Spectrasonics’ flagship synth gets a major upgrade Recently, Spectrasonics shook up the softsynth world with an October surprise: Omnisphere 3,...
The gold standard of synthesizers gains a long list of features and sounds Spectrasonics’ popular Omnisphere software synth has long been the industry benchmark. It combines...
It integrates directly with Launchkey controllers, or works stand-alone If you have one of Novation’s popular Launchkey MK4 controllers, what’s not to like about a free...
Dream Theater’s pioneer of keyboards and music software uses AI Jordan Rudess is celebrated as one of the most technical – and certainly one of the...
The series is growing, but is it in the right direction? When I reviewed Prime Bass, it was the first entry in Native Instruments’ Session Bassist series....
Samples from Kiev made of the war, turned into a peaceful instrument It’s an interesting instrument, made by Maks Histibe, a musician and sound designer based...
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...
Is it a “smart music assistant?” Devices that take away some of the hard work of composing music are not exactly a new idea. Sampled loops,...
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...
It’s a spectral synth plug-in with additive resynthesis, FM, and spatialization If you’re the kind of person who likes to bring otherworldly sounds into this world,...
The Moogseum is in Asheville, NC, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene The Moogseum’s building had only minor damage from Hurricane Helene, but they lost a...
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...
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)....
Version 2.2 offers a thematic update dedicated to pitch and dynamics and five new modules to the Multiphonics library: a pitch detector, a pitch shifter, an...
