SOUND ON SOUND
Slicing audio samples based upon transient detection is a well-established technology, however, VirSyn have added two very interesting further twists that up the ante considerably in creative terms...
As the title suggests, all the sound sources are guitar-based, but their treatment here is very much aimed at providing a further palette of pad, ambience and soundscape-style sounds...
With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some traction, we check out Bram Bos's
latest ‘this is not a 303’ offering...
Tucked away behind the unassuming title is a sample-based drum instrument that manages to deliver something rather special...
Amongst Cubase 9’s new features is a whole new track type dedicated to quick and easy sampling.
It has to be said that musicians are not short of choice when it come to vowel-based choir sounds. Vir2’s latest addition to this broad and well-stocked selection box is Aeris Hybrid Choir Designer, a Kontakt-based sample library.
The latest iteration of Peavey’s modelling software not only allows you to build your own virtual guitar amps, but to ‘profile’ real ones.
As competition hots up in the world of notation software, does the latest version of MakeMusic’s long-established Finale have what it takes to stay in the race?
This sample-based virtual instrument designed for Kontakt features the voices of the award winning Uganda-based Aba Taano choir, a group of four male and two female singers...
For those wanting realistic acoustic drum parts, we don’t yet have a candidate for ‘EZ Drummer in an app’. Which is something that Blue Mangoo, the developers behind the excellent iFretless apps, are trying to achieve with Drum Session.