An exclusive Synth and Software Interview Every man needs a cave. So does every woman, but Chris Meyer happens be...
Spectrasonics’ flagship synth gets a major upgrade Recently, Spectrasonics shook up the softsynth world with an October surprise: Omnisphere 3, (released October 21, 2025) which represents...
The Synth and Software Interview by Mark Jenkins Rick Wakeman must be one of the busiest men in rock music, seemingly always on tour playing different...
Your outboard gear shows up as a plug-in inside your DAW Even if you’re not a Eurorack GUY, you’re familiar with patchbays. Well, Freqport has updated...
It’s a self-contained version of the free VCV Rack modular softsynth, and we discuss additional options. There are two ways to look at the modular synthesizer...
In which the reviewer gets totally blown away (figuratively, and quasi-literally using a wind controller) Having to pull myself away from playing the Audio Modeling SWAM...
Dynamic, frequency-dependent “tube” saturation that you’ll probably use somewhere on every project Do you have an affinity for “just make it sound better” processors? If so,...
26 ins, 30 outs, a unique easy reamping feature make it a contender PreSonus’ audio interfaces have a reputation for low latency performance, high quality preamps,...
An accurate reimagining of the original with many bonus features Several companies – notably Arturia, Cherry Audio, and WayOutWare – have released software emulations of the...
Roland’s top-of-line keyboard workstation gets a big upgrade. Roland set its aims very high with the release of the Fantom 8 EX update. This flagship synthesizer...
It’s a “Hybrid Scoring Percussion” library for Native Instruments Kontakt sampler As someone who primarily composes production music for TV and media, I’m always scouting for...
Envelope following to control MIDI parameters, Audio & MIDI streaming to/from a DAW, and more. Gig Performer is a dedicated live performance plug-in host (see our...
The colors of magic Pigments are what give paint its many colors, so Pigments is a fitting name for a synthesizer that aims to give musicians...
When is a DAW like a box of chocolates? If you’re like most Synth & Software readers, you probably create your music in a DAW. There...
C’mon guys, stop breaking our computers every year! Apple released Sonoma, their latest macOS version, in September 2023. It’s now five months later, and some music...
