Virtual Instrument

Hyperrealism is the order of the day with Waves' new virtual bass instrument.

Prominy's bass instrument comes of age with a major version 2 overhaul.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. This ROMpler-based instrument for Kontakt offers some fairly classic-sounding pianos and keyboards.

Soniccouture's fabled loft yields further synth treasure...

IK Multimedia's newly updated one-stop sample shop is bigger and better than ever.

Audio Modeling's SWAM range delivers a complete suite of virtual solo woodwinds and strings.

UJAM add three flavours of bass player to their growing virtual musician catalogue.

Now in its seventh incarnation and offering three new instruments, Arturia's V Collection just keeps getting bigger and better.

Rob Papen's versatile Rack Extension vector synth has been reborn as a plug-in.

VSL push out the boat with hall-recorded rock power drums and two top of the range grand pianos.

Arturia built their reputation on software recreations of classic synths, now they're back with one of their own.

FXpansion's new soft synth boasts sensational sound and an almost unhealthy level of modulation.

How do you improve on the ultimate drum studio? Steinberg attempt just that with the latest version of Groove Agent.

Mojo 2 Horn Section is an ambitious instrument that aims to succeed where other virtual horn sections fail.

If you're Eurorack curious but short on space or cash — or simply allergic to 3.5mm patch cables — Softube's Modular might be for you.

Audio Damage’s latest plug-in instrument gives an accessible but versatile take on granular synthesis.

This Kontakt-based virtual instrument doesn’t just give you sounds to play back your ideas. It can also give you the ideas themselves!

If you hanker after the sound of uber-heavy metal guitars, but don’t have the guitar chops or the seven-string guitar to pull it off, then Heavier7String might be just the (virtual) session guitarist you are looking for...

Bechstein have exhaustively sampled one of their own instruments to bring us this lavishly produced virtual piano.

Gothic Instruments have assembled their Dronar modules into a one-stop-shop for soundscape creation.

Outside the big-hitter sample library/virtual instrument developers, there are a whole host of smaller, indie-style developers doing their best to compete, either by offering something unique or accessibly priced. Folio Bass is one such product...