AudioKit, the popular iOS development team, has just released AR-909, a synth drum machine app for iPhone and iPad inspired by the iconic Roland TR-909 (although they can’t say that, because you know… Roland!). This is pretty exciting news for iOS beatmakers. We can consider AR-909 the first synth-based 909…
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Felt Instruments Lekko Review – More Than A Piano
At ANR, we have a soft spot for boutique sample library developers who bring something unique to the market. Tomek Slesicki, the mastermind behind Felt Instruments, is one of them. Over the past couple of years, the Polish company released five instruments, ranging from cinematic piano tones to lush string…
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Creating Clouds of Sounds With Albedo, The Granular Reverb By Sinevibes
It’s always a good day when there is a new Sinevibes plugin in town, especially when it’s all about “clouds of sounds”. Albedo is a granular cloud reverb and according to the company, it’s the first of an entirely new lineup of plugins from Sinevibes, built on a fresh foundation…
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Newfangled Audio Generate Review: Chaotic Yet Musical
Newfangled Audio was started by Dan Gillespie after 15 years of writing DSP for Eventide (if you would like to know more about his work with the iconic effect company, check out our interview with Dan Gillespie). Generate, released a couple of months ago, is Newfangled Audio’s first commercial software…
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Masterdesk Review – Simple, Effective, FAST Mastering Plugin
Mastering is a complicated business. It’s vital to the finished quality of a track and is an area of deep expertise. For artists looking to release their music, I would say that skimping on the budget when it comes to mix and mastering is at best, very shortsighted. However, not…
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Scaler 2 Review – A Precious Inspirational Tool
I might be old, but new plugin releases don’t get me very excited anymore. Often it’s just ‘more of the same’ and frankly, hype and marketing. This is why when I read about Scaler 2 being “the next step in working with scales, chords and melodies in your DAW”, I…