My favorite sample libraries, my go-tos:

PIANO
– NI Noire

 

– EZKEYS Standard and Vintage Upright Pianos – I don’t see a lot of people mentioning Toontrack’s piano libraries when they list their favorite piano sample libraries, but these are my go tos for uprights, and I grew up with a baby grand pia…

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add me to that list.

October is the new Black Friday.

Seriously, it seems I’ve run into more than a few articles from business sites that are saying this.  The main reason is most players are doing it earlier and earlier so you spend your money with them and so sad for the merchants who offer sales later on after everyone else is already tapped out.

I missed that we were talking about plugins as well as libraries, so here’s a few random thoughts…

THE GOOD STUFF:

Rapture has to be up there.  I have made so many great sounds with it over the years.

For pure value, Synthmaster.  I got it for $10 from a Guitar Center deal years ago.  I don’t use it nearly as much as I could but it is qu…Read More