For years, I've wanted an electric bass sample library that has "that" sound. You know, the sound you know from all those records that you've had on loop at one time or another. One of those sounds that my bassist friends are often striving for. I never could seem to find it in a sample library. Most sampled electric basses conjure an image of a guy with the guitar strap loosed and the bass at his knees, maybe a stadium full of people out in front of him. And while that's cer

If you have been considering using any of our virtual instruments, you have probably noticed one of the unique features we have, called Smart Delay. You may have also noticed that we have two different types we refer to as Smart Delay 1.0 and 2.0, and there are some instruments that do not use Smart Delay. Based on customer questions and feedback, here is a brief explanation of the different ways our instruments work as of November 2025. We have four groups: The New Standard,

Hey, Trey here. If you’ve been following along, you might have seen that we released a set of custom expression maps for Dorico a while...

The cat is out of the bag, and Straight Ahead Samples is now thinking out of the box! The jazz box that is. Over twelve years ago, we...