The colors of magic Pigments are what give paint its many colors, so Pigments is a fitting name for a...
An update to last month’s angry rant about the constant macOS compatibility nightmare plaguing musicians’ computers Last month I went on a hysterical rant about how...
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...
A couple of weeks of study and you’ll be able to do just about anything you could dream of in the way of sound synthesis –...
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...
Two layers of bass sounds, each with two oscillators, at a no-brainer price If you don’t have any other reason to own an iPad, this is...
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!”...
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...
Is this the silliest sample library (in a good way) ever? Being a reviewer for Synth and Software occasionally allows me to take a deep dive into some unique products. Soundiron’s...
Polyphonic aftertouch and MIDI 2.0 top our list of new features PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT The S49 and S61 have semi-weighted keys, and the S88 has weighted hammer-action...
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...
