Jim Aikin encounters possibly the most powerful synthesizer he’s ever looked at I already have way too many software synthesizers, but when I saw that a...
Fuse Audio Labs launches VREV-305 as twelve-spring reverb plugin purposed from iconic and rare Seventies-vintage system. Fuse Audio Labs announces the VREV-305 plugin — purposed from an iconic and rare Seventies-vintage...
Mark Jenkins traces the history of pocket-size sound makers 180-pound six foot weighted keyboard controllers are still a going concern, but there’s also a trend toward...
Cheesy Moog albums take on a new life today, as Mark Jenkins enters a world of crazy, psychadelic, and sometimes funny electronic sounds In the course...
The price has a wonderful ring to it You can never have enough reverbs on your plate. Groan! The dadjokes just won’t stop! But seriously. Plate...
Do you have the mettle for metal? Impact Soundworks’ Shreddage rock guitar library from a few years ago is still a standout. Since then they’ve come...
The MIDI Association is making it easier for manufacturers to come out with MIDI 2.0 instruments This release gets a little into the weeds, but most...
It’s billed as “create the perfect chord progression” We’ll let the company press release attempt to explain this tool. In the meantime, know that it’s $27...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
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...
Yes, the world does have room for another reverb when it brings something new to the table. Treating reverb as an effect rather than just space...
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...
Mark Jenkins with a blast-from-the-past keyboard that looks very much to the future A few months back, just before the new Oberheim synth appeared, we featured a retrospective...
These classic modules were released as standard plug-ins earlier this year, the new versions work in their software modular system We’ve been working with Cherry Audio’s...
It’s spearheaded by Bitwig and U-He, but so far 22 other developers are “evaluating” it – thinly-coded language from software coders? Any new plug-in format that’s...