SOUND ON SOUND
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Deep Felt is a beautiful Kontakt instrument for a specific piano timbre that continues to be very on‑trend, thanks to its usage by numerous electronic artists and soundtrack composers.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Soniccouture continually push the extremes of sound design, and Polarity Tension marks the first in a series of collaborations utilising their impressive new Polarity dual‑granular engine.
UDO’s ribbon controller puts Super Gemini‑style expression at your fingertips.
As any professional musician, composer or producer will attest, when you take the leap to the professional domain, everything changes.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. Void & Vista’s latest release is framed as “an exploration of experimental sounds, prepared instruments and extended techniques”.
Conductor MkII is a solid, three‑fader MIDI box, specifically designed for the purpose of driving orchestral libraries.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Striking Strings Glissandi is geared toward the common dilemma of creating string risers in a controlled manner, where you want strings to naturally rise to a climax.
There is good reason why so many creative types opt to shut themselves away in out‑of‑town studios or workspaces. It has everything to do with the way that individual creativity works, and removing distraction...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Drumbada samples a rare form of Andean bass drum that has apparently remained unsampled. At least until now!
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Soniccouture's latest release is Kora, sampling a 21‑string harp‑like instrument emanating from Gambia.