Orchestral Tools

Dave Gale revisits his school days with this extensively sampled collection of vintage toys and instruments

Many producers and composers collect weird and wonderful instruments, because you just never know when they might come in handy. One such composer is Richard Harvey; a veteran media composer in his own right, who has also scored and collaborated with the likes of Hans Zimmer and Paul McCartney, to name just two! He has amassed a sizeable collection of instruments, many of which might be categorised as toys, adopting a persona which lend themselves to childlike fantasy and beyond.

This package has been curated and recorded exclusively by Richard, at his studio in Surrey,

England. The result is a sizeable volume of 63GB worth of samples, across a number of different toy-like categories, all enlisted within OT’s own free Sine Player plugin. In line with other OT products, you can also buy individual instrument categories, for a very modest fee. We like this pseudo-modular feel as it allows us to dictate content, but as we would discover, the sum of these parts becomes pretty special.