The time has arrived. With a reasonably powerful laptop computer and an affordable collection of software instruments, you can easily take your studio...
LinPlug makes a variety of VST instruments for Windows and the Mac. Len Sasso reviews three virtual modular synthesizers—Albino, Delta II, and CronoX 2....
We’ve scoured the Web for the past few months, checking out all sorts of freeware and shareware that creative programmers have made available for little or no money. We’ll focus primarily on newer software, though a few of our old favorites have received major facelifts recently, and we’ll include them as well....
We’ve scoured the Web for the past few months, checking out all sorts of freeware and shareware that creative programmers have made available for little or no money. We’ll focus primarily on newer software, though a few of our old favorites have received major facelifts recently, and we’ll include them as well....
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition is a VST instrument plug-in that plays electric guitar samples. Like the original Virtual Guitarist, VG EE effectively substitutes for a rhythm guitarist when you’re sequencing tracks in a DAW. It also includes Virtual Guitarist Electric FX, a pedalboard plug-in for processing guitar sounds....
It isn't widely known, but I invented virtual instruments. I don't like to brag about it, but I remember the moment of inspiration well. It was winter...
Get the most out of Native Instruments FM7 with this programming master class. You will gain mastery over algorithms and operators, as well as learn how to creating looping envelopes. The article also covers how to a stunning Fender Rhodes model...
World of Synthesizers ($99) is part of Ultimate Sound Bank’s Plugsound series of VST plug-in instruments. The plug-ins all use the same playback engine, but each product in the series has its own set of samples (over 623 MB, in this case)....
Well-known for its popular software synths, Native Instruments recently put forth its bid for host-based sampling supremacy with Kontakt. This powerful...
offers a number of sharewhare VSTi soft synths that use subtractive synthesis techniques as well as newer techniques, such as physical modeling and wave shaping. The instruments include the the JunoX2 , Beast, QuadraSID, PlastiCZ, and Slayer....
In the early 1980s, with the introduction of drum machines from Oberheim, Linn, E-mu, Sequential, and Roland, combining step sequencing with a synthesis...
Several features and enhancements have been added to Storm ($99; update free to registered users) since EM reviewed version 1.5 of Arturia's all-in-one...
This one's different. In the crowded world of plug-in virtual instruments, Steinberg's Plex joins the likes of Native Instruments' Absynth, Antares' Kantos,...
BitHeadz created quite a stir several years ago when it introduced its versatile Retro AS-1 software synthesizer and its powerful Unity DS-1 software...
With the release of Reason version 2.0, Propellerhead Software has fulfilled a number of feature requests and added two excellent sound modules to their...
If you're a fan of big, fat analog sounds, check out VAZ 2010. Software Technology has taken a subset of its well-respected VAZ Modular's features and...
Volume 3, Drums & Percs Elements (Mac/Win) Ultimate Sound Bank's Plugsound series is one of a new breed of software-based instruments, combining a self-contained...
Joining the likes of Image-Line Software FruityLoops, Propellerhead Reason, Arturia Storm, and VirSyn TERA, Synapse Audio Software's Orion is one of the...
The venerable Fender Rhodes electric piano came in two varieties: a Stage model with removable legs (for ease of lugging) and a Suitcase model with its...
