SOUND ON SOUND
Once the preserve of academic and experimental music, granular synthesis is more accessible than ever and has a lot to offer in all sorts of genres.
Sonokinetic’s new Kontakt library resurrects the sounds of the 1980s.
Novation’s first attempt at an 88‑note controller keyboard seems to get everything right.
We’re used to playing and sequencing synth parts in our productions, but why not sing them as well?
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. This 32GB Kontakt library presents an unusual Viennese baby grand piano from 1877 by the little‑known maker Franz Oeser.
Nektar’s LX Mini controller keyboard ticks all the right boxes.
PlayScore 2 is an iOS and Android app that performs OMR (optical music recognition) via a device’s camera or graphics‑type file import.
Sampleson’s modelled Wurlitzer ticks all the right electric piano boxes.
Nektar keep doing what they do best: making solid, capable, no‑nonsense MIDI controllers.
We all know you can score a movie or compose a symphony from the comfort of your DAW, but what can orchestral sample libraries do for other genres of music?