AudioThing Intros Bowed Harp For Kontakt
AudioThing has introduced Bowed Harp – a new virtual instrument, based on samples from an autoharp played with a pick and an EBow. Here’s an audio preview:
Category: Computer Music
Free Bass Soft Synth Is SH-IT
VST4Free has released SH-it Bass – a free bass virtual instrument for OS X & Windows, based on samples from the Roland SH-101 synthesizer. Description: 25 notes were carefully tuned and recorded from 3 layers for a total of 55 samples. You can make your own sound by mixing between the main oscillator (osc 1+2 from the SH-101),… Read More Free Bass Soft Synth Is SH-IT
Tracktion Launches BioTek Organic Synthesizer
Tracktion Corporation has launched BioTek Organic Synthesizer – a new virtual instrument for Linux, Mac & Windows that combines an advanced synthesis engine with an array of sampled sounds from natural, urban and mechanical environments. BioTek is designed, according to the company, to create ‘weird, wonderful and inspirational’ sounds. Here’s the official video preview:
Wave Alchemy Drum Tools 02 Now Available
Wave Alchemy have released their latest drum sample library for electronic music production, Drum Tools 02. Two years in the making, Drum Tools 02 boasts over 3,500 electronic drum samples and percussive hits, “crafted by hand” using an array of drum machines, analogue synths, foley recordings and acoustic sound sources. The samples were then processed… Read More Wave Alchemy Drum Tools 02 Now Available
PSP 2445 Emulates Early Digital Reverbs
PSP Audioware has introduced PSP 2445 – a reverb processor plug-in (VST, AAX and RTAS for Windows; AudioUnit, VST, AAX and RTAS for Mac OSX) that is inspired by two legendary early digital age reverberators: the EMT 244 and the EMT 245. Here’s what they have to say about it:
The Best New MIDI Instruments & Controllers Of 2015
Best of 2015: This year has seen the introduction of a huge number and a huge variety of MIDI controllers & instruments. We asked readers to choose the best new MIDI instruments and controllers of 2015, and you chose the Seaboard RISE – a multidimensional polyphonic controller that lets you change the sound of each note… Read More The Best New MIDI Instruments & Controllers Of 2015
AudioRealism Bass Line 3 A Virtual Roland TB-303
AudioRealism has released AudioRealism Bass Line 3 (ABL3) – the next generation of their virtual Roland TB-303 plug-in. Here’s what’s new:
12 iPads, In Different Rooms, Synced Wirelessly Via Ableton Link
This video, via the DigiEnsemble Berlin, captures a test of syncing 12 iPads, spread across several rooms, using Ableton Link.
The Best New Desktop Software Synths Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and you voted, choosing Spectrasonics Omnisphere – by a wide margin – as the Best New Desktop Software Synth Of 2015. Omnisphere was already an extremely powerful synth. But with Omnisphere 2, Spectrasonics amps up everything, bringing new synthesis capabilities, an improved interface, a better arpeggiator, 25 new effects and a massive… Read More The Best New Desktop Software Synths Of 2015
The Best New Mobile Music Apps Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and you voted on the Best New Mobile Music Apps of 2015. Synthtopia readers picked Olympia Noise Co’s Patterning Drum Machine as the best new mobile music app of 2015. Patterning could be the poster child using mobile devices for music, pairing polyrhythmic + polymetric power with a great UI and an surprisingly… Read More The Best New Mobile Music Apps Of 2015
