Computer / Software

The SOS team pick their highlights from the past year of hardware and software launches.

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

Toontrack and Frank Filipetti span a vast array of musical genres with the latest Superior Drummer expansion.

Arturia have another classic on their long list of software synths: a special little squelchy box.

Cherry Audio delve into the distant past to bring us two new virtual instruments.

Underpinned by rapid developments in AI technology, SpectraLayers Pro 10 promises some remarkable advances in performance.

Now you can create Atmos mixes using any DAW! But that’s not all this app has to offer...

GForce’s software Mellotron just keeps getting better.

Modartt’s modelled piano goes from strength to strength and is now, remarkably, available for iOS.

Steinberg’s Dorico inches ever closer to full DAW status...

Hot on the heels of EZkeys 2 comes its first sound expansion, Soul Roads EKX.

Cinematique Instruments’ inspirational virtual instrument receives a major reworking.

Rhodes’ software recreation of their flagship instrument shows all the same painstaking attention to detail.

Is Synthogy’s Ivory 3 the best virtual piano you can buy?

UJAM’s Usynth range is about getting good results quickly, and GLAM is no exception.

Virtual piano, virtual pianist or virtual songwriting partner? Toontrack’s EZkeys 2 attempts all three.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. As with the original Atlantis release, the style of the vocal samples for Atlantis 2 suits epic fantasy with a strong medieval/Celtic vibe.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Solaris GTR is an inexpensive yet impressive‑sounding virtual instrument that uses sampled guitar sounds as sources before processing them to create a range of delicate textures.

We put the latest M2‑based Macs through their paces with music benchmarks.

With their clever audio networking technology, Elk Audio aim to make low‑latency, long‑distance collaboration a reality.

DSP‑equipped loudspeakers are only as good as the software that configures the DSP — in Genelec’s case, their GLM package.