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This enduringly popular vocoding plug‑in has been treated to much more than a graphical refresh!
ZAPS is designed for fast, percussive sounds that spit, splat, zip and zap, although it won’t shy away from the odd melody either.
Having joined the team at Moog Music back in 2015, product strategist Max Ravitz was a key player in the development of the widely lauded Moog Mother‑32.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Like its predecessors, Neon delivers a specific palette of sample‑based vintage and analogue synthesizer sounds alongside the impressively powerful Mosaic front end/engine.
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.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Double Bass Textures is capable of some pretty remarkable sounds, thanks to its enormous resonating cavity and potential to bow in numerous different styles.
These four audio examples accompany the text in the SOS August 2023 Cubase workshop.
These audio files accompany the Better MIDI Pianos article in SOS August 2023 edition.
Alan R Pearlman founded Tonus in 1969, a company that would soon become ARP Instruments, and began producing synthesizers such as the legendary ARP 2500, 2600 and Odyssey.
Kali Audio, based in Burbank, California, was founded at the start of 2018 by some former employees of nearby industry giant...
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the AES, President Bruce Olson talks to Hugh Robjohns about their history, their role in developing standards across the audio industry and their entrance requirements for new members.
'Listening To The Music The Machines Make' - Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983, sets out to examine the multitude of influences that led to the synthpop revolution that spanned a five year period.
Take control over probably the single most important factor in delivering a good performance: the cue mix.
In this third episode David continues looking at preamps, outlines the use of VU meters, and explains the benefits of balancing a track prior to mixing.
In this fourth and final episode, David Mellor delves into Gain Staging your plug-ins and how to avoid clipping during the mixing and mastering stages.
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.
Rhodes’ software recreation of their flagship instrument shows all the same painstaking attention to detail.
Arturia’s new KeyLab Essential focuses firmly on computer control, with ambitious DAW integration.
With room correction built in, KRK’s highly portable GoAux 4 speakers are designed to deliver usable monitoring in any space.
Does Line 6's streamlined approach to amp modelling manage to provide all the features needed for stage, studio and home?