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SOUNDIRON Alpha Organ £60

When it comes to purchasing samples or buying sample-based instruments, generally we don’t stray far beyond our comfort zones; we have a good idea of where to find what we’re looking for. Some companies, however, would rather we were a little less wedded to our go-to sounds and more willing to audition new and unusual options.

Soundiron is one such firm. Its ever-expanding suite of classy sounds covers the conventional and the abstract with aplomb. Its latest semi-esoteric sample pack is Alpha Organ, centred around a set of pipe-organ samples recorded at St Paul’s Church in Soundiron’s hometown of San Francisco. The church has featured as a recording location for Soundiron’s stellar sample sets before – see its Requiem Light Symphonic Choir, and Noah Bells packs,

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