Category: Software Synthesizers & Samplers

iMaschine Update Adds Sampling From iTunes, Sample Editing & More

Native Instruments has released an update to iMaschine, its iOS mobile ‘groove production’ app. The update adds iPad optimization, sampling from iTunes, sample editing features and more. The updates add up to a much more powerful iMaschine, moving it further into music production center territory. iMaschine is designed to let you create “music sketches” with… Read More iMaschine Update Adds Sampling From iTunes, Sample Editing & More

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‘The Ultimate Matrix Synthesizer’, XILS 4, Now Available

French soft synth developer XILS-lab today released XILS 4, a software emulation of the legendary EMS VCS4. The XILS 4 emulates a prototype that was never released, the EMS VCS4, based on two integrated, interlinked and interacting VCS 3 ( Synthi) cores. With XILS 4, they are coupled them the classic 256 analog polysequencer.

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Samplemodeling Flutes – Realistic, Expressive, Realtime Playable Virtual Flutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j1CUY2ELtE Samplemodeling Flutes is a new virtual instrument, based on Synchronous Wavelength Acoustic Modeling (SWAM), designed to create realistic and playable C-Flute, Piccolo, Alto & Bass Flute. Flutes uses samples as a base material, chromatically performed by a professional player over a very wide dynamic range, and recorded with state-of-the-art technology. The resulting timbre is therefore… Read More Samplemodeling Flutes – Realistic, Expressive, Realtime Playable Virtual Flutes

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Free Instruments For Ableton Live Feature Massive, Filthy Sounds Of Bass Station II

Producer and sound designer Francis Prève has released a free Ableton Live Instrument based on the Novation Bass Station II. Here’s what he has to say about it: “A few months back, I reviewed the Novation Bass Station II for Keyboard Magazine. As modern analog synths go, the BSII packs a lot of analog power… Read More Free Instruments For Ableton Live Feature Massive, Filthy Sounds Of Bass Station II

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