Softsynths, reverbs, newly imagined processors… plug-ins are no longer inexpensive stand-ins for hardware For years the conventional wisdom was that – with a few notable exceptions...
Kays Al-Atrakchi calls it “One of the most exciting new products to come out in recent years.” I can use many adjectives to describe Realitone sample...
The popular sample developer’s take on the classic Wurlitzer electric piano, part of their affordable series of “instant writing tools” series The opening sentence in this...
Processed Sunset Strings recordings create a totally different, eminently playable instrument Remember Sunset Strings, which we reviewed way back in 2021? Realitone described it – accurately...
John Krogh takes on this tremendously big bundle of instruments, sounds, and effects. Komplete 14 was released in September to much fanfare, adding a range of...
This is the acoustic version of their Shreddage electric guitar instrument The original Shreddage from years ago still stands up, and they’re now on Shreddage III....
It’s a new sampled piano add-on to their MSoundFactory player Melda Productions is well known for their processing plug-ins, less so for their sampled instruments. This...
Major update to their outstanding collection of software instruments includes 60 new instruments, Brainworx and Plugin Alliance FX plug-ins, iZoptope Ozone 10 mastering tool The secrecy...
The company’s description: “emotive exploration that unearths the beauty, intimacy, and profound power of the human voice” Heavyocity’s first library, Evolve, came out over 15 years...
The man bites dog story of a string orchestra emulating synthesizers… Spitfire Audio is as widely known for its superbly detailed orchestral libraries as it is...
We prefer that the species continue, but this developer seems confident that they have the drum library to render all others extinct Snark aside, sample library...
It’s a 1938 salon organ, recorded in VSL’s scoring stage Okay, we admit it: we had to look up what a salon organ is. (It’s a...
Tracktion Corporation releases Novum, a next-generation granular synthesiser sampler plugin from Dawesome. Novum is a creative sampler plugin which elegantly combines spectral, granular and subtractive synthesis. Similar...
Play a chord and hear a full orchestration in real time?! EastWest’s Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition is the latest iteration of their fabulous sampled orchestra library....
It’s a new kind of steel pan, plus some warped pad variations Handpan is a kind of steel drum (which one is supposed to call steel...
