Christian Jones Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I like finding small dev gems who are turning out great products that are every bit as good (sometimes perhaps better) than the big guys, and for not a ton of money. Since Labor day is coming up, what are the best *small time* devs should I be checking out for sales and any time of year, all categories? Looks like people like Ben Osterhouse's stuff. Who else out there? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 All KONTAKT devs... If you aren't aware of Sound Dust, the dev's really super interesting and in the decade plus I've been a fan, I've found some heavy hitters in film composing have become fans and guys like Trent Reznor. Pick up his freebies. His stuff has a very quirky vibe to it that I love, but I'm sure it isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. Majetone is a pretty new KONTAKT dev, but I love the Zeppelin-esque drum kit he has or had on sale for only $15USD. His other libraries sound really nice too, like his glockenspiel. Pick up his freebies. AudioThing has a bunch of high quality libraries, but they've been around for a while, so you probably know them. Beautiful Void Audio makes some beautiful synth patches in KONTAKT and for various soft synths. XTant Audio is an indie developer who mostly does work for other developers including Strezov, Tronsonic, Wavesfactory, Paper Stone Instruments, Bela D and and Auddict, I've only picked up his glockenspiel so far, and it's the only dev I've actually given my permission to use a review at his site for, as I sometimes played glockenspiel in the school band as a kid and I've been in love with the instrument ever since and his is really nice and only around $5 or $6 USD. https://xtant-audio.com/product/bell-lyre-glockenspiel/ I'll update the list when I could think of more. I know I've bought from a lot of indie devs. But I know you already know some of them, like Fluffy Audio from our PMs. If you're looking for specific types of sample libraries, I'm sure that will jog my memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.r Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I can recommend Kiive Audio. Small dev, probably one person. Choose from a great sounding, very little CPU tape plugin, a channel strip or some guitar stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Small one don't use Kontakt player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Jones Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 I'll add Synth Magic as one of my favorite small devs for classic synths. I have many of these, and if I didn't have full Kontakt I'd buy it just to use his synths. He doesn't charge a ton for them either and he has sales now and again. https://synthmagic.co.uk/all-products/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Indiginus. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fleer said: Indiginus. Very high quality instruments that he sells at affordable prices for the full Kontakt. Tracy's specialty is sampling strings such as guitars and other "Americana" instruments. Recommend!!! https://www.indiginus.com/ This guitar is only $59 USD: Edited September 1, 2022 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yan Filiatrault Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 NI, a small indie with some interesting products 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asprog Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 https://narothaudio.com/ And right now: Flash sale: save up to 40% for a limited time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorondon Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 https://www.pianobook.co.uk/ A community of samplists, the way that the instruments have stories behind them is also nice , there's a huge amount of creative instruments some feel like they should have been paid libraries , though they recently added the possibility to tip people check for example sample packs by dan keen & hunter rogerson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude77 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 hour ago, abacab said: Very high quality instruments that he sells at affordable prices for the full Kontakt. Tracy's specialty is sampling strings such as guitars and other "Americana" instruments. Recommend!!! https://www.indiginus.com/ Two huge thumbs up on Indiginus. Often we say, "for the money it's great". With Indiginus I'd say "it's great" and for the money it's one of the best deals available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude77 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Don't overlook Rhythmic Robot. His stuff leans towards the quirky, but there are a lot of affordable well-done instruments there. https://rhythmicrobot.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Silence+Other Sounds. A little themed towards horror, but they sound fantastic. All sound great, but be sure to checkout Maleventum, and Transfer Pro. https://silenceandothersounds.com/products/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 4 hours ago, jude77 said: Don't overlook Rhythmic Robot. His stuff leans towards the quirky, but there are a lot of affordable well-done instruments there. https://rhythmicrobot.com True. Forgot about Rhythmic Robot. Great dev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZokZTM Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Shameless self plug... you could check my Uncivilised G'rooves ? New sequel development undergoing... Sorry, couldn't resist ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolton Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I'm just some guy trying to learn and produce awkward tunes while dealing with a crippling case of collect-em-all-itis, but a few small devs whose stuff I've found interesting, impressive or at least intriguing for reasonable scratch (or free) include (in addition to the above): Fanan Team (some gems in the odder efforts, IMO) Folklorica (Lucie Treacher whimsy) Frozen Plain (moving from Kontakt to own sampler of late) Homegrown Sounds (mostly Kontakt, often wild) Klang (maybe not "small" [with CI roots], but unique & cheap) MNTRA (currently in a bit of flux, but fascinating sounds) Pettinhouse (guitars) Polkasound Productions (accordions 'n' more) Puremagnetik (padmaking / FSU gizmos) Quiet Music (ambient 'n' chill tools) Sampletekk (keyboard/piano faves) Wrongtools (instruments with a spin) Apologies if any of these are repeats, defunct, obvious, fronts for megacorps, known scoundrels or otherwise irrelevant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Frozen Plain, Pettinhouse and Sampletekk, still pretty pretty good indeed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Jones Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, Zolton said: Wrongtools (instruments with a spin) Lol, Wrongtools, great name. Thanks for the list and thanks eveyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Yeah, never checked out Wrongtools before. Interesting instruments from Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husker Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) Great thread! Huge fan of the Ethera collection Edited September 2, 2022 by husker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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