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Analog Strings is a Kontakt instrument based on a dual-layer playback engine fed from sound sources that include orchestral strings, vintage synths and other sound design elements.
San Francisco-based Soundiron’s impressively esoteric product list includes a substantial collection of choir and solo...
Unless you are using pre–recorded loops, there is still the rather significant task of building convincing performances and arrangements. Ensemblia attempts to give the user a helping hand.
Clavia know a thing or two about stage pianos, and this might be the best one yet.
Korg’s Nautilus puts much of the functionality of the Kronos into a far more affordable instrument.
Rhythmic Robot strike again — and with a double whammy! I can only speculate about this labour of love, feeding an Emulator II with a near–endless supply of 5.25–inch floppy disks.
NF's The Search has revitalised hip-hop with its cinematic textures and arrangements. Longstanding producer Tommee Profitt was at the controls...
This is most certainly not just another orchestral string library. Indeed, what’s perhaps most impressive with Dronar is just how far the playback engine can take its original sample source and in how many directions.
We find out how well Steinberg's new take on the virtual orchestra conducts itself...
This Voltage Controlled MIDI Controller takes all your Eurorack–based manipulations and maps them to the parameters of any MIDI device.
The aim of most reverb plug-ins is to emulate something else, whether that be the sound of a real acoustic space, a vintage...
All-round percussionist and jazz vibraphonist Frank Ricotti has enjoyed a stellar career as a composer, arranger, band-leader and session player, appearing on countless records and film scores. Spitfire Audio’s Ricotti Mallets features our man playing straight hits, rolls and glisses on marimba, glockenspiel, crotales and xylophone.
Continuing their tradition of themed rackmount modules, Emu have unleashed a 128-voice virtual orchestra in a box. A virtuoso endeavour or virtual insanity?
Big Fish Audio had plenty to announce at NAMM, with the headlines going to three new Kontakt-based virtual instruments...
The latest Notion scoring package offers upgraded orchestral samples, VST compatibility and a host of new features. Will it score highly with the musical community?
New products to be released before the end of 2007: Ableton Live 7, several new add-on instruments, and Ableton Suite...
Is the SKX the lightweight gigging Hammond you've always dreamed of?
The SOS editorial team shared notes to come up with 21 ways you can greet 2021 with a better studio.
OWC make high‑quality computer accessories with musicians in mind.