* Stop Press * DC Eight now available – see end of review for details There’s nothing more annoying than hiss, hum, clicks and crackles in an audio recording. We uses DC Five to clean up our tracks… Information Product: DC Five Manufacturer: Enhanced Audio Price: $199 Download: $159 Web: Enhanced Audio
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Designed for live performance and loop creation ‘in the moment’, we take radiaL for a spin… Information Product: Radial Manufacturer: Cycling 74 Price: $139 See End of Review! Web: Cycling 74 In the murky world of computer composition software, long-time Mac musicians may remember David Zicarelli. He created M, an algorithmic music composition program (originally [...]
Arturia does it again with a software emulation of a classic analogue synthesiser. We turn 17 again and play with the CS-80V… Information Product: CS-80V Manufacturer: Arturia Price: $129 Download: $99 Web: Arturia You may be forgiven – or simply be so damnably young – if you haven’t heard of the CS-80. It was a [...]
New sample manipulation software from Native Instruments offers to slice, dice and stretch your loops. We investigate and try to come out of the experience Intakt… Information Product: Intakt Manufacturer: Native Instruments Price: $229.00 £149.99 Web: Native Instruments Intakt is the latest release in Native Instruments’ collection of sampler software, following on from Kontakt, Kompakt [...]
Harmonic Balancing has nothing to do with Feng Shui but everything to do with creating balanced frequencies in a recording. We perform an EQ balancing act… Information Product: HarBal Manufacturer: Har-Bal Price: $175 Web: Har-Bal Two of the most difficult aspects of mixing and mastering are to get a good harmonic balance for individual tracks, [...]
The first classic, affordable Moog synthesiser is now available in software. We go back to the 70s to look at the future of Arturia’s latest creation… Information Product: Minimoog V Manufacturer: Arturia Price: $129 Download: $99 Do they never eat, do they never sleep, those Gallic R&D boys and girls at Arturia! Following hot [...]
Flexible soundscapes and dream synths, it says on the bottle. Zero G’s Morphology – drink in the sounds of the sisters of morphy… Information Product: Morphology Manufacturer: Zero G Price: $ 79.99 Zero G’s Morphology is one of a new type of virtual instrument or VSM (Virtual Sound Modules) as ZG calls them, just in [...]
East-West and Native Instruments combine talents to produce a range of New Generation instruments. We sample three of the latest… Information Product: Hardcore Bass Price: $189.95 £129.99 Product: Bösendorfer 290 Price: $179.95 £129.99 Product: Stormdrum Price: $399.95 £249.99 Manufacturer: East West
Native Instruments’ Elektrik Piano is a blast from the past. Are the sounds classic or past their sell-by date… Information Product: Elektrik Piano Manufacturer: Native Instruments Price: $229.00 There’s no end to the wonderful things you can do with a sample engine and some custom samples. Native Instruments has lately been found at the forefront [...]
