When you think of electronic musical instruments, one of the first that probably comes to mind is the sampler. Even when you play a synthesizer, chances...
For at least as long as synths and samplers have existed, musicians have aspired to putting an orchestra on their desktops. Achieving that goal has been...
IK Multimedia is now shipping Miroslav Philharmonik Classik Edition (Mac/Win; $249), a virtual instrument orchestral plug-in available in VST, RTAS, and AU formats or as a standalone....
Cakewalk's free (for registered customers) Rapture 1.1 update offers many new features, including Native Windows Vista support and RTAS and VSTi Universal Binary support....
M-Audio MidAir and MidAir 37 MIDI cables are so 20th century, don't you think? When M-Audio (www.m-audio.com) debuted the MidAir 25 wireless MIDI keyboard,...
Modartt Pianoteq 1.0.3 marks a milestone in physical-modeling technology. From the first note, there's no doubt that this is a very playable piano with...
Beginning with its Moog Modular V in 2003, Arturia has released a steady stream of virtual instruments emulating classic hardware synths. Analog Factory...
The Vienna Symphonic Library team has released the new Vienna Instruments collection, Appassionata Strings, which features sounds from large ensembles of violins, violas, cellos, and basses....
FireBird is an easy-to-use but quite powerful synth featuring a variation on wavetable synthesis dubbed Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM). FilterBank2 is a dual-filter effect incorporating a broad range of filter types followed by distortion and flexible feedback-delay effects....
Albino 3 has four independent layers, a slew of new and enhanced effects, an expanded modulation matrix, and external audio input. It comes with more than 2100 presets clearly organized by category....
In addition to EastWest's introduction of Fab Four Virtual Instruments (now $395) at NAMM 2007, EastWest has also introduced its new Play software, as well as a handful of other virtual instrument collections: Quantum Leap Gypsy, Quantum Leap Ministry of Rock, Quantum Leap Pianos, Quantum Leap SD2—The Next Generation, and Quantum Leap Voices of Passion....
Garritan announced a handful of new products at the NAMM Show this past week: the Gofriller Solo Cello, the Concert & Marching Band Library, and the Personal Orchestra Soundware Library for Mackie Tracktion 3. ...
Releasing its first collections of sampled keyboard instruments, the Vienna Symphonic Library announces the Bösendorfer 290 Imperial and the Vienna Konzerthaus Organ....
The Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which debuted in 1978, was the world's first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer. Although the Prophet-5's total...