Virtual Instrument

The Crow Hill Company’s latest release delivers an answer to that age-old question: “what would a piano sound like if its strings were replaced by gongs?”

Abbey Road Studios have announced the release of a virtual instrument that has been created in collaboration with British fashion brand Charles Jeffrey Loverboy.

The latest version of Dawesome’s acclaimed sound-shaping instrument has just been added to the Tracktion line-up, offering a new and improved way to turn any sound source into “shimmer, texture and atmosphere”. 

The latest arrival to Excite Audio’s Evolve series promises to “blend fragile sonic moments into something intimate yet intangible, half-there, floating at the edge of the ethereal”. 

ReSing Session Singers Showcase introduces seven new professional ReSing models, and allows users to hire virtual singers for a one-off session fee.

Steinberg's virtual drum instrument has gained the ability to layer and replace kicks, snares and toms, along with a brand-new Punch Kit, additional acoustic kits, a new Pattern Editor and much more.

The Very Loud Indeed Co. have just introduced their latest Omnipshere sound set, which includes a selection of 120 new cinematic patches for Specrasonics’ flagship software synthesizer.

INA GRM’s recently released sound-design instrument has just received its first major update, which among other things, introduces official support for Windows 10 and 11. 

Rhodes have announced that their recently released Rhodes Wurli plug-in has been rebranded as Wurlitzer by Rhodes following official endorsement from Wurlitzer themselves.

Built from a collection of recordings that captured bowed instruments from the North Caucasus, the sounds that make up Dark Veil have been crafted using a selection of pedals, amps and effects, with the developers blending multiple signal chains together in search of new and interesting tones. 

The latest arrival to The Crow Hill Company's revolving selection of free instruments has been “built around the idea that music doesn’t have to begin with formal training, specialist instruments or expensive tools”.

Recorded during the sessions for the developer's Panorama Acoustic Kontakt library, Pure Nylon delivers the same warm tone and musical detail, but reimagined for Soundbox’s MPE-capable platform.

Established in December 2025 with the aim of creating interactive, “vibe-driven” plug-ins, the company already have two products available: Cloud Guitar and Aurora, both of which have been developed with a focus on emotional experience. 

10K Audio have recently launched a major update that adds some powerful new functions to their real-time looping instrument.

The first formal collaboration between the two brands will see a selection of the UK-based sampling experts’ virtual instruments made available within Akai’s MPC ecosystem.

In celebration of their fifth anniversary, The Very Loud Indeed Co. have announced a sale across their range of cinematic scoring and sound-design tools. 

Described as “a musician by your side”, the latest addition to the Celemony line-up brings together a huge collection of musical phrases played by some of the world’s top session players, all of which can be adapted to play in any song, regardless of its chord sequence, tempo or groove.

Nostalgia Reborn brings together more than 4500 samples drawn from over four decades of electronic instruments, delivering an all-in-one genre-spanning collection that promises to fit into just about any modern production.