Recently Arturia have once again updated their acclaimed and award-winning vintage synth/keyboard collection, this time with the addition of 4 brand new instruments, taking it to a grand total of 28 iconic keyboard instruments, weighing in at over 13Gb of memory space. I’ll address the new instruments, and some other…
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software reviews
Eventide Instant Phaser and Flanger MkII Review – Emulating (and Improving) The Classics
Eventide have recently released two major updates of some of their most iconic emulation plugins, Instant Phaser MkII (in January) and Instant Flanger MkII (just today!). I’ve spent a bit of time with these MkII versions to give you my thoughts. FYI: if you’re wondering about the timing of this…
software reviews
Heavyocity Forzo Review – Huge Brass Sounds!
Heavyocity is a collective of professional composers and sound designers with a mission to create world-class virtual instruments for today’s modern composer and sound designer. Their philosophy is simple: Provide cutting edge, inspiring instruments and sounds that supercharge creativity, formatting them in ways that enhance productivity. When I listen to…
iOS
SpaceCraft Review – Granular Synth Meets Rocket Science (True Story!)
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be an app developer….but if SpaceCraft is anything to go by it certainly helps. SpaceCraft is a new app developed by Mark Watt (Delta-V Audio) who by day is a Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Engineer. Mark has worked on…
hardware reviews
Polyend POLY Review – Straightforward Polyphonic MIDI To CV
The Eurorack market offers plenty of MIDI to CV modules, but last year, when Polyend announced POLY we were immediately hooked. It’s not easy to find an 8-channel polyphonic (hence the name) MIDI to CV converter, that’s super easy to use (no menu diving!), with MIDI Din, USB and USB Host…
software reviews
Regroover Pro 1.7 Review – Get Creative With Loops
Accusonus have a small stable of powerful and increasingly popular plugins that assist with mix, creation and audio repair. Regroover is a relatively recent addition, and is regularly updated, rapidly increasing its capabilities. I’ll take a quick look at the latest 1.7 version now. A.I. or Voodoo? Regroover is a…