I didn’t set out to build my own MIDI sample player, but SparkFun made it so easy I couldn’t resist. The SparkFun Tsunami is a 3...
Does EZbass deliver on the promise of a virtual bass player? Toontrack EZbass aims to put a virtual bass player in your DAW, continuing to round...
The E520 is a very different take on Eurorack modular effects processors. Unlike the Synthesis Technology E520, most Eurorack effects modules are based on either of...
PSP’s new channel-strip plug-in not only does it all, it does it well. I’ve been a fan of PSP plug-ins for quite a while now. Years...
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...
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...
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...
It’s easy to put words in a virtual singer’s mouth with the Kontakt instrument Realivox Blue. Realivox Blue is a word- and phrase-based vocal sample library...
Vocoding and vocal-synthesis effects are a snap with this innovative processing software. Waves OVox is a voice-controlled processor and resynthesis plug-in that also runs as a...
