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Soundplant v50.5 live performance software
Soundplant is capable of turning a normal QWERTY keyboard into a multitrack sampler and playable musical instrument.
Published 10/8/22
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e-instruments Pure Upright
Pure Upright from e-instruments is a multi-sampled upright piano for Apple's iPhone and iPad devices.
Published 9/8/22
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Tone2 Nemesis update
Tone2 Audiosoftware have updated Nemesis, their versatile software synthesizer which features a range of digital synthesis methods.
Published 8/8/22
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Toneboosters MBC multiband compressor
MBC from Toneboosters is a versatile plug-in, offering multiband compression alongside saturation and stereo width tools.
Published 8/8/22
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Techivation release T-Warmer
Techivation have released T-Warmer, a new plug-in designed to add unique musical harmonic saturation to low and mid frequencies.
Published 7/8/22
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Andrew Scheps receives honorary doctorate
Producer, mixer, and engineer Dr Andrew Scheps has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield for services to international music engineering.
Published 6/8/22
Published 5/8/22
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Teletone Audio Ondine
Teletone Audio Ondine is a Kontakt-based virtual instrument that features samples derived from, and inspired by, some of the world’s most iconic vintage synthesizers.
Published 5/8/22
ROMpler
A 'ROMpler' is a musical device that uses audio samples instead of oscillators for sound generation, with the sample waveforms stored in ROM (as opposed to RAM or equivalent). A ROMpler cannot sample audio to create new sounds, unlike a conventional 'Sampler'. The audio samples in a ROMpler are pre-loaded by the manufacturer. Most Romplers allow the mixing of different samples in layers, and to change the filters and envelopes, add effects etc. One advantage of a rompler is that there is no need to setup keymapping etc as that is all taken care of by the manufacturer.
The Roland JV1080 is a classic example of a ROMpler.
However, there is something of a grey area between Sampler and ROMpler since some instruments have no user-sampling capability yet new audio waveforms can be loaded by the user into the memory via a computer interface. The Yamaha SY85 is an old example of this kind of setup, while the Kurzweil K2700 is a more modern example.
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