Whether it’s a rush job or you can take your time scoring an action film, you can’t go wrong with Pandora. Since 2001, the Netherlands-based ProjectSAM...
What are the most exciting new features in the latest Logic Pro X update? Version 10.5 is probably the most significant update since the introduction of...
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Pick and strum your way through a history of guitar synthesizers, all in one box. Roland’s and Boss’s entries into the world of guitar synthesis have...
Who wouldn’t want Pink Floyd’s backup vocalists at their fingertips? The tenor of many reviews of EastWest’s Hollywood Backup Singers (HBS) vocal sample player/library is that...
If you’re a synthesist, the Kyra could be a DSP farm for your DAW. One remarkably exciting new synthesizer that isn’t getting enough attention (yet) is...
What does Arturia’s flagship controller/sequencer offer electronic musicians? Keystep Pro is a great unifier, controlling CV/gate modular systems as well as DIN MIDI and USB MIDI...
Can a virtual warehouse full of instruments maintain quality along with quantity? Even the free version? SampleTank 4 is a 16-part multitimbral sound/groove workstation for the...
About this Month’s Cover: Michelle Moog-Koussa and the Bob Moog Foundation In 1978, free from the company he founded and enamored with the Blue Ridge Mountains,...
The price of classic synthesizers continues to rise. Which ones are worth their asking price? With few exceptions, almost everyone agrees on which vintage synths they...
The Rock Band 3 keytar is crazy-cheap and amazingly useful. Behold the power of mass production: this two-octave MIDI controller has a keyboard feel that rivals...
If you want the predictability of an LFO with the pattern variations of random modulation, just add chaos. One challenge in music composition is finding the...
The heart of many synths is a wavetable oscillator, but what the heck are wavetables? Filling your mix with fresh, exciting sounds is what electronic music...
Catching up with classic and new releases from some of Germany’s finest electronic musicians. Since the earliest availability of electronic instruments, musicians in Germany have always...
Where did “the world’s most dangerous synth” begin, and where is it now? Fifty years ago, Herb Deutsch, Chris Swansen, and a handful of other dedicated...