
This Kontakt based product has received several major updates during it’s lifetime since it’s inception in 2009, the last of which being version 1.6 in December 2017, Our focus for this review is on Symphobia 1, the original library and one that has been used in countless TV, game and Cenematic music compositions, despite it’s age, thanks to several updates in both content and scripting, it remains as fresh and viable as a serious scoring tool today as many newly released products, some of which still fail to achieve the same level of instant out of the box playability and dynamicism.

The Symphobia series consist of three libraries, Symphobia 1, Symphobia 2 and Symphobia 3 LUMINA (the latter could perhaps be considered a subtle or more toned down orchestral scoring tool compared with the upfront scene stealing sounds present in the first two outings). ok no more indulging in creative writing, or making plant based comparisons I promise! To apply a botanical analogy, Project Sam libraries and in particular the legendary Symphobia series of libraries are among the hardy perennials which continue to blossom year after year, provide outstanding results and hours of pleasure…. If there is one orchestral sample library developer whose products computer based composers can’t fail to have heard of then Project Sam would certainly be at the top of the tree.
