Virtual Instruments

There’s an early review of Berna – the virtual studio app that recreates a 50’s electronic music lab – at Waveformless.
They say there’s a lot to like in Berna:
The flexibility of the matrix and the vast array of unusual sound manipulators will be a breath of fresh air to those burned out on the virtual [...]

Free Music Software: Artifake Labs have released the RedTron_400, a software version of the Mellotron M400.

Synthesis has changed a lot since the days of Switched On Bach – and it’s getting to the point that recordings of virtual instruments, and even virtual orchestras, are nearly indistinguishable from the “real” thing.
Of course, this begs the question – what is the real thing?
How close are virtual orchestras coming to traditional orchestras?
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Pocket Organ C3B3 – Hammond in your pocket by the aurthor of Pocket Guitar was uploaded by: koyamatsuo
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This music video demonstrates the synth side of Trilian.
via Hans-Jörg Scheffler:
The cool filters and envelopes allow for some very electrifying patterns.
Very inspiring.

It’s still October – but it’s not too early to declare the worst trend of 2009: sexy 3D renderings in ads for virtual instruments.
Here are a few of the most annoyingly sexy 3d renderings for virtual instruments that we’ve seen in the last year.
HG Sounds’ Black Magic Loop Generator, above, looks awesomely hands-on.
Look at [...]

Home (intro) Syntheway Virtual Sitar VSTi Dream Theater cover was uploaded by: syntheway
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Spectrasonics has announced that it is now shipping Trillian, the successor to its Trilogy bass module.
Description:
Trilian’s massive 34GB core library features new Acoustic, Electric and Synth basses – as well as enhanced versions of the classic Trilogy sounds. With a brand new user interface and numerous software innovations, Trilian is the first 64-bit native software [...]

This tutorial video shows the key features of the Impulse drum sampler in Ableton Live 8 and how some of these features operate.
This video is ideal for the novice to intermediate level Music Technologist wanting to learn Live 8.

The Beat Thang Virtual was uploaded by: BeatKangz
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