Spectrasonics Releases Omnisphere 

Spectrasonics has released Omnisphere, a new virtual instrument....

Review: EastWest Quantum Leap Goliath 1.0 

By Marty Cutler

Quantum Leap Goliath 1.0 is the newest big-box sound library and sample player from soundware developer EastWest....

Synthogy Announces Upright Pianos 

Synthogy’s Ivory-Upright Pianos virtual instrument will be shipping this week....

Vienna Symphonic Library Offers Single Instrument Downloads 

Vienna Symphonic Library is now offering single instrument downloads for 47 brass and woodwind instruments....

Review: Arturia Analog Factory Experience 2.0 (Mac/Win) 

By Marty Cutler

Arturia enjoys an established reputation for authentic-sounding and detailed software replicas of classic synths. Many computer musicians, however, prefer...

Modartt Releases Grimaldi Harpsichord Add-on 

Modartt has released a physically modeled virtual copy of a Grimaldi harpsichord that dates back to 1697....

EastWest to Release Symphonic Orchestra Play Editions 

EastWest has announced that all EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Play editions will ship on July 15, 2008. ...

Applied Acoustics Systems Releases Strum Acoustic GS-1 

Applied Acoustics Systems has released its new acoustic-guitar software synthesizer....

Vienna Symphonic Library Releases Chamber Strings II 

Vienna Symphonic Library has released the sequel to the company's first Vienna Instruments collection of small strings ensembles....

QuickPick: Samplebase Satellite 1.0 (Mac/Win) 

By Marty Cutler

Samplebase places high-quality sampled instruments and loops within reach of those with more-modest budgets. The vehicles for these sounds are Satellite...

EastWest Play Products Now RTAS Compatible 

EastWest has announced RTAS support for all Play products....

Garritan Announces Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand Piano, Professional Edition 

The software instrument is said to be a virtual concert grand piano with the same vibrancy and tone of a real Steinway Model D Concert Grand piano....

Digidesign Announces Transfuser Preview 

Transfuser allows you to create, manipulate, and perform loop- and rhythm-based music in real-time within Pro Tools....

Karma-Lab Releases Chemistry 3 - Groove Injection! 

This collection offers 64 "Karma-fied" combis and 128 GEs for the Korg Karma Workstation and the Korg Triton Series. ...

IK Multimedia Ships SampleTron 

Created with the help of Sonic Reality, SampleTron provides a collection of Tron and other vintage keyboard samples. ...

Puremagnetik Releases Purple Kit 

Puremagnetik has released Purple Kit for Ableton Live 7, Native Instruments Kontakt 3, Apple Logic, and Apple GarageBand....

Steinberg Groove Agent 3.01 (Mac/Win)  

By David E. Weiss

Unless you have the luxury of bringing in a session drummer every time you need a drum track recorded, you might want to consider a more practical alternative:...

XLN Audio Addictive Drums (Mac/Win) 

By Tony DiLorenzo

Every drum programmer has a personal approach to making tracks groove, but wouldn't it be nice to get the right feel and sound without much effort? Addictive...

Big Fish Audio Primal Drums  

By Marty Cutler

Rhythm beds are the percussive equivalent of synth pads: complex and evolving textures of rhythm instruments that we can most often hear in film scores...

Dan Dean Productions Solo Strings Advanced (Mac/Win) 

By Rob Shrock

When it was released several years ago, Dan Dean's Solo Strings library was widely sought after due to the high quality of the sample recordings. Solo...