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Michael Williams' latest version contains all of the information from the previous two volumes in a new, 444‑page single volume.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Sample Logic's new library, Genesis — Pads In Motion, is likely to appeal to film or TV composers.
The MiniFreak V is every bit as good as its hardware counterpart.
Imaginando VS is a visual synthesizer designed for music and musicians.
Sonarworks’ SoundID has improved stereo monitoring in countless studios worldwide. The new multi‑channel version is designed to do the same for immersive audio.
The follow‑up to Pamela’s Workout sets the gold standard for clock division and rhythmic trigger generation all over again.
S‑CAT’s bespoke Bass‑Synth does exactly what it says on the tin...
Vintage Vibe’s Rhodes recreation just keeps getting better.
The idea of digitally controlled VCAs is far from new — but this implementation feels like the future!
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Play a chord and Pathfinder Violin will react to the notes that you play, corresponding to selected patterns or shapes.
MusicLab’s virtual guitars get a major overhaul.
These new all‑analogue simulations run a real tube on a high‑voltage supply, and cover a useful range of tonalities.
Rating: 4/5 Stars. A Copenhagen WWII bunker came to be a home from home for violist/composer Nikolaj Moeller Nielsen.
With newly designed drivers and Sonarworks integration, ADAM’s new A series promises a lot of monitoring for your money.
If you’re looking for a mic to lend weight to lean sources, the characterful Martian could be just the thing.
Audient’s iD44 was pretty good to start with... and now it’s even better.
Flux Pro is an affordable, easy‑to‑use, graph‑driven effects plug‑in which can produce some addictive rhythmic effects that completely transform the source material.
Rating: 5/5 Stars. There can be few instruments with a simpler interface than Sound Dust’s Drift 001, but then that was the design ethos behind its creation.
Can Dreamtonics really deliver a session singer in software?