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Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Recorded in Berlin's all-analogue Vox-Ton Studios, this library is based on a collection of prepared piano multisamples created by film composer and sound designer Volker Bertelmann
Now in its fourth decade, Kurzweil’s celebrated K series continues to evolve.
David Vorhaus of White Noise chats with Rob Puricelli about his early involvement with the Fairlight CMI and his Kaleidophon ribbon controller and Maniac sequencer inventions.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. The iconic timbre of this vintage keyboard is impeccably captured in this 500MB Kontakt sample library.
Steeped in LA’s musical and film culture, Cinesamples built their reputation on the acclaimed CineSymphony orchestral series....
RealiTone offer several specialist sample-based virtual instruments and the latest release — Screaming Trumpet — is no...
PlayScore 2 is an iOS and Android app that performs OMR (optical music recognition) via a device’s camera or graphics‑type file import.
Big Fish Audio's Symphonic Manoeuvres Volume 2 provides 10 orchestral construction kits along with some handy extras. The mood...
ROLI’s Equator2 is less an update than a full rebuild.
Large and complex orchestral libraries have their place, but most of the time all that many of us need is a simple-to-use product that won’t fill our hard drives with samples that may never see action...
The medieval crusades were a long-running series of military campaigns that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean region...
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Ostinato Woodwinds delivers a much more focused vocabulary of less than a dozen motifs, ideal for minimalist rhythmic beds and pads.
We take a look at what’s included with PreSonus Sphere.
NI’s new instrument makes owning and playing a Stradivarius easier than ever before!
The evolution of convolution takes several steps forward with Inspired Acoustics’ awe‑inspiring immersive reverb.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. The brainchild of Spitfire's Paul Thomson, Kepler Orchestra was inspired by the idea of contrasting rhythmic subdivisions that move in and out of sync like orbiting planets.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. If you're used to old-school percussion libraries consisting largely of single hits on individual instruments, this collection may come as a pleasant surprise.
If you’re looking for one reverb to rule them all, HOFA’s massively comprehensive plug‑in ticks all the boxes.
Audio Modeling's SWAM range delivers a complete suite of virtual solo woodwinds and strings.