Virtual Instrument

AIR's latest virtual instrument features eight individual sound engines along with a wealth of effects and processors designed to create and shape drum hits from scratch. 

Klevgrand's latest software instrument samples the Music Box, a unique mechanical instrument created by Martin Molin of Wintergatan. 

Firmware and software updates have kitted out Nektar's Aruba drum machine-style sequencer and pad controller with a new Record mode and three new drum synth instruments. 

Sampleson's latest release allows producers and composers to create complex evolving soundscapes by quickly combining and modulating up to 17 sound sources.

The first expansion for Klevgrand's Tomofon soft synth offers a collection of new Audio Models and presets based on vintage organs and synthesizers as well as tuned percussion and ambient sounds. 

Abletunes' latest free add-on for Ableton Live offers a total of 30 different multi-sampled guitar patches. 

The latest version of Arturia's V Collection is now available, with the company also releasing three new sound banks that contain a total of 450 presets.

This latest Omnisphere expansion provides a range of sounds captured from custom instruments constucted from trees and other elements of nature. 

Synthogy's latest virtual piano series boasts a new engine that promises to offer modelling-like expressive control whilst retaining the realism of samples.

Sampling a variety of Eurorack systems and a modified ARP Avatar, Gradient aims to authentically capture the sound of modular analogue systems.

Hertz Drums promises to deliver authentic virtual drum parts that will surpass the expectations of even the most demanding users.

Void & Vista’s first software instrument combines samples of bowed instruments with a range of experimental sounds created with modular synths and hardware effects units.

The newly released Minimonsta2 retains the fundamental architecture of its predecessor but builds on it in many ways.

This powerful multi-layer virtual instrument boasts options for 15 different methods of synthesis.

Oberheim OB-E v2.5 and Oberheim SEM v1.5 mark the first anniversary of GForce's collaboration with Oberheim.

SampleScience's latest virtual instrument aims to provide new 'Mellotron' sounds rather than attempting to emulate the original instrument.