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Origin X: Snazzy Modern Loop Engine for Kontakt from Artistry Audio

08 Sep 2020 in Synths

Artistry Audio has put together a loop-based instrument featuring a wad of modern content with an emphasis on sound design and cinematic soundscapes. Origin X looks rather nice.

Korg SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano brings more sounds, more polyphony and speakers

08 Jan 2020 in Synths

Korg has officially announced the new and improved SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano. It retains the awesome looks of the SV-1 but piles on the sounds, the polyphony. The SV-2S comes with integrated speakers.

SampleRobot 6: fully automated recording and sample instrument building

24 Sep 2018 in Synths

SampleRobot 6 sucks in sounds and spits out sample library. Connect up any hardware synth, or loopback any virtual one to automatically generate multisampled instruments. Now available on MacOS and Windows.

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration finally arrives

29 Aug 2018 in Synths

It's taken them a while to release the 2.5 update we first saw at NAMM but it's been worth the wait. Omnishere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration is immense and the most extraordinary thing I've seen in a long ...

Native Instruments TRK-01: when a good kick and bass is all you need

28 May 2018 in Synths

So often your tracks start with a beat and bassline. Native Instruments TRK-01 focuses on making this ridiculously fun and easy with a Kick and a Bass sequenced and modulated to within an inch of its life.

Tone Lab: a stackable modular synthesis system for easy music making

22 May 2018 in Synths

Finding synthesizers a bit too complicated? Tone Lab provides simple interactive hardware that lets you build up sounds in layers of clearly labelled synthesizer blocks. How high will your tower of sound go?

Korg Kronos LS – the lighter way to enjoy a workstation

29 Mar 2017 in Synths

Korg announce a lighter, faster, groovier Kronos LS workstation that won't break your back taking it to gigs. And check out the new red SV-1.

Analog Strings with a throbbing twist from Output

15 Mar 2017 in Synths

Analog Strings combines sampled orchestra with vintage synths and weird tape loops, controlled by wires of pulsing liquorice. Have they found a different take on the string sound library?

LayR: deeply layered polyphonic syntheziser for iOS

13 Mar 2017 in Synths

LayR will pull out up to 256 voices from over 100 layers of instruments before your iPad catches fire. This is the sort of thing the iPad Pro was built for.

Gig Performer: Live rig for your plug-ins

25 Nov 2016 in Guitar, Synths

Gig Performer is a plug-in host for live performance that lets you create your own multi-touchable front panel controls for your whole rig. Looks dated but the functionality is cutting edge.