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SWAM String Sections combines playability with microscopic levels of control over the sound.
Audnic's EXC-3 is a MIDI controller fitted with three high-quality 100mm faders that transmit MIDI CC information over USB.
We show you how to build a simple sampled synth instrument in Presence XT, Studio One's powerful sampler.
Crudebyte’s iSymphonic Orchestra is an ambitious attempt to pack a full orchestral sample library into an iOS device.
The Austrian sample maestros go multitrack with four new brass ensembles.
Using a unique combination of virtual musicians and acoustics manipulation, Dr Shelley Katz aims to bring orchestral performances to even the most modest of venues.
One of Hollywood's most intelligent composers, Elliot Goldenthal is equally adept at writing for the big screen as the concert hall or theatre. We talk to him about his background and approach to composition, technology and orchestration.
Spitfire Audio have teamed up with celebrated Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds to release Ólafur Arnalds Cells, combining live strings and analogue synths.
The person behind ‘those’ Bricasti impulses now brings us Berlin’s Teldex Studio...
I'm looking for advice as to what I should be considering as my next move, to give me the 'oomph' for creating music that uses the best sample libraries for orchestra...
There exists in Bulgaria a rich choral tradition which sounds quite different from the Western classical vocal style....
EastWest's latest series of sample libraries aims to offer an all-in-one package to creators of fanstasy music, film, TV and game soundtracks.
East West and Quantum Leap's Symphonic Orchestra was one of the largest orchestral libraries ever released, at 19 DVDs for the full edition. However, it still wasn't enough for some people — so East West have released this 18-disc expander set...
Sonokinetic’s new Kontakt library resurrects the sounds of the 1980s.
With Spitfire Audio’s recent announcements of new Symphonic collections — Symphonic Brass...
Spitfire’s blockbuster percussion library makes a big impact.
If action and thriller soundtracks are your thing, then Red Room Audio’s Saga Acoustic Trailer Percussion might well appeal....
What does it take to transform a composer's sample-based demo into a form that real musicians can read and play?
The second part of our string-arranging series ventures into more dramatic musical territory, and explains how to manipulate orchestral string articulations when creating MIDI arrangements.
The Vienna Symphonic Library are well known for their amazingly detailed collections of orchestral sounds, and now they're providing them as virtual instruments. Will this take the VSL concept to a new audience, or is it a step too far?