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Brainworx and Plug-in Alliance promised us some software synths at NAMM earlier in the year. The first one to emerge is a rather brilliant recreation of the classic Oberheim SEM.
In a weirdly mysterious press release Plugin Alliance and Brainworx announce that they are getting into the virtual instrument game but forget to tell us anything about any actual products.
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Kilohearts has expanded their Snapin system of effect chain modules into a completely modular hybrid virtual synthesizer. Use sound sources as Generators, add Modulators and load on the Snapin modules
Gig Performer is a live performance VST host for instruments and effects. The new version brings in a setlist concept for faster loading, better MIDI, Ableton Link and Chord Pro support.
Hooked is a novel vocal sample player and mangler where you play various vocal recordings on a virtual keyboard. Some have been recorded dry, while others have been processed with God knows what...
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The timing of NIs precisely sampled homage to the Les Paul couldn't have been better considering the dire straits Gibson is in. Electric Sunburst has a remarkably realistic engine of picking, strumming and ...
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Roland "redefine the future" again with 14 new product releases spread out over the next 5 weeks. With 2 new synths and 6 new guitar products, what do you think they could be launching?
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The 8 preset Polymoog is a rather strange beast, but one with a classic repertoire. XILS-Lab PolyM aims to tame it into a versatile virtual instrument
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Gforce Software reworks the Virtual String Machine into Re-Strings for Propellerhead Reason for a rack extension full of classic analogue strings.
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Softube absorb the Doepfer A-101-2 Vactrol Low Pass Gate (LPG) into their virtual Modular instrument for some seriously natural and organic response.
New Roland Cloud update gives you an ACB modelled Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and System-8 to run right in your DAW.
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Finally you can actually sample into HALion and build your own instruments - hooray! Thanks Steinberg it only took 6 versions.
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Waverazor is an aggressive new virtual synth with a Tron-like interface and support for Klingon.
Pakotec announce a rental platform for accessing plugins. Will the biggest plug-in developers make their effects and virtual instruments available this way?
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Sail away on a Sonic Ocean of granular flow and evolutionary currents with this boutique sound design instrument that also donates to the Clean Water Fund.
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Not another electric piano? Oh yes but Tines is simpler, groovier and much cheaper that any of those massive Rhodes emulations.
