It’s a chamber strings library, produced with Latvian composer Vasks and featuring lots of different articulations Why are developers constantly releasing new string libraries? Because they’re...
Stunning virtual piano instrument: a prized Steinway grand in a new player that uses both sampling and modeling Spoiler: Synthogy Ivory Grand 3 is at least...
It features “unlimited degrees of velocity,” which could be a breakthrough (or not, we’ll see!) Synthogy Ivory has been one of the gold standards of sampled...
Making the case for the piano being a percussion instrument on the charts Heavyocity’s first product, Evolve, was a collection of heavily processed hits and loops...
Mark Jenkins interviews one of the world’s finest musicians and producers Steve Hillage is one of the world’s finest musicians and producers, and in the next...
ILIO and sound designer MIDIhead announce a new collection of patches for Spectrasonics Omnisphere called “Minimal.” This collection is crafted with just enough character to enliven your...
Marty Cutler gets handsy with Cherry Audio’s amazing new flagship softsynth, a combination of two classic dream machines It cost $60,000, it was impossible to program...
Shorter: MIDI 2.0 continues to approach ubiquity We’ve been covering MIDI 2.0 developments as they happen for a while. If you’re not up on it, check...
Moog Music is again producing their famous classic synth 50+ years later Whether or not you know you know, you know the instrument. Moog Music is...
Organic-sounding drones, or “primal textures” as the developer calls them… these are good Orchestral Tools made a name for themselves with, well, what the name implies....
Circuit Rhythm’s firmware 2.0 update brings editable Grid FX, Beat Match, Fixed Length Recording and improved arrangement capabilities for greater flexibility with beatmaking. Novation’s Circuit groovebox...
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....
If you were worried that the program was going to be dumbed down when Fender bought the company, guess again PreSonus has announced version 6 of...
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...
Desktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 FretlessDesktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits. I’ve been a fan of Impact Soundworks libraries since Sitar...