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Ethera is meant to sound ethereal, and it can’t be denied that Clara Sorace, whose vocal performances were sampled to create this 3.4GB Kontakt library, definitely leans more towards Enya than Aretha...
DrumCore users have been waiting a very long time for a new version, but version 4 is finally here — and available for both Mac and PC.
Whilst playing Theremin+ certainly isn’t the same experience as performing with the real thing, but for recording purposes its 106 24-bit PCM WAV samples should function as a convincing substitute.
Modwheel are a small New Zealand-based company set up by composers Steve Roche and David Donaldson as a way of marketing their quirky Kontakt instrument designs.
For those wanting to record and mix multiple sound sources on location, could the DR-680 MkII be the best tool for the job?
This latest Drumdrops library of virtual drum instruments is the first to feature a newly-designed interface, with sounds of a 1966 Ludwig Hollywood kit, recorded by producer Phill Brown.
How should a band prepare for their first session in a pro studio, and what can the producer do to help? We went to Kore Studios to find out.
A Noah Bell is a type of Indian bell, traditionally sold by monasteries as a way of generating income. It’s usually necessary to assemble differing-sized bells into a set so that together they form a musical scale, and that’s what Soundiron have done to create this virtual instrument.
In a box in the attic, I have a big acoustic-guitar pickup that never gets used. Apart from sounding a bit brittle, it blocks most of the sound hole when installed, thereby compromising the acoustic properties of my guitars. iRig Acoustic does the same job, but takes a very different approach...
Falcon features a DAW-style mixer with up to 17 pairs of outputs, and supports UVI sound libraries (of which there are many), so one of its functions is to act as a sample library player.