Drumagog 5   < WaveMachine Labs >
Reviewed by Thom Monahan on Jul 19, 2011
Category: Plug-Ins Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 84 >
WaveMachine LabsDrum replacement software can seem like so much digital voodoo, adding to the “Photoshop-ification” of music production, but really it’s just an extension of drum...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on May 16, 2011
Category: Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 83 >
I’m a huge fan of Arturia and their virtual synth designs. They are, I feel, one of the best software synth developers around. I love using their “V” synths (Tape Op #41, 57, 67) in...  < KEEP READING >
Vienna Ensemble Pro   < Vienna Symphonic Library >
Reviewed by Will Severin on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 82 >
When you find a product that streamlines your workflow simply and unobtrusively, you wonder, "Hey, how come nobody thought of this sooner?" Vienna Ensemble Pro is one of those products. So, what...  < KEEP READING >
Alchemy Soft Synth   < Camel Audio >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 82 >
There are many jobs for which hardware still rules the music roost. But there are some that software does better - synths, for example. Though no software will replace my analog Minimoog, many...  < KEEP READING >
XILS 3 LE   < XILS L >
Reviewed by John Baccigaluppi on Feb 01, 2011
Category: Plug-Ins Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 81 >
This “matrix based modular synthesizer” softsynth, based on the EMS VCS 3, was an impulse purchase for me on AudioMIDI.com’s eBay store – one of their “No Brainer”...  < KEEP READING >
Alchemy soft synth   < Camel Audio >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Jan 04, 2011
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 80 >
There are many jobs for which hardware still rules the music roost. But there are some that software does better - synths, for example. Though no software will replace my analog Minimoog, many...  < KEEP READING >
Stylus RMX 1.9 virtual instrument   < Spectrasonics >
Reviewed by Brandon Miller on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 75 >
Stylus RMX has been on the music scene since 2004 and has been and continues to be a "go to" tool for good reason. There simply hadn't been anything before it that could manipulate real audio files on...  < KEEP READING >
DrumCore 3.0   < Sonoma Wire Works >
Reviewed by Scott McChane on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 75 >
feature offers huge flexibility for tailoring dynamic rhythms or accents to really fit the mood of the composition; and using the grooves as a MIDI template, it's easy to substitute the triggered...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Will Severin on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 75 >
In my composition work, I have spent countless hours assembling a virtual orchestra using a variety of libraries and numerous MIDI channels for each of the individual instruments that make up each...  < KEEP READING >
Solo Strings Advanced (NI KONTAKT2)   < Dan Dean Productions >
Reviewed by Dave Hidek on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 75 >
Strings are notorious for being the least life-like patch in any sample library, and as of a couple years ago, I believed that I would never work with a realistic string sample without taking out a...  < KEEP READING >