Testimonials
Read what reviewers and top composers have to say about our products.
Top Reviews
Shreddage 3 Electro Sitar – Music Nation
“This isn’t just a novelty patch slapped onto a guitar framework. There’s real attention here to how a sitar behaves, particularly with the sympathetic harp strings. You can pluck them independently, let them ring naturally, or mute them entirely depending on what you’re after. It adds a layer of complexity that, frankly, I wasn’t expecting to engage with as much as I did.”
“Electro Sitar is a well-executed, deeply expressive virtual instrument that does exactly what it sets out to do. It sounds convincing, plays beautifully in the right context, and integrates seamlessly into a powerful, if demanding, engine.”
“If you’re working in genres that call for this sound, or you’re interested in exploring beyond the usual Western toolkit, there’s a lot to like here. If not, it may end up as an occasional flavour rather than a staple.”
Jacko Andrews (Music Nation)
Super Audio Cart 2 – Max Lombardo
“SAC2 is fantastic! I had a chance to use it on some arrangements and cues for the new Super Mario Galaxy movie, and it’s just perfect. I was able to get that 8-bit retro sound straight out of the box, the intuitive GUI and thorough presets made it incredibly easy to get it exactly where I wanted it to be, sound-wise. A life saver, especially on projects with tight deadlines and lots of moving pieces.”
Shreddage series – Josh Mobley
Shreddage changed my life. I was working on a hybrid metal trailer album for what would later be BMG production music. I’m a keyboard player, and I had never had a realistic playable metal guitar plugin because they just didn’t exist.
It… blew my mind man. Suddenly, I could play all of these riffs I had in my head. I completed the album and it did really well. I heard it in everything. Movie trailers, tv shows etc. [Shreddage] was the backbone of virtually every song on that album.
-Josh Mobley
Fredonia Grand Organ – ShadyCicada
“Fredonia Grand Organ sounds absolutely gigantic, and it’s been a perfect outlet for me to convey more intense emotions in my tracks (especially villain and boss battle themes)!”
Tokyo Scoring Strings – ShadyCicada
“I’ve been using Tokyo Scoring Strings for everything from soft emotional tracks to video game battle themes. The amount of intimacy and feeling you can get out of it is incredibly varied!”
ShadyCicada
“Impact Soundworks software is an absolute mainstay in my work when it comes to Video Game and Anime-inspired tracks! The amount of ease and wonderful sounds these plugins offer allows me to get straight into writing and brainstorming.”
Mike Gonsolin
(Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Playboi Carti, Migos)
“Impact Soundworks’ libraries are truly in a league of their own. I’ve been a long time user for as long as I can remember and it would take me a whole other producing lifetime to build the depths of these libraries on my own. As a Kontakt enthusiast who owns just about every library out there I can confidently say that Impact Soundworks’ libraries stand in the top 1%, and that’s saying something! No snake oil here. Just meticulously assembled libraries that are overflowing with creative sound design options and inspiration igniting presets.”
Mike Gonsolin (Mike G)
Chro-Nyx – Emlyn in the Mix
“If you wanna make that sick late 90s, early 2000’s hardcore techno, you are covered here.”
“Man you’re gonna have a lot of fun with this, if you’re making that early 90’s, or trying to recreate that 90’s synth sound, this is it! This is the key.”
“This thing is nostalgic; written all over it, written into its code, at its core, at its heart, unbelievable stuff, indeed.”
Shreddage 3 E-Upright – Real Home Studio
“It’s one of those virtual instruments that has a really musical vibe about it. It actually feels like it belongs in your tracks, especially if you’re producing lo-fi, jazz, R&B, or soul. It’s really got that vibe.”
“I think E-Upright brings a distinctive upright electric bass sound that may well be missing from your library. I certainly found it really easy to use and navigate; those very musical presets made my life really easy. I think my takeaway from it would be that it feels like I’m adding to the music rather than just dumping in another bass track.”
Shreddage 3 Argent – Krys Polezoes
“So, what do I think of Argent? Honestly, I wasn’t 100% sold on it at first, but the more I’ve gotten to play with it, I think, the more I’ve sort of warmed up to and now prefer it over Hydra. I think that the DI has a really nice dark tone to it, and you know, I don’t really tune as low as this thing can go, but being able to have a guitar that can play that low if you really want it without having to transpose it and mess up the performance and all that stuff; it’s nice, you know. The guitar doesn’t sound warped or strange playing that low, which is definitely a step above Hydra, where the only way to play it lower was to just down tune it through Kontakt’s natural sample transposition.”
“I’m mostly going to be talking about its applicability to writing heavy riffs for the purpose of creating argent metal, and for that, I think it excels. It has a lot of range; like I said it’s able to tune super low, especially compared to Hydra. And I mean honestly, even though I’m not using some of the presets in here, they’re not bad; it comes with a good amount of brutal presets.”
“Pretty dark, pretty smooth, pretty clean.”
Leonard Solomon’s Extraordinary Machines – Rekkerd.org
“The strapline for this offering from Impact Soundworks is ‘An unconventional, whimsical collection of handmade instruments.’ Never has a description been closer to the truth.”
“There’s quite a pallet of textures included with this library. From the tonal to the atonal, from sound design to straight-up playable instruments, and even Leonard’s very own kazoo!”
“So, what can this be used for?…Animation. Comedy. Light-hearted, whimsical material. But this could also work exceptionally well with darker, more dramatic material, especially with some well-placed reverbs and delays. It also has a clear and useful place in sound design. There’s nothing else quite like it!”
Wayne Taylor (Rekkerd.org)
Stewart Winter
(Co-founder, VideoHelper)
“I’m a keyboard player — I can’t even make a REAL guitar sound convincing. But Telos and Rosette are my go-to guitars because they sound incredible, sit well in a mix and are so easy to configure to my personal playing habits. I’m constantly discovering new ways to play them and they’ve saved my ass more times than I can count. And the pedal Steel is still my favorite library of its kind for Country, Folk and organic layering behind synths.”
Shreddage 3 Stratus – Mark Portmann
“[Shreddage 3 Stratus] is honestly the most realistic Strat-style virtual guitar I’ve found. I’ve tried many others, but they often fall short in authenticity. Stratus nails it, especially with the poly input and amp-ready presets. The tone and responsiveness make it effortless to drop into a session and just play—no tweaking, no second-guessing.”
