Syntheway ElectriKeys Offers Virtual Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet And CP70

Syntheway has introduced ElectriKeys, a virtual electric piano based on vintage Fender Rhodes MK1, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer and Yamaha CP-70 e-pianos. It is available for Windows and Linux based VST/FST hosts – no Mac version is available. Features Sound is generated via a hybrid method that combines synthesis and sampling techniques, to create the… Read More Syntheway ElectriKeys Offers Virtual Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet And CP70

August 30, 2007August 31, 20072 Comments

Puremagnetik Releases Analog Bass Pack

Puremagnetik has released Analog Bass Volume 1 for Live 6, Kontakt 2 and EXS24. Analog Bass is a large collection of over 50 multisampled analog bass instruments, recorded directly from classic monosynths. Among the sound sources are TB-303, Minimoog, Doepfer Modular and ARP 2600. Puremagnetik has captured the classic character of these instruments and customized… Read More Puremagnetik Releases Analog Bass Pack

May 24, 2007May 23, 2007Leave a comment

Arturia Announces The Origin Keyboard

Musikmesse: Arturia has announced Origin Keyboard, a new virtual analog synth that promises to be one of the sexiest new synth designs of the year. Origin is a modular system featuring modules based on the best synthesizers of all time. Origin is not a simple hardware synthesizer, it is an integrated system offering the best… Read More Arturia Announces The Origin Keyboard

March 30, 2007March 30, 2007Leave a comment

Samplemoog Captures Entire Range Of Vintage Moog Synths

Musikmesse: IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality have announced a strategic alliance with Moog Music to bring out sample-based products focused on Moog synthesizer sounds In an effort to present the flavors of Moog synthesizer history as playable sounds, Sonic Reality has sampled the entire range of vintage Moog synthesizers and together with IK Multimedia, they… Read More Samplemoog Captures Entire Range Of Vintage Moog Synths

March 30, 2007Leave a comment

Arturia Now Shipping Jupiter-8V Software Synthesizer

Musikmesse Update: Arturia has announced that the Jupiter-8V is now shipping. The Jupiter-8V is a software recreation of Roland’s famous Jupiter-8, coupled with a new generation of features. The result? A wide sound palette, unique and contemporary. Among those new features are the Galaxy, the step sequencer and the new possibilities with the effects’ architecture.… Read More Arturia Now Shipping Jupiter-8V Software Synthesizer

March 30, 2007Leave a comment

Lounge Lizard Electric Piano Updated

Applied Acoustics Systems has released Lounge Lizard EP-3 for Mac OS X and Windows, an upgrade of their electric piano virtual instrument. With this new version, AAS rises the bar in the re-creation of the classic electric pianos by including an extensive new preset library, a new multi-effect module, refined modeling of the tone and… Read More Lounge Lizard Electric Piano Updated

December 15, 2005June 15, 2007Leave a comment

Extreme Tube Synth Restoration

Extreme synth restorer Phil Cirocco has documented his amazing restoration work on a rare early synthesizer, the tube-based Hammond Novachord. Cirocco is no stranger to restoration, having worked with ARP synth modifications and maintenance at CMS. It’s hard to imagine, though, that this would have prepared him for the scope of restoring a Novachord. “I… Read More Extreme Tube Synth Restoration

December 13, 2005June 15, 20072 Comments

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