Virtual Instrument

Serum’s slick interface belies an extremely flexible wavetable synthesizer.

Arturia have revived a classic string synth in software, and the result is the Solina V.

The quality and variety of orchestral string libraries continues to grow. Which one best suits your needs?

One of rock music’s most celebrated recording venues wasn’t a studio but a house in Hampshire, and no music has been recorded there for almost 40 years — until now...

Why take three virtual rhythm plug-ins into the studio when you can just take one? Steinberg’s Groove Agent 4 attempts to do it all.

More collections of drums, guitars and basses in the Indie genre.

MusicLab have turned their guitar-modelling attentions to the legendary Rickenbacker.

Despite enormous popularity in the 1980s, Casio’s CZ range has never been made into a soft synth, until now.

Over almost a decade, Pianoteq has gone from strength to strength. Version 5 offers astonishing realism with remarkably low CPU and hard-drive requirements.

The Mellotron is not lacking in software emulations, so what does EZkeys Mellotoon have to offer?

U–he’s Bazille is a complex synth capable of an astonishing variety of sounds.

If you want to create convincing keyboard parts but don’t have the playing chops, AutoTheory might save your bacon.

It’s been a long time coming, but the follow up to XLN’s Addictive Drums was worth the wait.

Garritan’s latest library raises the bar for virtual piano instruments.

Does DM307 live up to Heavyocity’s reputation for seriously good beat creation tools?

Arturia have pointed their considerable modelling experience at recreating a ‘60s classic.

Drum Spillage 2 lets you get down and dirty with synthesized drum sounds.

Arpology combines Sample Logic's wealth of sampled sounds with a sophisticated arpeggiator to create a unique virtual instrument.

Having done electric guitars, Vir2 turn their attention to acoustics, but the inexplicable '6' remains intact...

The Minimoog is not exactly short of software tributes. How does NI's measure up?

Rob Papen's venerable soft synth gets a comprehensive update.