Powerfully Simple. Instantly Inspirational.
Discover Sonora Cinematic Select — a curated series of inspiring, great-sounding, and budget-friendly sample libraries designed for Kontakt Player. Perfect for creators at any level, each title combines ease of use with professional-quality sound. It includes...
Emma Legato – a deeply expressive true legato vocal instrument.
Nocturne – a cinematic electric piano with a haunting, atmospheric edge.
Softstruck – a unique take on felt guitars, offering nostalgic, dark, and intimate textures.
Simple to use, but with sounds rich in character and quality, the Select series features our signature atmospheric FX carefully tailored for each instrument and curated presets to help you get started right away.
You'll also find useful additions such as the Double Track switch in Nocturne and Softstruck – a one-click way to create a beautiful, organic stereo image by using different round robins on the left and right channels.
And there's more... when you buy the Select series bundle, you'll be eligible to take advantage of the special 'upgrade' pricing for each future Select Series title we release.
The Select Series Bundle includes...
Emma Legato
Emma Legato was developed in response to customer demand for a true legato library and is a fantastic collection of playable cinematic vocals with multiple articulations and a clever legato speed control that automatically adapts to your playing or piano roll programming.
Recorded with Emma May Price – the same classically trained soprano from our Aria Vocalscapes instrument, the library includes cinematic reverb options and curated snapshots for quick sound customisation and is an extremely user-friendly tool for creating rich vocal textures and melodic lines for cinematic or ambient compositions.
“I love these legatos and composing melodies with them was inspiring because of the beautiful sound and fantastic playability. I liked working with it so much I actually wrote two cues.” - Kevin R. Williams, The Sampleist
Nocturne
After losing a beautiful, rare electric piano to a circuitry fire, we managed to source a studio with a similar model and deep-sampled it in incredible detail. We captured the full character of that magical instrument, and Nocturne Electric Piano was born.
With a uniquely mellow, cinematic tone, Nocturne Electric Piano captures the soulful warmth and cinematic vibe of a true vintage gem and has a few tricks up its sleeve to boot. It's ideal whether you're composing emotive, soulful compositions, cinematic scores, sparse arrangements, or poignant song intros.
"There are certainly no shortages of electric pianos on the market, however few have gone down the cinematic and atmospheric route, to add the extra dimension of creative flexibility offered by Nocturne." - KK-Access
The idea behind Softstruck was inspired by a felt piano recording session which got us thinking – could we bring the concept of the felt piano to guitar?
By using ultra-soft, felt guitar picks – typically meant for nylon instruments like the ukulele – we captured a brushed, blurred guitar tone that felt instantly nostalgic, dark, and intimately textured. We’d found our answer to the ‘felt guitar’!
Applying the technique to three distinctive guitars, which were all recorded through four different signals, combined with the availability of our signature atmospheric FX, Double Track switch, 51 presets and more, Softstruck is ideal for cinematic scores, ambient soundscapes, emotional cues, and much more!