Native Instrument Announces Komplete Kontrol 1.5, NKS Plugin Format & S88 Keyboard

Native Instruments today announced several updates to its Komplete Kontrol line: Native Kontrol Standard, a new plug-in format allowing third-party instruments to achieve the same deep integration previously only reserved for Komplete Instruments; VST support lets Komplete Kontrol owners load and play their entire software instrument collection; and Komplete Kontrol S88 is a new keyboard… Read More Native Instrument Announces Komplete Kontrol 1.5, NKS Plugin Format & S88 Keyboard

October 12, 2015October 12, 201516 Comments

New Virtual Instrument Recreates The Sound Of The Ancient Lyre Harp

8Dio Productions has introduced Lyre, a new virtual instrument for Kontakt. The Lyre is a ancient Greek Harp, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia (2500BC). The earliest depiction of the a seven string Lyre was found in a sarcophagus in Crete (1400BC). The classical Lyre has a soundbox/resonator and extending from this are two raised arms connected… Read More New Virtual Instrument Recreates The Sound Of The Ancient Lyre Harp

September 28, 2015September 28, 20157 Comments

Korg iElectribe Vs Electribe ER-1, Mano a Mano

Earlier this week, Korg introduced iElectribe for iPhone – a software version of its classic Electribe ER-1 drum machine. This video, via Marcus Padrini, compares similar patches on the software iElectribe and hardware ER-1.

September 4, 201512 Comments

Output Intros New REV X-LOOPS Instrument

Output has introduced REV X-LOOPS – a brand new instrument, based on the REV Loops Engine. Available for $99, the new product delivers 2GB of multi-layered loops. Output says that X-X-Loops ‘features a robust engine for manipulating, tweaking and discovering new sonic possibilities’. Here’s the official video intro:

September 4, 2015September 4, 20154 Comments

Korg Brings iElectribe Drum Machine To The iPhone

Korg has introduced iElectribe for iPhone, a software drum machine inspired by the classic Electribe-R. The iPhone version reproduces the sound engine and design of the original Electribe-R, and includes the ptterns and functions introduced with iElectribe for iPad.

September 3, 2015September 3, 201515 Comments

Sample Logic Announces Gamelan

Sample Logic today announced Gamelan, their world-instruments-meet-hybrid-sample-synthesis library. Twenty-five Balinese Gamelan instruments have been, as they describe it, “morphed and mutilated” by Sample Logic to create a collection of “cinematic quality atmospheres, inspirational melodic instruments, thundering percussive impacts and twisted loops.” Recorded on the scoring stage at Skywalker Sound with the Gamelan Sekar Jaya (GSJ) ensemble,… Read More Sample Logic Announces Gamelan

September 1, 2015September 1, 20152 Comments

Apple Watch Gets Its First Virtual Accordion

This video, via virtual instrument company AppCordions, is sneak preview of their Micro-SqueezeBox Accordion app for the Apple Watch.

August 31, 201521 Comments

Orchestral Tools Intros The Nocturne Violin

Orchestral Tools has released The Nocturne Violin, a Soloists Series instrument library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

August 29, 20153 Comments

Output Releases Free “Lite” Signal Pulse Engine

Output Sounds has released a free version of their pulse engine, Signal, called, not surprisingly, Signal Free. Working from the premise that “nearly all music is centered on a pulse,” Output, who also created the REV software instrument, gathered a team of 70 designers and developers to build an instrument “that pushes beyond conventional limits… Read More Output Releases Free “Lite” Signal Pulse Engine

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015Leave a comment

Audiomodern Releases Sync 2, Polyrhythmic Sampler Instrument

Audiomodern has released Sync 2, a loop-based sampler instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt.* SYNC 2 focuses on “futuristic sounding” electronic and glitch drum groove construction kits that blend IDM, Breaks, Organic, Ambient, Glitch, Trip-hop, Minimal, and “Futuristic” Electronica, among others.

June 16, 2015June 15, 201510 Comments

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