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Audio Damage released a completely polyphonic Quanta Granular Synth. Quanta is a full-featured ten-voice true stereo granular synthesizer. Quanta features our new Flexible Envelope Generator (FEG), which is an arbitrary-length breakpoint generator with arbitrary host tempo sync. Quickly add and separate breakpoints, and inserted loop points and curves. These comically compelling envelope generators are typically sequencers in their own right,…
Bass Master by Loopmasters Review Bass Master (Affiliate Link) is all about Heavy, speaker-shaking Bass tones. This software Bass synth is sold exclusively through Plugin Boutique. Loopmasters did send a review copy with no strings attached. Installation You download the software from your Plugin Boutique user account and install it as a plugin for your DAW. Sound Bass Master…
Thorn by Dmitry Sches Review Thorn is a very intuitive and rich software synth from the same company who brought us Tantra. Thorn due to his sounds and potentialities is part of the high-end soft synths family. Dmitry Sches did send a review copy with no strings attached. Installation Thorn is a VST 2.4 or VST 3 or AU…
Regroover Pro By Accusonus Review Since Feb I did play with Regroover Pro by Accusonus to prepare this review. Regroover Pro extracts single instruments (or hits) from loops at its basic level and comes with many advanced features that are uniquely combined in this plugin instrument. Use Regroover’s Artificial-Intelligence engine to find sounds hidden within your…
Triple Spiral Audio Season Pass 2018 – 2019 Triple Spiral Audio has released the option to purchase their upcoming libraries for Omnisphere 2, Kontakt, Falcon/UVI workstation, Repro 1 and 5, Diva, VPS Avenger, Iris 2 and Serum. The new Season Pass is on pre-order until June 2018 is an investment into the future, from my experience I did purchase several subscription libraries and with…
Go2 by Rob Papen Review In our review, we are taking a look Go2 by Rob Papen. Go2 is the soft-synth created to be easy to use. With this synth, you can produce elements of your next song. The Interface, and way to use the synth were dumbed down. The results from these synths do sound…
MelodicFlow by FeelYourSound Review MelodicFlow assists you to produce melodic parts and helps you to prevent wrong notes played. With this tool, you can focus on melodic rhythms instead of being worried about your not so excellent piano skills. MelodicFlow provides different modes and over 300 scales. We reviewed Sundog Song Studio 3.2 from FeelYourSound earlier. The market for…
We did review HYBRID Bundle by Sample Fuel earlier and you can get a demo version of the POLY which is included in the bundle to perform with it yourself here. The bundle is combining two products POLY and WAVE. “POLY and WAVE powered by the CRE8 Engine are our first 2 software synthesizers that are very simple to use with an intuitive single user interface that puts…
HYBRID Bundle by Sample Fuel Review In our review of the HYBRID Bundle by Sample Fuel, we are looking at a sound collection for Halion 6 and Halion 6 SE. The bundle is combining two products POLY and WAVE. Danny Lux is the key person behind Sample Fuel, Danny composes and scores for various television shows. Currently,…
USQ-1 by UVI Review USQ-1 is a collection of vintage sounds of the from the Ensoniq ESQ-1 an affordable and memorable synthesizer, released in 1986. This instrument is a fundamentally a sample-based ROMpler of an Ensoniq ESQ-1 … and more. UVI did release recently many fabulous sounding expansion for the Workstation and Falcon player, see also Subculture, Augmented Piano, Digital…
Sylenth1 by LennarDigital Review Sylenth1 by LennarDigital is a pure synth sound treasure. If you did hide under a rock or are new to producing music or composing Sylenth1 is worth a look. Sylenth1 is a virtual analog plugin synthesizer and includes many unique sounds which you have heard in many tracks in the past years. Sylenth1 was…
eXplorer4 bundle by Rob Papen Review Rob Papen synth and tools bundle eXplorer4 includes an extensive collection of synthesizer, EQ, and effect plugins. To cut it short several of the synth you need to open then and could use them asap for your next project. The vast variety of included patches are excellent. Rob Papen did…
Syntronik Deluxe by IK Multimedia Review Syntronik Deluxe is now a collection of the sound of most significant synthesizers. IK Multimedia added five new synths for the release of Syntronik Deluxe. Existing Syntronik owner are able to upgrade to Syntronik Deluxe or obtain any of the new synths individually. With the additional instruments added you have now overall in…
8 Bit Generator by Alden Nulden Productions Review Looking for sounds and instruments for lofi, Electronica, Glitch production or do you score to picture and need some fitting retro game sound, 8 Bit Generator by Alden Nulden Productions should be on your shortlist. Alden Nulden Productions founded in 2013 by Kore G. The primary focus of Alden Nulden…
Lofi House System for Arturia CMI-V by Plughugger Review I got especially interested in lofi since early 2018. When I did see that Plughugger released a lofi sound-set for the new Arturia CMI-V sampler I was eager to get my hands on it and see which lofi sounds the package includes. We did review Arturia CMI-V as…
FRICTION (DIVA presets) by Sound Dust Review Sound Dust produce 170 presets that are used with U-He’s astonishing analog software synth DIVA. FRICTION is a fancy, cool vide driven and sometimes strange sounding preset collection. As you may know Sound Dust this presets collection is very different, as always. Sound Dust is the brainchild of Pendle Poucher,…
Zebra Nordsund Bundle by The Unfinished Review Zebra Nordsund Bundle is all about Nordic vibe – detectives, cold nights, complex murders, reflecting the Nordic sonic landscape. Matt Bowdler produced in partnership Uno Helmersson and Patrik Andren patches for the fourth season of Swedish/Danish detective drama, The Bridge. Zebra Nordsund Bundle includes four products: Zebra Nordsund: Blood, Zebra Nordsund: Gold, Zebra Nordsund: Blood [Dark…
HEAT UP 2 by INITIAL AUDIO Review Heat Up 2 (Affiliate Link) is an instrument for your DAW that comes with sounds and tone across different genres. Included in Heat Up 2 bundle is RnB Essentials Expansion Pack. INITIAL AUDIO did send a review copy with no strings attached. We did also do receive BLACKOUT (Affiliate Link), HIPHOP…
Phosphor 2 by Audio Damage Review Today we’ll be having a look at a unique synthesizer plug-in for experimental and lo-fi sounds – Phosphor 2 by Audio Damage. Audio Damage has been producing VST plug-ins for quite some time, covering creative effects like reverb, delay, and distortion, as well as some synthesizer plug-ins that are…
OPAL by Audiomodern a Xfer Serum Preset AudioModern continues to blow me away with their quality library. They have been delivering for different platforms. OPAL is a Serum collection. With OPAL Audiomodern (Affiliate Link) launched a unique collection full of fragile sounds, Ambient Soundscapes, Soft Leads, Synths, Pads, and Sequence Sounds. All programmed carefully for Serum.…
Phonec 2 by Psychic Modulation Review Remember those old days when you watched a movie or home recording on VHS? You would have to fast forward or rewind the tape if you missed something or wanted to watch it again. The mystery of vintage video logo music was the inspiration for Phonec. These were the…
Subculture a Falcon Expansion by UVI Review With the latest Falcon expansion Subculture, UVI goes into the dark and deep sounds. Subculture was created for film composer and producers of EDM, Drum & bass, electronic, and garage music. Subculture adds to Falcon with 110 subs, stabs, atmospheres, FX and more. The sound has been developed by Richard Gale…
KORG Gadget for Mac Review KORG Gadget for Mac is a collection of more than 30 gadgets available on your primary DAW as plugins or within a simplistic DAW which Korg calls Korg Gadget. The mobile version Korg Gadget for iOS is one of the most successful music apps on the iOS platform. Korg Gadget…
Cinematic Synthesis: Digital Sound Creation – New Evenant Course Evenant has launched today Cinematic Synthesis: Digital Sound Creation (Affiliate Link) Their newest course teaches you the basics of a synth: what are LFOs, oscillators, filters and everything you need to know to be ready to adequately create the type of sounds like in The Dark Knight, Blade…
Obscurium by Sugar Bytes Review Obscurium is a unique instrument where a Sequencer and a Synthesizer did have a baby and called it Obscurium. Sugar Bytes is a Berlin-based company focusing on Plug-ins for studio musicians and live performers. Multi-effects like Looperator, Turnado & Artillery changed the way music made in a professional production setting. Egoist, Obscurium, Effectrix,…
Aparillo by Sugar Bytes Review Aparillo, an advanced 16-voice FM synthesizer, has been released mid-December in 2017 by Sugar Bytes. Sugar Bytes is a Berlin-based company focusing on Plug-ins for studio musicians and live performers. Multi-effects like Looperator, Turnado & Artillery changed the way music made in a professional production setting. Egoist, Obscurium, and Factory…
V Collection 6 by Arturia Review Arturia has released V Collection 6. With the update to version 6, four hardware synths and instruments have been added. Besides new preset sounds, upgrades to Piano V (now version 2), Analog Lab and enhancements to the existing instrument have been made. One of the most exciting new synths is…
With the recent launch of Polyplex by Twisted Tools, published Native Instruments I did play around with Polyplex using the VST plugin Shaperbox by Cableguys. POLYPLEX runs in REAKTOR 5 or the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER. I used Reaktor 6 in my demo. Instruments and plugin used in the video above: Shaperbox by Cableguys Polyplex…
V Collection 6 is released. “The ultimate synth, organ, piano, and performance keyboard anthology. 21 seminal instruments, supercharged, and at your command.” A review is in the works already.
IK Multimedia Production did release an update for Syntronik. Version 1.1 can be found in your user area and includes aftertouch, effect chain presets, interface improvements and enhanced editing for multis. What’s New in Syntronik version 1.1 Quick Edit on Multi page: now features dedicated level and pan sliders as well as effects and arpeggiator bypass for all parts…
V Collection 5 includes 17 true recreations of the fabulous synths, organs, electric pianos. Utilizing Arturia’s TAE (True Analogue Emulation) algorithmic modeling. V Collection 5 promises authentic, detailed sounds. In addition, the Arturia software allows you to expand the set of features beyond what was found on the original’s synths. TAE® is “True Analog Emulation”…
Vintage Vault 2 is an update to the highly recognized first version which was just called Vintage Vault. Vintage Vault 2 now includes 50 instruments, 111 drum machines, and over 7000 presets. All sounds have been created by using actual hardware, no software emulation was created for the included sounds. Compared to the previous version UVI has…
UVI did release an updated version of their Vintage Vault products. We did review Vintage Vault (1) and we are currently in the process reviewing updated version Vintage Vault 2. There is an introductory price as well for existing customers an upgrade path that you could look into and benefit from. Vintage Vault 2 also…
Erica Synths has launched the Fusion Drone System. It was designed to creating huge, overpowering bass and drones.Vacuum tube based Erica Synths Fusion Series modules are the basis of the system, while Black Modulator and Black Envelope Generator add plenty of modulation and noise generation possibilities. 43 patch points (20 patch cables included) for extensive experiments…
I did upgrade recently the studio with different hardware sampler. The introduced hardware sampler are from Yamaha, Akai and E-MU. I did end with more than one model from each vendor. Every hardware vendor and also the different model from each vendor modifies and changes the sampled sound much more than expected. Older models which…
UVI based in France has been producing music software products for more than 20 years. For years different products based on vintage synths have been sampled by UVI for you to work with. One of the advantages of UVI’s approach is that the sampled instrument sounds as the original hardware that was used. Vintage Vault…
Falcon If you have been using libraries that are based on the UVI engine before you may know the free player from UVI which is called UVI Workstation. Falcon is the more powerful version of UVI Workstation with some additional features like a Synth, Sampler, and Sequencer. Falcon runs as a standalone client or in your…
Synth Anthology 2 by UVI I have been using Synth Anthology 2 for some time now and I am really impressed with many of the included synthesizers. I really did fall in love with some RLD Jup 8 pads and to be honest I could not remember when I did smile so much when I played…
Roland and Studio Electronics Collaborate on Debut of New Roland Boutique Designer Series Roland introduces the SE-02 Analog Synthesizer, a collaborative effort from Roland and Studio Electronics, and the debut product of the new Roland Boutique Designer Series. Studio Electronics is a leader in excellence and ingenuity in analog synthesizer design since 1988. Makers of…
Tom (Junkie XL) demonstrates and introduces several Boutique Synths from Roland
I just finished the download of the newest spitfire audio product called BT PHOBOS. Phobos is spitfire’s polyconvolution synthesizer positioned towards composers which write epic, cinematic electronic and hybrid compositions. Different from other spitfire audio libraries, this one runs as an standalone plugin (VST, VST3 , AU, and AAX) and does not require KONTAKT.…
