Native Instruments Kontakt 3.01 (Mac/Win) 

By Jim Aikin

Software samplers are a vital component in today's studio environment. Whether you're laying down a piano track, composing a film soundtrack, editing...

Puremagnetik Releases TeeBee  

Puremagnetik has released TeeBee, a collection of instruments and loops sampled from the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer....

Kong Audio Releases ChineeSuona 

Kong Audio has released its new Chinee Series plug-in called ChineeSuona....

Native Instruments Kontakt 3.01 (Bonus) 

By Jim Aikin

Native Instruments Kontakt 3 is packed with options and has a user interface to match. Clicking a button often opens up a whole new panel studded with more buttons, sliders, knobs, graphic displays, or other widgets. ...

Manytone Updates ManyBass 

The sample-based bass synthesizer, which is available in VSTi formats for Macs and PCs, now offers disk-streaming....

Tone2 Updates Gladiator 

Tone2 has updated Gladiator to version 1.2.2....

Musicrow Releases Magic Vox 

Musicrow's latest release is Magic Vox, a virtual instrument comprised of the sampled sounds of 12 different guitars....

Vital Arts Plectrum 

By Marty Cutler

The secret of sampling's longevity is not just how realistically it can reproduce instruments such as drums and piano, but also that any sound you can...

Scarbee Black Bass 

By Babz

Scarbee's first bass product, J-Slap'n Fingered (JSF), evolved over several versions to become one of the most advanced virtual basses around. Its extensive...

Realitone Introduces RealiVox 

Realitone has introduced RealiVox, a solo vocal virtual instrument....

EastWest NAMM 2008 Announcements 

At the 2008 Winter NAMM Convention this month, EastWest made a number of product announcements. Keep reading to learn more....

DIGIDESIGN Velvet 

By Tony DiLorenzo

Because I learned to play on a Rhodes Suitcase 73, I was thrilled to hear that Digidesign had developed an electromechanical piano plug-in. ...

IMAGE LINE Software Morphine 1.3 

By Marty Cutler

Today's music-software offerings include a spate of additive synthesizers. Image Line has joined the fray by releasing Morphine ($159, download only),...

KEYTOSOUND Nexsyn 1.1r11 

By Marty Cutler

KeyToSound's Nexsyn ($339) is a software synth that combines sample playback with traditional synthesis techniques. It supports AU, VST, and RTAS on the...

Image Line Software Morphine (Bonus) 

By Marty Cutler

Morphine is a hybrid of additive and subtractive techniques along with resynthesis tools. It offers spectral models for emulating acoustic instruments and can serve as a springboard for creating fresh new sounds out of familiar harmonic content. Morphine relies on four Generators (roughly equivalent to oscillators) to play spectral models from its own supply or from user-supplied samples. ...

Modartt Releases CP-80 Add-On Instrument for Pianoteq 

Modartt has released an electroacoustic grand piano add-on: the CP-80....

Tone2 Announces Gladiator 

Tone2 has announced the Gladiator synthesizer plug-in....

Native Instruments Releases Kontakt 3 Demo 

Native Instruments is offering a demo version of Kontakt 3....

db audioware Announces Flying Haggis 

db audioware is marking its 10th anniversary with the Flying Haggis virtual guitar amp....

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....