Emulator Standards is the sonic equivalent of a beige 90s workstation: practical, slightly corporate, and absolutely essential for scoring a 1996 local car dealership commercial.

Strings & Brass: The synthetic orchestra that powered basically every mid-90s sitcom transition and early 3D video game. It’s not the London Symphony, but it fits perfectly into 8MB of RAM.

Keyboards: Because a retro sampler simply isn’t complete until you’ve loaded up a heavily compressed electric piano patch to play jazz chords in your bedroom.

Ethnic Instruments: The glorious, catch-all 90s terminology for “we included a shakuhachi flute, a sitar, and a kalimba.” Absolutely mandatory if you’re trying to recreate the vibe of a mystical water level in a vintage RPG or produce an Enigma tribute track.

As always, this meat-and-potatoes collection speaks the native tongue of your aging E4 Ultras, EOS, and ESI samplers.