Is this the silliest sample library (in a good way) ever? Being a reviewer for Synth and Software occasionally allows me to take a...
It’s like additive synthesis but unique: two sample-based oscillators play up to eight pitches each, based on the harmonic series or tuned to half-steps Earlier this...
It does virtual analog, granular synthesis, wavetable synthesis, sample playback, and FM. We’re truly living in a Golden Age of synthesis. Every year more developers step...
Can you have your mandolin without having to tune, play, and record it live? The mandolin is one of the most overlooked strummed instruments. While I’ve...
Free notation (and sounds) on all your computers and computer devices (phones, tablets…) Notion, the popular and solid notation program, became a product of PreSonus in...
Glide from one chord to the next using the pitch wheel In the overcrowded hustle of music software, it’s hard to find anything that’s really new....
Granular Synthesis As You Like It Q: When is a sample not a sample? A: When it’s been chopped apart into tiny grains and reassembled using...
If your music cries out for more raw, wildly animated sounds – check out the Sugar Bytes Cyclop ‘Synth and Software’ Review. Monophonic??? Well, yeah. But...
Does your music cry out for more raw, wildly animated sounds? Monophonic??? Well, yeah. But this is not your grandfather’s Minimoog. Cyclop is a mono monster...
The 2023 take on Roland’s classic SH-101 fits in your jacket pocket and only costs $200 The Roland S-1 Tweak Synthesizer is the latest offering from...
A no-brainer for Waves plug-in owners, and a temptation for the rest of us that will introduce anyone of the best free plug-ins out there Waves StudioVerse...
Is this the best $200 you can spend to improve your studio’s sound? Probably! Let’s start at the end of this short review: in terms of...
Mark Jenkins gets his freak on – and his hands on this compact instrument Arturia’s new MiniFreak is more than an expanded version of the French...
Neither thin nor synthy Of all of the orchestral instruments, the trumpet is one of the most challenging instruments to sample properly. Many sample libraries sound...
It’s tiny, it’s all analog (except the 2-track microSD recorder), and it’s a 10×2 line mixer with a headphone amp Is a 10×2 analog line mixer...
