Kontakt 7 for macOS – professional sampler and sound library engine with a redesigned interface, enhanced performance. Kontakt 7 is the latest generation of Native Instruments’ industry-leading ...

It has been said that reading books is surreal: You stare at marked slices of tree for hours on end, hallucinating vividly. Book lovers, therefore, are a strange bunch. They spend hours by themselves, ...

Welcome to the 2025 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Today’s libraries are places where people from diverse ...

The Library Company reading room on Juniper Street in Philadelphia c. 1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin ...

Ohio libraries are gearing up to fight a Republican-backed proposal in the Ohio House that threatens the funding structure that has supported libraries across the state for decades. The plan would ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides grants to libraries and museums nationwide, has been effectively shuttered and its staff placed on administrative leave. This ...

Correction: A previous version of this article had a different date of establishment for the Institute of Museum and Libraries. IMLS was established in 1996. In an executive order last week, the Trump ...

A citizen-led initiative to ban privatization of Huntington Beach’s public libraries has qualified for the ballot. Why now: The Huntington Beach City Council will have two possible library-related ...

Free Kontakt Libraries are a must-have for music producers, sound designers, and composers looking to expand their sound palette without spending a dime. Kontakt, a powerful sampler by Native ...

Version 8 takes Kontakt out of the shadows of your instrument collection and puts it right up there front and centre as a performance tool and ideas generator. It is pricey, though, so make sure you ...

We list the best music samples, to make it simple and easy to add royalty-free music, audio and sound effect loops to your recordings, whether for composing music or for a video audio tracks. Most ...