Kong Audio Announces the Matouqin VSTi 

This new plug-in instrument recreates the sound of the Mongolian horse-headed fiddle often used to complement Chinese classical instruments....

Spectrasonics Releases Stylus RMX Xpanded 

Stylus RMX Xpanded includes Stylus RMX Realtime Groove Module virtual instrument software and five S.A.G.E. Xpander expansion libraries....

Arturia Ships Analog Factory 2.0 

Analog Factory's new features include 3,500 sounds, Jupiter-8V presets, and better effects management....

SUBMERSIBLE MUSIC DrumCore 2.5 

By Mike Levine

The latest version of Submersible Music's DrumCore ($249, upgrade pricing also available) features some significant improvements, though none are earthshaking....

Cakewalk Releases E-mu Proteus Sound Modules 

Cakewalk has released six Digital Sound Factory E-mu Proteus sound modules for Dimension Pro and Dimension LE. ...

Native Instruments Announces Kore 2, KoreSound Packs, and Beatport Sync 

Native Instruments has released Kore 2, new KoreSound Packs, and Beatport Sync software....

Submersible Music Ships KitCore 

Kitcore is an RTAS, AU, and VSTi MIDI drum plug-in based on the MIDI drum instrument in DrumCore....

GForce Introduces Virtual String Machine 

Virtual String Machine is a 2.5 GB virtual instrument that features the sounds of vintage string machines....

U-he Releases Zebra 2.2 

Zebra 2.2 features compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Muse Research Receptor, and more....

Rayzoon Releases Jamstix 2 

Jamstix 2 is a virtual drummer VST instrument that simulates drum styles and human drummer movements, including such details as drummer limb simulation and triangulation of hand movements....

Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection 

The collection offers characteristic "piano sounds" (resonance, release, overtones, hammer and pedal noises, and so forth) of three different concert grand pianos: the Galaxy II (the successor to the Galaxy Steinway 5.1), the Vienna Grand Imperial, and the 1929 German Baby Grand. ...

Musicrow Releases Classic Minitunes 

Musicrow Classic Minitunes is a collection of 200 presets for the Minimoog V....

ARTURIA Jupiter-8V 1.0.3 (Mac/Win) 

By Brian Smithers

Having successfully reproduced the Minimoog, Moog Modular, Yamaha CS-80, ARP 2600, and Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, the retro-synth-loving techies at Arturia have turned their attention to Roland's famous Jupiter-8....

ULTIMATE SOUND BANK PlugSound Pro 1.0.0 

By Tony DiLorenzo

Ultimate Sound Bank (USB) refers to PlugSound Pro ($399) as a complete workstation plug-in, and what a workstation it is!...

U-HE Zebra 2.1 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Zebra, the brainchild of independent software developer Urs Heckmann, started out as a great-sounding plug-in synth for the Mac....

PRO AUDIO VAULT Bluthner Digital Model One 

By Len Sasso

Sampling guru Dan Dean of Dan Dean Productions and sound designer Ernest Cholakis of Numerical Sound have teamed up to form Pro Audio Vault (PAV)....

VIRSYN Poseidon 1.4 

By Dennis Miller

Poseidon 1.4 is a new software synthesizer from the always-innovative VirSyn....

Samplebase Releases New Sample Player 

Samplebase Web site offers a free sample-playback synth engine called Satellite Pro. Exclusive for Samplebase users, Satellite Pro is available as a VST/AU plug-in and as a standalone player. ...

Musicrow Releases The Arp Kingdom 

Musicrow has released The Arp Kingdom soundset, a collection of 200 presets for the ARP 2600 V....

Musicrow Releases Vintage Strings MkII 

Vintage Strings MkII is a virtual string machine said to replicate the sound of analog string ensemble keyboards from the 1970s....