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String gauge: Does it matter and should we even care?

Does string gauge matter? Yes, says YouTuber Rick Beato. But perhaps not in the way you think. His new video has some fascinating insights into string gauge that many may find surprising.

XILS X-505 captures “The Analog Orchestra” of the Roland RS-505

The X-505 is a string machine, a synthesizer, and a bass synth in one vintage analog style software synthesizer modelled on the Roland RS-505 with some added choir for good measure

NAMM 2020: Spitfire Audio Albion NEO modern cinematics

Spitfire Audio is launching the next chapter in the Albion series. It's called NEO and is a modern cinematic collection of small orchestra and intimate strings threaded through their synthesis engine.

Best free plug-ins this week: LABS Strings 2, SeteChave and SN-05G

New year, new free plug-ins! This week, we've got a new release in the Spitfire Audio Labs series, and not one, but two free compressors. Check out LABS Strings 2, SeteChave and SN-05G.

Klevgrand Hillman: A simple, great-sounding vintage combo synth

A perfectly simple and beautifully presented virtual instrument from Klevgrand that's a bit like an organ, a bit like a string synth and a lot like a lush sounding instrument.

Cheeze Machine Pro: the cheesiest string synth has matured

2getheraudio tells us it's time to gorge or the new and improved Pro version of the Cheeze Machine string synthesizer. Sounds good, smells good, tastes good.

GForce Virtual String Machine V3 goes stereophonic

GForce brings stereo playback to their Virtual String Machine along with 3.5GB of new stereo library and they've redesigned the GUI for higher density screens and routed the LFO to the filter.

Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder is available now

Somewhat in the shadow of the release of Kyra, the Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer is here to show us how to do the old string/vocoder thing properly.

Zoom A1 Four and A1X Four: multi-effects for acoustic instruments

Zoom has announced the A1 Four and A1X Four multi-effects for acoustic instruments. They come with more than 80 effects for acoustic guitar, wind instruments and strings, as well as a looper.

Spitfire Audio brings the BBC Symphony Orchestra to your DAW and it’s huge

Spitfire Audio has teamed up with the BBC Symphony Orchestra to create an orchestral sample library of epic proportions. 99 players, 418 techniques per instrument, 11 mic positions – it's madness.

Behringer asks if we’d like a Solina String Ensemble

Uli Behringer would like to gauge interest in reviving the ARP Solina String Ensemble Analog Synthesizer. They'd add in a phase shifter, have it Eurorack friendly and make it terribly affordable.

Best free plug-ins this week: loads of free sounds and a Swedish saturator

It's time for our line-up of free plug-ins and audio freebies. There is something for everyone, including a ludicrous number of sound effects, a saturation unit, reverb IRs, and scary strings...

Best free plug-ins this week: Waves, TAS-X, LRC5 and CuSnP

Some more nice freebie pluggos for you this week, including a 3D audio visualizer, a tremolo, and two apps for iOS, an interesting strings-esque virtual instrument and an EQ.

Verv: Sunbaked Tape Loop Synthesizer with added degradation, wow and flutter

Verv is a string machine based on tape loops that have been left in the sun, on the dashboard of a car, in the desert, for the summer. It's wobbly wonderland of degraded sounds.

Soma Dvina: strings vibrating in magnetic fields electro-acoustic instrument

Soma Laboratories has come up with the simplest of classical stringed instruments where vibrations are captured with magnets, transformed, pre-amped, delayed and distorted in completely haunting ways.

Behringer Vocoder VC340 gets officially released online

With little fanfare the Vocoder VC340 creeps onto their webpage but without a price, videos and no shops seem to have a listing yet - but it's officially released! Update: Price $599 available in March

NAMM 2019: Arché – physically modelled strings for authentic expressive control

Expressive E the makers of the weirdly wonderful Touché wobbly MIDI/CV controller has introduced Arché, a suite of virtual instruments that model the acoustic qualities of three stringed instruments.

String Studio VS-3 adds new dimensions to unique string oscillators

Applied Acoustics Systems double the voices and expand the possibilties of their string oscillator based physically modelled synthesizer with String Studio VS-3

Free plug-ins this week: Charango LABS library and DRMR drum rompler

We have two bits of freeware for you this weekend: Charango sample library for Spitfire Audio LABS and Beat Magazine's DRMR electronic drums rompler. We'll tell you more about each in this post...

SolinStrings recreates the always fascinating ARP Solina String Ensemble

A sampled emulation of the ever-popular ARP Solina Strings from Sono Elements. SolinStrings captures the sound and feel of the original and offers a simple, unfussy interface without any bells or whistles.

Jef’s Guitar Tone Tips – Part One ‘The humble plectrum’

When you talk about good tone, it is often said by guitarists, that tone is in the fingers and in this new series I share my own personal tone journey, starting with the humble plectrum

Stradivarius EKO: Haunting vintage string synthesizer comes to Kontakt

A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.

Grab three fabulous plug-ins for free: LABS, Lazerwave, and DLYM

Diligently keeping you up to speed on free plug-ins that pop up on the Internet, we present to you three tools with plenty of potential. There are romplers, a synth, and a chorus/flanger.

Spitfire Audio LABS free library kicks off with Soft Piano and Strings

LABS is a new range of free curated library from sample library crafters Spitfire Audio. You can download the blissfully simple plug-in free today along with a Soft Piano and a 14 piece Strings ensemble.