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    Drum Workshop DW Soundworks

    Virtual Drum Instrument

    Drum Workshop bring their considerable experience of drum hardware to the virtual world.

    Reviews Dec 2024
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    Native Instruments Kontakt 8

    Software Sampler

    NI’s long‑established software sampler gains a raft of new features and other improvements.

    Reviews Dec 2024
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    Expressive E Noisy 2

    Software Synthesizer

    Expressive E’s idiosyncratic synth sequel puts MPE front and centre.

    Reviews Oct 2024
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    How Virtual Instruments Work

    Simulation Theory Explained

    We cut through the jargon to explain how software instruments achieve their incredible realism.

    Techniques Sep 2024
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    Orchestral Tools Benjamin Wallfisch Strings & Stringscapes

    Sample Libraries

    The Berlin samplemeisters link up with a Hollywood film composer to create two major string collections.

    Reviews Sep 2024
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    Sonic Charge Synplant 2

    Software Synthesizer

    Synplant 2 takes a more horticultural approach to synthesis than you may be used to...

    Reviews Sep 2024
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    Quiet Music DreamWaves

    Plug-in Instrument

    Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. DreamWaves is based on the sounds of electric pianos that have been modified and processed to make them sound ambient, ethereal, lo‑fi — and in some instances mildly disturbing.

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    Sampleson Haptic Perc

    Modelled Percussion Instrument

    Trigger physically modelled percussion sounds with your fingers.

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    Virtual Drum Software

    Spotlight Round-up

    No room for a drum kit? No problem! Try one of these Virtual Drum apps.

    Reviews Jul 2024
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    Toontrack Session Organ EKX

    EZkeys Expansion

    Toontrack bring the world’s favourite organ to EZkeys 2.

    Reviews Jul 2024
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    Excite Audio Bloom Vocal Aether

    Plug-in Instrument

    Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Supporting all the main plug‑in formats, Bloom Aether Vocal is based on samples of short vocal phrases, both male and female, that can be manipulated in creative ways.

    Reviews Jun 2024
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    Arturia V Collection X

    Software Instruments

    With new and improved instruments, Arturia’s one‑stop synth shop is better value than ever.

    Reviews Jun 2024
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    Cinesamples Musio

    Virtual Instrument Catalogue

    Cinesamples’ subscription package promises an awful lot of bang for your monthly bucks.

    Reviews Jun 2024
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    Cong Burn Strokes v13.3

    Software Instrument

    Strokes has evolved from a clever MIDI sequencer to a sophisticated and original instrument in its own right.

    Reviews Jun 2024
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    Audio Modeling SWAM String Sections

    Modelled Orchestral Strings Instrument

    SWAM String Sections combines playability with microscopic levels of control over the sound.

    Reviews May 2024
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    Minimal Audio Current

    Software Synthesizer

    Minimal Audio’s Current is nothing if not ambitious, and not just as an instrument...

    Reviews May 2024
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    Westwood Instruments Lost Synth

    Software Synthesizer

    Westwood re‑imagine some classic instruments to take familiar sounds to new places.

    Reviews May 2024
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    Cherry Audio Pro Soloist

    Software Synthesizer

    Cherry Audio have resurrected the venerable ARP Pro Soloist in software.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Soniccouture AC-DR

    Acoustic Drum Machine Software

    Soniccouture have combined acoustic and electronic percussion to create something truly original.

    Reviews Mar 2024
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    IK Multimedia Pianoverse

    Piano Instrument & Sample Library

    IK’s sampled piano instrument aims to be more than just world-beating...

    Reviews Feb 2024
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    Modartt Organteq 2

    Modelled Virtual Pipe Organ

    Modartt revisit the richly complex world of the pipe organ, reducing one of the world’s largest instruments to a mere 30MB.

    Reviews Dec 2023

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