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...
Attention, desktop congueros – your library and sequencer has arrived Back in the mid-’80s we had the Yamaha RX21L “digital rhythm programmer” (my first percussion kit)....
After installing Bitwig Studio and spending a few days with it, Jim Aikin was impressed Learning a new DAW is always an adventure. Where are the...
A Synth and Software book review Vintage electronic instruments from the 1970s and ’80s are much sought after today, either in their original hardware form or...
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...
Glassware takes on a new meaning In the late ‘60s, when I had finished my private study on banjo, my teacher introduced me to recordings from...
Looking for a percussion plug-in that will have your listeners saying “Wow, what’s that?” You’ve just found it. Nothing is more important in modern pop music...
Instead of going for realism, this Kontakt library tries to make acoustic samples sound like a drum machine. In the mid-80s, the print ad campaign for...
MIDI guitar is reinvented. Are the results worth it? Boss is a guitar-oriented brand of Roland, which has long been a leading force for guitar synthesis....
It can do all your creative work for you, or you can play your own parts Sonuscore and Best Service have had their sights set on...
Not emulations, but rather unique sounds with their own quirks It’s been said: “You can’t have everything; where would you put it?” The folks at UVI...
It’s 2-operator FM – with machine learning to turn your samples into programs Sometimes, though not as often as manufacturers would like you to think, a...
A vintage favorite rises from the grave (and gets a 2020s update) When the ARP Pro Soloist was introduced in 1972, I was playing bass in...
A new release for a high-soaring synth My first reaction, on launching UVI Falcon for the first time, was, “Yikes! This is the Photoshop of synthesizers!”...
Grab samples from a mix, and even separate the vox, instruments, bass, and drums There’s mixing, remixing, and now in Serato’s new Sample 2.0 plug-in, de-mixing:...
