Testimonials
Read what reviewers and top composers have to say about our products.
Top Reviews
MB Gordy Percussion – Boobams – Sample Library Review
“I’m loving the instrument. It’s melodic percussion, but it really does kinda take it out somewhere real special with the console and the fx chains you can use; the snapshots are really great. And of course, this is the first time this instrument’s been recorded, and it is a secret weapon.”
Don Bodin (Sample Library Review)
GameVerb – Happy Mag
“GameVerb captures the distinctive ambience of classic consoles, offering reverb modes inspired by the SNES, N64 and PlayStation. Each delivers its own space, from clean 16-bit reflections to lo-fi grit with nostalgic charm.
[T]he interface is straightforward, and Geek Mode opens extra parameters for precise tweaking. GameVerb is equal parts fun and functional, ideal for producers and sound designers who want character over realism. It delivers that unmistakable ambience of classic gaming without any fuss.”
Chro-Nyx – Composing Gloves
“It sounds awesome. It sounds really, really good. I am a big fan.
I love how the signal flow is given to you right here, so you can just reference it. That is so handy; just not having to go to a manual. But that’s just a little thing. The sound is what matters. And the sound is fantastic.
I’m not at a shortage for inspiration here, and it’s very easy to find what I want to do to change the sounds. Definitely worth some more deep dives into some of these additional settings, just so I’m more comfortable where things are at. But really, really nice sound.”
(Composing Gloves) (2026-04-21)
Ben Prunty
FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero
“I’ve been using ISW since 2015, and their instruments have shown up in Into the Breach and Subnautica Below Zero, and in nearly all of my solo albums. Shreddage helped me fill in the gaps around my own guitar performances. Super Audio Cart provided some great raw synth sounds for parts of Below Zero. Impact Soundworks is often the first place I go to when I’m shopping for a new project. Everything they make works and sounds great.”
Archtop – Kurt Rosenwinkel
“I am enjoying the Shreddage Archtop plugin! It’s helping me make my arrangements for Jazz at Lincoln Center which I am working on. It allows me to hear quite well what my guitar will sound like in the arrangements with the big band, light years ahead of any other solution!”
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Matthew Carl Earl
Overwatch 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty Mobile, PUBG Mobile, Arknights
“Impact Soundworks creates easy-to-use, great-sounding virtual instruments right out of the box. Highland Harps, Emotional Mallets, and Shreddage 3 are in my daily toolkit.”
Mike Reagan
Invincible Fight Girl, Powerpuff Girls, Trials Evolution, God of War, Twisted Metal
“A big thanks to the team at Impact Soundworks for putting inspiration at my fingertips! Your sample libraries are in heavy use in my Orchestral, Rock and Pop templates, and always visible in my top-tier Cue-specific Kontakt. Layering your Shreddage libraries on top of my live guitar tracks creates so much depth, and I get so much out of so many of your other libraries – too many to name. A+ programming and sonic goodness gang!”
Jimmy Hinson
Black Ops 4, Mass Effect 2, There Came An Echo, Borderlands 2
“Between Shreddage, Super Audio Cart, Juggernaut, and Mega Brass I don’t remember the last time I haven’t used an Impact Soundworks instrument in a track. The attention to detail is astonishing and it’s all so easy to use out of the box, which is a big deal.”
Funkatron – Shreddage 3 Hydra
“Playing with Shreddage 3 Hydra plus POD Farm. So far very impressed. I’ve had POD Farm a while, but Shreddage is new, and it plays guitar way better than me.” – @funkatron
Dragonblade901 – Shreddage 3 Hydra
“I love the Shreddage 3 Hydra so much. This wouldn’t be possible without that! Thanks for making such a good guitar vst.” – @dragonblade_901
JasonRager7 – Shreddage 3 Hydra
“Shreddage 3 Hydra is so good. Thank you for making an 8-string that is intuitive for non guitar players. Out of the box, no adjustments yet!” – @JasonRager7
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.”
