Devine Machine Krishna Synth 1.5 (Mac/Win) Review 

By Marty Cutler

I am astounded by the swelling ranks of software instruments with the capacity to produce awe-inspiring sounds of incredible beauty: gauzy pads, pulsing...

Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5 (Mac/Win) Review 

By Michael Cooper

A new dawn for virtual sampler-based production has arrived with the release of Native Instruments' Kontakt 3.5. Its completely rewritten sampler engine gives a huge performance boost and lets you gain access to 32 GB of RAM. ...

Applied Acoustics Systems Strum Electric GS-1 (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Marty Cutler

Soon after EM reviewed Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS) Strum Acoustic GS-1 in the March 2009 issue, we learned that an electric version was waiting in...

Sticking With Software 

By Marty Cutler

New drum software for audio production profiled in EM August 2009 issue, including FXpansion Guru, Linplug RMV, MOTU BPM, Spectraonics Stylus RMX and Submersible Music DrumCore...

Camel Audio Alchemy 1.09 Review 

By Marty Cutler

Camel Audio Alchemy 1.09 Synth Plug-In reviewed by EM writer Marty Cutler in EM August 2009 issue...

McDSP Retro Pack (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Nick Peck

McDSP Retro Pack Plug-Ins Suite reviewed by EM author Nick Peck in EM July 2009 issue...

Garritan Authorized Steinway Basic 1.03 (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Len Sasso

Garritan Authorized Steinway Basic 1.03 Virtual Instrument reviewed by EM editor Len Sasso in EM June 2009 issue...

Sonivox Playa 1 (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Jason Scott Alexander

Sonivox Playa 1 Virtual Instrument reviewed by EM writer Jason Scott Alexander in EM May 2009 issue...

Abbey Road Plug-Ins TG Mastering Pack (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Nick Peck

Abbey Road Plug-Ins TG Mastering Pack reviewed by EM writer Nick Peck in EM May 2009 issue...

Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Suite Plug-Ins (Mac/Win) Quick Pick Review 

By Eli Crews

Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Suite Plug-Ins reviewed by EM writer Eli Crews in EM May 2009 issue...

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 (Mac/Win) Review 

By Emile Menasché

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 reviewed by EM writer Emile Menasché in EM May 2009 issue...

Digidesign Transfuser 1.0.1 Review 

By David Franz

Sample Logic Synergy Quick Pick Review 

By Marty Cutler

Sample Logic Synergy Software Instrument reviewed by EM writer Marty Cutler in EM April 2009 issue...

Applied Acoustics Systems Strum Acoustics GS-1 Review 

By Marty Cutler

Applied Acoustic Systems Strum Acoustics GS-1 synthesizer reviewed by EM writer Marty Cutler in EM March 2009 issue...

Wallander Announces WIVI Saxophone Collections 

Wallander Instruments has announced two brass/reed collections, Saxophones 1 and 2....

FabFilter Releases FabFilter Twin 2 Synthesizer Plug-in 

FabFilter has released its new synthesizer plug-in, FabFilter Twin 2....

Digital Soundworks Dramatic Percussion (Win) Review 

By Marty Cutler

Larger-than-life rhythm beds are popular devices for underscoring cinematic action, suspense, and drama. Although other packages devoted to rhythm beds may be flexible and sound impressive, the majority start with prerecorded loops and construction-kit formats; ...

Applied Acoustics Systems Announces Strum Electric GS-1 

Strum Electric GS-1 is an electric guitar software synthesizer plug-in....

Modartt Releases Walter Pianoforte Add-on 

Modartt has released a physically modelled virtual copy of a Walter pianoforte....

Quick Pick: Vir2 Instruments Basis 1.1 (Mac/Win) 

By Marty Cutler

Read the EM February 2009 review on Vir2 Instruments Basis 1.1, which delivers a representative handful of electric bass instruments, an upright acoustic bass, and a side order of synthesizer bass sounds...