Software

I am often asked which sample libraries and plugins I use, so I compiled this list of my favorites to share with anyone interested, and also as a personal reference as I completely lose track sometimes…

(NOTE: italicized items are my favorites, used every day and/or in my permanent DAW template)

Digital Audio Workstations/Hosts

Cubase Pro 14, Studio One 7, Logic Pro X, FL Studio

Vienna Ensemble Pro 7

Sample/Instrument Libraries Archive

Orchestral Tools - Berlin Strings, Symphonic Strings, and Strings SFX, Berlin Brass, Brass Mutes, and French Horn SFX, Full Berlin Woodwinds Collection, Berlin Percussion, Beaufort Brass, Metropolis Ark 0-5, Benjamin Wallsisch Strings, JXL Brass, Peteris Vasks Strings, TIME Macro, Modus, Tallinn, Vivid Keys.

Musical Sampling - Soaring Strings, Adventure Strings and Brass, PLCK, Gabrielle Flute, Barker Clarinet, Orb Brass

Performance Samples - Pacific Strings and Solo Strings, Vista, Angry Brass, Angry Woodwinds, Oceania, PerfPerc, Pacific Brass

Audio Ollie - Nashville Scoring Strings, MUTE, LA Modern Percussion

Acoustic Samples - VWinds, GD6, Strategy. Telematic, Hummingbird

Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) - Synchron Prime Edition, Synchron Smart Orchestra, Studio Orchestral Strings, Synchron Strings I, Synchron Strings Pro, Synchron Elite Strings, Synchron Duality Strings (Regular, Sordino, Virtuoso), Synchron Solo Strings, Synchron-ized Dimension Strings, Synchron Brass, Synchron Woodwinds, Synchron Harp, Synchron Percussion I, Synchron-ized Percussion, Boys Choir, Basso Profondo Choir, Big Bang Orchestra

Spitfire Audio - Spitfire Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Strings, BBC Symphony Orchestra Professional, Appassionata Strings, Hans Zimmer Strings, LCO Strings and LCO Textures, Percussion Swarm, Orchestral Swarm, Harp Swarm, Mandolin Swarm, Albion 1-6, Olafur Composer Toolkit and Chamber Evos, Symphonic String Evos, Symphonic Motions, Resonate, Polaris, BT Phobos, Orbis, Heirloom, Solo Strings, Sacconi Quartet, Abbey Road One and Abbey Road Orchestra

Audio Imperia - Chorus, Jaeger, Nucleus, Areia, Fluid Woods, Fluid Brass, Photosynthesis, Talos Low Brass

ProjectSAM - Symphobia 2, Symphobia 4: Pandora, Colours: Adaptive Runs, Lineage Percussion, Orchestral Essentials 2, Colours Orchestrator

Cinematic Studio Series - Cinematic Studio Strings (CSS), Cinematic Studio Brass, Cinematic Studio Woodwinds, Cinematic Studio Solo Strings, Cinematic Strings 2

Keepforest - Evolution Devastator Series, Risenge Core, Aizerx full series, Vikings, Evolution Dragon and Atlantica

Cinesamples - Tina Guo Cello vol 1 and 2, Cinebrass Complete, Cinestrings Core, Cinestrings Solo

Output - Signal, Substance, Analog Strings, Analog Brass and Winds, Exhale, Rev

Heavyocity - Forzo, Damage 2, Symphonic Destruction, Gravity, Novo, Vento, Evolve

East West/Quantum Leap - Hollywood Choirs, SILK, Gypsy, Hollywood Orchestra OPUS, Voices of the Empire.

Soundiron - Emotional Piano, Clack, AntiDrum Machine, Glitch Hero

Auddict - PercX Pro, Solo Woodwinds, Angel Strings, Mythos

Audiobro - LA Scoring Strings (LASS) 3, Genesis Children’s Choir, Eternity Adult Choir, LA Drama Drums, Modern Scoring Strings, Modern Scoring Brass.

SoundYeti - Collision FX, Ambition, Method 1, Revelation Scoring Grand, Revelation Fusion Harp, Revelation Hybrid Mallets, DV8

PulseSetter Sounds - Dystopian Guitars, Metalstorm, Hybrid Head Crusher, Hybrid Militia, Pulsor Bundle

Embertone - Joshua Bell Violin, Crystal Flute, Herring Clarinet

Realitone - Fingerpick 2.0, Realiwhistle, Sunset Strings

Impact Soundworks - Tokyo Scoring Strings, Shreddage 3 Legacy, Jupiter and Abyss, Sonic Forest, Sonic Ocean, Momentum

Strezov Sampling - String Contours, Afflatus Chapter 1 and 2, Wotan and Frejya Choirs, Sambhala Textural Orchestra, Jade Ethnic Orchestra, Storm Choir Ultimate, Rhodope II

Soft Synths/Plugins

Zebra 2, Dark Zebra, Diva, RePro (u-he)

MiniBrute V, Microfreak V (Arturia)

Dune 3 (Synapse Audio)

VPS Avenger (Vengeance Sound)

Spire (Reveal Sound)

Ana 2, Kick 2 (Sonic Academy)

Mixing/Mastering/FX

Oxford Limiter, Lexicon 224 (Universal Audio)

Panbox, Room Widener (JDFactory)

TEOTE (Voxengo)

Soothe 2 (Oeksound)

J37 and Abbey Road Mastering Chain (Waves)

Ozone 9 Advanced, Neutron 4 Advanced, RX7 Elements (Izotope)

Berlin Studio (Samplicity)

Spaces II (EastWest)

Fabfilter Mastering Bundle (Fabfilter)

Cinematic Rooms (LiquidSonics)

Valhalla Room (Valhalla DSP)

Amplitube 5 Max (IK Multimedia)

Action Delay, Action Phaser, Action Filter (NoiseAsh)

Tantra 2 (Dmitry Sches)

Movement (Output)

Black Hole Reverb (Eventide)

Hardware/Instruments 

Desktop - Mac Studio M2 Max 96GB Ram

Laptop - Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB Ram

MIDI - M-Audio Keystation 88-key , Arturia Minilab MkII

Studio Monitors - Adam Audio A7V

Headphones - HifiMan HE1000 Stealth, Audio Technica ATH-AWKT

Audio Interface - Apogee Duet 3, Zoom F3 field recorder

Mics - Rode NT4, Audio Technica AT2020, Rode LAV and VideoMic Go II, Sterling Audio SP130