Testimonials
Read what reviewers and top composers have to say about our products.
Top Reviews
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
“Impact Soundworks is creating some of the most inspiring and realistic sample libraries. I have multiple ISW guitar libraries and recently I’ve loving Shreddage 3 Serpent. For my most recent series, I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I was intending on having my guitarist do the tracks but because of time, I made did it all with samples. I’ve found some really great libraries along with ISW for my arsenal but have always been disappointed in my ability to create convincing leads. I set out to use Serpent on my leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing real live-sounding leads. In my next animated episode, I was tasked with creating a signature sound based on the David Lynch Twin Peaks series. In that show, the lead guitar was played on a baritone guitar with a range well below the guitars standard low E. I again used Serpent because of its ultra-low range and built a rather convincing replica of that sound starting with the dry sound using all the on board fx. It was so fun and easy to do! Thanks, ISW!”
Richard Jacques
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
“I’m a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. These libraries feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It’s so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations and phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments. They have such unique qualities, from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each one is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further.”
Lena Raine
Celeste, Chicory, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, Deltarune
Instruments from ISW are a staple of my soundtrack work for games. Vocalisa has been a mainstay vocal aesthetic of nearly every game I’ve worked on including Celeste & Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Shreddage 3 has also given me the confidence to write some really fun guitar riffs & solos despite not being able to play a real one. I’ve started incorporating Tokyo Scoring Strings into the acoustic side of my scoring work, and can’t wait to try out more from ISW in the future!
Tape Sculptor – Emlyn in the Mix
“Is this the only tape emulation you’ll ever need? In my mind, yes…it’s light on the CPU, it’s got a beautiful GUI with graphics going so you can see what’s happening…it helps you to understand what this tape emulation is actually doing…this is a wonderful plug-in; well-developed, well-designed, fantastic to see…all of the effects on this plug-in sound really high class.”
Tape Sculptor – Studio Life
“I can make it sound like really high-end tape – beautiful sheen, or I could make it sound like a grungy old, 7 inches per second ruined tape, or anywhere in between, and also get some really cool effects out of it…this is, I think, possibly, the best tape emulator I’ve heard that’s useful for more than just emulating tape.”
Water Piano – Simeon Amburgey
“I’m really surprised at all of the dynamic layers that you can get into it. It’s kind of like a muted piano, but the mute is because of the physical water is in there, muting the strings and the damper…it’s unusual, but beautiful…”
Water Piano – The Sampleist
“It’s very versatile considering all the effects you can put into it, the ways you can change and wrangle the sound, and influence it. I really think this is a library that really opens the door to more sound design options for a piano within the library itself. To be honest, I think for the money, it’s well worth it, especially if you’re willing to take some time to really toy with the sound and record your own…You can really make some high-quality stuff that can be used in films, games, trailers, you name it. I already saved a patch while doing this video and I can see myself doing more.”
Tape Sculptor – Czar
“…while it has the features you would expect from a tape plug-in, this one goes a lot further giving you a lot more options and ability to tweak and alter your sound than really any other tape plug-in that I have seen…this ‘Degrade,’ ‘Chew,’ ‘Loss’ – not something that I would reach for a lot, obviously using a tape plug-in, but if you have this, it’s nice to have that option because some of those things that, I feel like you never know when you would need it, especially if you’re looking to create a interesting effect. So definitely this goes well past what typical tape plug-ins do, making me a fan of it.”
(Czar)
Tape Sculptor – Tim Talks Audio
“But really, there’s a lot of flexibility, there’s a lot of different things you can do within Tape Sculptor, but you don’t have to; you can engage or disengage any of the different modules to get the sound you’re going for…”
Tape Sculptor – Implied Music
“The harder you drive it, the more it responds and the saturation and compressor starts to act differently…it’s replacing things that I might do with EQ and compression, but in a really interesting, specific way and it’s sort of program-material specific…I like digital gear that acts analog; that you can push too hard, that you can break. That responds in a way that feels lively and animated that helps my performing.”
Tokyo Scoring Drum Kits – Watanabe Junya
“This library is simply the best concept. If you are looking for Japanese drum sounds, there is nothing better.”