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Dave Stewart is an English keyboardist, composer, producer and author who started his career as a band member in the early 1970s. Since 1981 he has made 'pop music for grown-ups' with singer Barbara Gaskin, releasing seven albums on the duo's own Broken Records label and performing live in Japan, USA and the UK. He has also written TV & film music and created string and choir arrangements for various artists.
Dave is the author of two music books: The Musician's Guide To Reading & Writing Music (Backbeat 1992) and Inside The Music (Backbeat 1999). He has written for Sound On Sound (while resting between engagements) longer than any of us care to remember.
The recorder is an odd instrument: most of us have played it, yet it rarely appears in sample libraries. VSL have set out to remedy that by sampling four instruments of the recorder family.
Three grand pianos jostle for supremacy in VI Labs' deep-sampled, secrecy-shrouded True Keys Pianos package.
The third instalment of EastWest’s grand orchestral master plan sees the project nearing the finishing line.
Synthogy capture one of legendary pianist Glenn Gould’s favourite instruments.
A massive string ensembles library with individual player control is the latest development in VSL’s product line.
An unconventional Fender Rhodes Stage 73 Mk1 electric piano Sample Library.
Muse Research continue to refine their Receptor virtual instrument player.
An often overlooked part of the orchestra gets the royal treatment in a new sample library.
Rising from the mist of old England comes the successor to Spitfire’s flagship orchestral library.
Tired of standard percussion sounds? Chromaphone lets you create your own.