Exploring the Ultimate Production Toolbox: Sound Libraries for Modern Producers

So this is for the producers , but before we do that , let's get into it family , all right , all right , back everyone .

I'm excited about this new it's not a new subject , but under the umbrella of music production and I wanted to get into music libraries today because I had mentioned that last , the last episode , probably the last couple of episodes , because I had mentioned that last , the last episode , probably the last couple of episodes , and so I wanted to , um , to expose you

guys to some great , uh sound libraries , which I think is important . Uh , this is for everyone , I mean mainly for the uh , well , yeah , just for everyone , but mainly for the producers , this is for composers and and things of that nature .

So this is , this is a very important uh episode for you guys , and I just want to expose you to some libraries , just in case you don't know , uh , that they exist and that they're out there , okay , and so , um , the very first one that I want to mention right off the bat is native instruments and um , and so this is a company that I have patronized before

and their products , their bundle um of sounds called complete the latest one is complete 15 is what they have out right now and in this bundle , essentially it has so many different

things . I'm talking about guitar rigs , I'm talking about piano sounds , I'm talking about guitar sounds , synthesizers , uh , guitar , acoustic and electric . I mean on and on and on . It has so many um amazing uh things in here . You also have , you know , drum samples , I mean , come on . And also as well , you have uh horns and uh sounds as well .

Bsts you have bass , guitar Um , you have I don't know if I mentioned guitar guitar rigs yet , but they have guitar rigs . I mean just , it is just endless um and and how many sounds that you get in the bundle . Now you can purchase um different things uh separately , like contact . Contact will be within complete uh will be within the complete bundle .

There's something called contact and it has a lot of sounds and tools um , within that with the , within that virtual universe , and so I want to encourage you guys to go check that out . That's the one I use , but please do not just go take my word for it . Um , they also also they have cinematic , uh vsts as well within complete .

So definitely go and check that out for cinematic as well . They have east west , hollywood , uh , let's see here . They also have something called spitfire that I've heard of as far as the cinematic world is concerned . The orchestral world , um , spitfire is , is another great company .

Um , um , they have so many great , great , um sound libraries out here and I wanted to just mention uh a few here that you can go and check out , and trust me when I tell you that you would not be disappointed in doing so . I mean so many for different different instruments .

Um , also , you can manipulate things as far as eq is concerned , as far as tone and so many different things that you can manipulate , you know . So if you're looking to really you know , uh , uh , create and to do some some great things , I would encourage you to go check that out . Um , they have so many .

So I'm a piano , so I'm looking up right now , I'm looking up some piano vsts . There's so many with incomplete , again , native . You can't go wrong with native instruments , you just can't go wrong with that . And um , they have so many . Uh , they have so many more out here , and so I want to encourage you .

Oh so , yeah , so they have something called keyscape , they have electric keys , diamond , I mean , uh , they have something called the maverick , I mean just on and on and so , um , this is for piano , right , but they have sounds and bsts for everything , and so I wanted to take the time to really just expose you to this .

Now , also , what I want to introduce you to for my engineers , or budding engineers , audio engineers , that is iZotope is one of the greatest companies to ever release plugins for mixing and mastering . So iZotope is a great company you also have , again , this is for mixing and mastering purposes . All right , so you know , producers .

And for , uh , engineers , isotope . You have waves , another great company . These are companies that I , uh , that I have patronized many times . I can't you know , I can't stay away from Waves until my wife knows I'm always on there trying to get something . They have another company called Mastering the Mix Great plugins for , again , mixing and mastering .

Waves have so much stuff they have , you know , they have so many goodies on there . Please go check that stuff out . And Sweetwater is another great place . You can go and buy equipment , whether it's hardware or virtual or plug-ins . Bst is another great company I want you to know about . Fab Filter .

Lander is another good one that I have purchased their mastering plug-in from them and it is also I have a subscription for sounds from them . I , um , it is also , um , I have a subscription for uh , for sounds . Uh , from now I forget what it's called , but , um , so many great companies out here . Oh , plugin alliance is another one .

Again , we're talking about mixing and mastering right now and , um , great companies , man , great , amazing companies that I want you guys to go check out and do some , do some homework and just make sure you are aware of what's out here , because , um , these uh , vsts going back to just production side , the production side of things , these VSTs , um , man , it

allows me to be so creative on the on the production side and on the mixer and mastering side . Is allows me to be so creative on the on the production side and on the mixer and mastering side . Is allows me to be so creative , so much that you can do you have . There is a learning curve . Let me just tell you upfront there is a learning curve to this .

So you know , as you purchase plugins , be ready to also learn . It's so much information , so just be careful with that . Sometimes I overwhelm myself with uh , with so much um , with so many plugins and just learning how to use them and all that kind of , all those kinds of things . So just just know that there's a learning curve .

But please go and check out these companies . Go and check out what they're offering . It's so much great stuff and I want you to know about it because , as you are creating , I mean literally there is no limit to what you can do .

There is no limit and , and so the , the , the vsts , takes it to another level , all right , and how you can manipulate them , and it's

so much . So please go check out vsts for everything bass , drums , keys , I mean synths , all kinds of things . Uh , cinematic vsts , you know , for the orchestra , I'm talking about uh , drum , even drums like um percussion , not just drum set .

You know , for the orchestra , I'm talking about uh drum , even drums like um percussion , not just drum set , but but you know , just hand drums , it's just different things . Um , there's so much out there and so literally there is no limit to what you can do . Educate yourself . I have .

I have started the , I have started things all for you , but , uh , I want you to go and continue to look and to really dive into those things . Now , if you are not a producer , you are maybe you're a songwriter , but you're not a producer , no worries .

I think you still should be aware of this , even if you want to let your producer know what's out there , if they don't know , because sometimes we buy our stuff and we use the same stuff over and over again and we may not be aware of what's out there . We get into our little bubble .

So , if you want to expose yourself and your producer and other people , please do all right

. Um , I think it's important to know what's available so that you can continue to create and do all the amazing things that you do . All right , I want to thank you so much for checking us out , man , I think you're . I think that this was helpful for for people , hopefully that it is . Uh , I hope you're having a wonderful day .

If you're not having a wonderful day , you can change that by your mindset . Thanks so much , tony king out .