Output Releases Substance Bass Engine: ‘A Massive Engine For Big Bottom’

Today Output announced Substance, a “completely new breed of” bass engine. Combining heavily processed electric and acoustic basses, real brass sections, and what Output deems “the dirtiest analog synths, and insane sound design,” Substance is a deeply-produced bass engine. The engine combines three layers of sources and blends them together with layer and global FX,… Read More Output Releases Substance Bass Engine: ‘A Massive Engine For Big Bottom’

Spectrasonics Keyscape Now Available

Spectrasonics has announced that their major new software virtual instrument Keyscape is now available worldwide. Announced one week ago after ten years of development, Keyscape features the largest selection of collector keyboards in the world, including rare and unique keyboards that had never been sampled before. Each of the 36 sought-after keyboards in Keyscape were… Read More Spectrasonics Keyscape Now Available

DrumCore 4 Now Available

Sonoma Wire Works has released DrumCore 4 AAX/VST3/AU Plug-in for Mac and Windows. An upgrade to DrumCore 3 and KitCore 2 plug-in drum instruments, DrumCore 4 now works with most popular 64-bit recording software. It includes 24-bit audio loops, MIDI loops, multi-velocity sampled drum kits, groove browser, song timeline, mixer, effects and more.

Native Instruments Komplete 11 Now Available

Today Native Instruments announced that Komplete 11 is now available.  First announced last month, the newest generation of the Komplete production suite now includes 45 products and more than 13,000 sounds, with seven new instruments: Form, Reaktor 6, Una Corda, Discovery Series: India, Replika, Session Guitarist – Strummed Acoustic, and Kinetic Metal. Komplete 11 Ultimate,… Read More Native Instruments Komplete 11 Now Available

ROLI Acquires FXpansion, Expands ‘Ecosystem’ of Music Creation Tools

Music technology company ROLI has acquired FXpansion, a developer of software instruments including BFD3, billed as “the world’s largest collection of acoustic drum sounds,” and Strobe2, an analog-modeled software synthesizer. Spokesmen for ROLI, makers of the Seaboard RISE and Seaboard GRAND, say that the acquisition of FXpansion adds a “vast collection” of sounds and effects… Read More ROLI Acquires FXpansion, Expands ‘Ecosystem’ of Music Creation Tools