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PROJECT SAM Symphobia 4: Pandora €599

A few years back, there was something of a revolution in orchestral sampling, with Project SAM quickly becoming one of the first companies to infiltrate the soundtrack market, with a stunning collection of libraries from a newly formed catalogue. The True Strike packages were a case in point; large forces of percussion were assembled and recorded to their fullest extent. Barely an action cue went by without there being a gong scrape or other from their instantly identifiable and iconic library, but meanwhile, the Symphobia series was also getting underway, inspiring composers and producers with a wealth of out-of-the box content, all designed to make life easier and sound better.

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The first question we have for Project SAM is, why has it taken so long to follow up the first three packages

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