Spectrasonics’ flagship synth gets a major upgrade Recently, Spectrasonics shook up the softsynth world with an October surprise: Omnisphere 3,...
It’s a remarkably responsive MIDI wind and breath controller, as well as a portable practice instrument We saw the Odisei Music Travel Sax 2 and their...
Waving our hands at an affordable and universally available version of the 1968 Stylophone The Stylophone was born in 1968, and it threw a unique bridge...
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...
The Polyvoks rises again – Cherry Audio Atomika Cherry Audio has a habit of coming out with excellent sofsynths at a silly price – that is,...
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...
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...
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....
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 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!”...
Released today: a recreation of the Korg PS-3300, released in 1977, and less than 50 of them were made. And of course, we’re here with the...
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...
