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....

Digital Sound Factory Launches New Web Site 

E-mu Systems veteran sound designer, Timothy Swartz, and his company Digital Sound Factory, have launched a new Web site that offers original E-mu SP1200, Emax, ESi-32, Emulator IV, and Proteus sound libraries for instant download....

Digidesign Introduces Structure LE and Structure Free 

Digidesign has added two new versions to the Structure family....

Modartt Offers New Instrument Add-Ons 

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pianoteq, Modartt is expanding its instrument collection with three new historical instrument add-ons....

Sonivox Expands DVI Series 

Sonivox, formerly Sonic Implants, has expanded its DVI (Downloadable Virtual Instrument) line of products....

GARRITANGofriller Solo Cello 3.02 (Mac/Win) 

By Jim Aikin

As a cellist, I'm keenly aware of the limitations of most sample libraries dedicated to solo strings. Even with an extensive library containing multiple...

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS FM8 1.0.1 

By Marty Cutler

The Yamaha DX7 and DX9 frequency modulation (FM) synthesizers stood in sharp contrast to the prevailing subtractive, analog instruments of their day....

Propellerhead Adds Signature Patches for Thor Polysonic Synth 

The Thor patches for the Reason sound bank were created by top synthesists and sound developers, including Daniel Wang, Morgan Geist, and Pascal Gabriel....

Announcing the Sonivox PreSonus VI 

PreSonus and Sonivox (formerly Sonic Implants) have teamed up to create the PreSonus VI, a general virtual sample instrument....

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Komplete 4 

By Len Sasso

Since its introduction at the 2003 AES show, the Native Instruments Komplete bundle of virtual instruments and effects has grown to include most Native...

E-MU Emulator X2 (Win) 

By Dennis Miller

E-mu has released Emulator X2, a major update to its high-end Emulator software sampler. Among the new features in X2 are the ability to use the software...

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Komplete 4 (Bonus) 

By Len Sasso

If you use virtual instruments in your music and are continually on the lookout for new sounds, Komplete 4 has it all. Komplete 4 includes instruments Absynth 4, Akoustik Piano, B4 II, Battery 3, Elektrik Piano, FM8, Kontakt 2, Pro-53, and Reaktor 5 along with effects Guitar Rig 2, Vokator, and Spektral Delay....

Sonivox Announces DVI Series 

Sonivox, formerly Sonic Implants, has released a new line of DVI (downloadable virtual instrument) products....

Arturia Announces the V Collection 

This bundle offers emulations of legendary synthesizers: the Moog Modular, the minimoog, the CS-80, the Prophet 5, the Prophet VS, the ARP 2600, and the Jupiter-8....

WALDORF Edition 1.2.4 

By Geary Yelton

Plug-ins have come a long way since 1998, when German synthesizer pioneer Waldorf introduced the virtual filter D-Pole, followed by the soft synth PPG...

SONIVOX Muse 1.04 (Win) (Bonus) 

By Geary Yelton

SoniVox Muse is a versatile 37.5 GB sample library paired with Tascam’s Giga Virtual Instrument....