100 instruments you’ve never heard before I say, do you fancy a sampled instrument made out of plastic tubes from the hardware store? Chris Hein’s latest...
Synth and Software contributors sound off on their choices We asked several of our top contributors to write a couple of paragraphs about why they use...
Softsynths, reverbs, newly imagined processors… plug-ins are no longer inexpensive stand-ins for hardware For years the conventional wisdom was that – with a few notable exceptions...
A great time was had by all at the Burbank, CA synth show last week, and here are the receipts UPDATE: Synth and Software contributor Mark...
The riveting tale of how I turn on my studio just by telling it to power up You’d be surprised at how much more likely you...
Cloud backup company Backblaze publishes a definitive 5-year study We all use computers for making music, right? Well, the old wives’ tale about solid state drives...
Yes, the world does have room for another reverb when it brings something new to the table. Treating reverb as an effect rather than just space...
A different way of approaching your digital audio sequencing software and its plug-in processors There’s an interesting feature in the forthcoming CLAP open plug-in format: polyphonic...
Netflix used the song in their top-rated show, and 37 years later it’s reached the top of that hill again. 1985: poodle hair, t-shirts under linen...
It was just released today (Tom Oberheim’s birthday), and it’s a beauty Okay, this is my new favorite synth (along with all my other favorite ones)....
Play a chord and hear a full orchestration in real time?! EastWest’s Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition is the latest iteration of their fabulous sampled orchestra library....
Absolutely, but a lot of instruments that look backward are being released – and that’s a good thing, as Nick Batzdorf philosophizes. Don’t worry, innovation isn’t...
It’s a dynamic equalizer with Auto-Tune pitch tracking built in Here’s the company release: creators of Auto-Tune®, continue to lead in the development of advanced vocal...
They’re integrated with FL Studio, a first for Novation In addition to introducing the Launchey 88 full-size controller, here’s the company release for new controller keyboards...
Breaking news, very sad We’ll post more when we hear more, but the screen capture above is from the Sequential website. Dave Smith was a major...
