Is Sample Logic XOSPHERE the new king of creating impressive sonic and musical atmospheres? Hollin Jones puts it to the test in our world first, in-depth review.
Korg tell us their new Kronos is their most powerful version of their Flagship music workstation ever. It has a redesigned exterior, expanded piano engine and improved touch panel navigation.
u-he are at it again with another excellent sounding synth at a great price. Noah Pred puts their digital modular beast, Bazille, to the test and finds lots and lots to like in this in-depth review.
Creating a complex and involved industrial style bass arpeggiator sound and pattern in FL Studio just got interesting! G. W. Childs shows how using Poizone 2's and LFO and Trance Gate.
We dare you to play a Rob Papen synth and not be inspired! Noah Pred puts Punch-BD virtual drum synth through its paces and finds it punches above its weight in our in-depth review.
Looking for a 21 track modular experience album from Aphex Twin but have empty pockets? Fine. Richard D. James has released a 21 track Modular Trax album on SoundCloud and done a huge interview too.
You can now download some rare and unreleased masters as part of the Nord Sample Library, compatible with the Nord Stage 2, Electro 3 and 4, Nord Piano 2 and Nord Wave synths.
If you own or are considering investing in a Yamaha MX synth, we've some good news! The Best of Motif Bank provides an excellent live sound library from the Motif synth range for MX synth players.
If you still think of Audio Damage as a music developer for software, think again. Their latest juicy bit of hardware kit is the Sequencer 1, a full-featured CV/gate sequencer for Eurorack modules.
Waves new synth, Codex, promises a new paradigm of sound generation, wavetable and subtractive synthesis elements, and a very clean sound. Does it deliver? Matt Vanacoro digs deep and finds out.
Rob Papen's QUAD was built from the ground up as a Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. This synth weaves Rob Papen's subtractive synth magic with some interesting oscillator features and more.
With more software synths available than ever before, choosing the right one can be tricky. To help, Sara Simms shares her top 7 synths specifically for EDM productions (in no particular order).
Described by Tara Busch as having "brutal metallic bass to velvety bleepy, bloppy goodness", the popular Arturia MicroBrute analog synth now comes in an array of colors in the Special Edition.
u-he Zebra 2 is a sonic beast that sounds absolutely wild! We asked one of our favorite synth trainers, Rishabh Rajan, to explain this virtual synth and tame it for you. Check it out!
Novation tell us their rich heritage in class-leading synthesisers has allowed them to create something really special for Bass Station II. Producer Series Vol.1 certainly reads the part...
Waves are well known for their audio effects plug-ins used in studios big and small. And now Waves are focusing on the instrument side of the studio. Codex being their latest offering.
There's a certain kind of beauty and fascination in patching cables in a synth to make sounds. And u-he bring that to the virtual world of synthesis with Bazille, a digital modular synth instrument.
The big news from Arturia in France (as they tell us) is they have authentically scaled the sequential swan song (Prophet synth) into an innovative iOS soft synth. Lots of details below.
Plugin Boutique have released VirtualCZ - a new plug-in inspired by an iconic series of digital synthesizers made in the 1980s. If you're looking for a synth based on the classics, this could be it.