SOUND ON SOUND
Anyone who bought a hardware synth in the '80s already knows that even a few megabytes of sample memory can nevertheless result in incredible sounds in the hands of skilled sound designers.
If your plug-in synths sound a bit cold and clinical, there are plenty of ways to inject some life...
The fifth version of Absynth introduces even more sound-mangling features and aims to be far more user-friendly than its predecessors. Has it succeeded? Read on...
Inta Audios i5 system offers high performance and very low acoustic noise levels at a competitive price.
Tonehammer are building a strong reputation for beautifully recorded and inventive sample libraries, but Francesca, the first...
Powerful CPUs seem to get cheaper by the day, as evidenced by Intels new i5 and i3 series, which promise enough grunt for even demanding musicians, but with a lower price tag than the popular i7 range.
Retroverb 3 is a 24‑bit/44.1kHz library of 450 Impulse Responses that can be used with any convolution reverb plug‑in....
If your PC struggles to run the plug-ins you want to use, how about shifting some of the load to its graphics card?