Software Instruments

Ableton Orchestral Ensemble Essentials Partner Instrument: Made For Live

February 09, 2012

Ableton released the Orchestral Ensemble Essentials partner instrument by ProjectSAM.

Ableton released Orchestral Ensemble Essentials, a new partner instrument by ProjectSAM featuring multisampled string, brass, and woodwind ensemble sounds created especially for Ableton Live.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Ableton Web site.

Bluenoise Plugins The Upright: A Playable Piano Plugin

February 09, 2012

Bluenoise Plugins released The Upright virtual piano instrument.

Get natural-sounding, sweet piano tones from Bluenoise Plugins The Upright, a new virtual piano instrument with a tweakable interface, lots of FX, and more.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Bluenoise Plugins Web site.

EastWest Quantum Leap Solo Violin: Made For Film

February 03, 2012

EastWest announced the Quantum Leap Solo Violin sample library.

Virtuoso solo violin sounds are at your fingertips with EastWest / Quantum Leap Solo Violin, a new sample library recorded at Remote Control Productions, a film score facility in Santa Monica, California -- the same one run by Hans Zimmer.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official EastWest Web site.

HG Fortune The Tiger: Rawr

February 03, 2012

HG Fortune released The Tiger synthesizer plugin.

Journey into new sonic territory with The Tiger as your guide. Released by HG Fortune, The Tiger software synthesizer boasts all the goods to create complex multilayered sounds, typical synth sounds, and some unexpected extras.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official HG Fortune Web site.

Sound Magic Piano Thor: Thunderous Piano On The Horizon

January 31, 2012

Sound Magic the Piano Thor virtual instrument.

Get the sounds of a Steinway CD443 grand piano played by Vladimir Horowitz with Sound Magic's new virtual instrument, Piano Thor. Modeled on the actual piano used for recording sessions made at Horowitz's home, Piano Thor is domineering and powerful, yet capable of producing soft and sweet tones too.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Sound Magic Web site.

Best Service Nitron: Sampled Synths

January 31, 2012

Best Service released the Nitron virtual synthesizer instrument.

Get a sampling of more than 50 different synths from the last 30 years, with Best Service Nitron, a sample-based virtual synthesizer instrument for Kontakt and Kontakt Player (included).

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Best Service Web site.

Guda Audio Euterpe: New Virtual Synth

January 25, 2012

Guda Audio released the Euterpe virtual instrument for Mac.

Check out Euterpe, the new virtual analog synth from Guda Audio. Now available for Mac (Windows version coming soon), Euterpe sports a weird name and two oscillators with freely adjustable analog waveforms.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Guda Audio Web site.

Rob Papen Blade: Additive Synth Plugin Debuts

January 24, 2012

Rob Papen announced Blade, an additive synthesizer plugin.

Check out Rob Papen's latest soft synth, Blade. The new additive synthesizer plugin generates a huge range of sounds, thanks to its exclusive Harmolator additive synthesis system.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Rob Papen Web site.

Synthogy Ivory II–American Concert D: Classic Keys

January 20, 2012

Synthogy introduced the new virtual instrument, Ivory II–American Concert D: Virtual Piano.

Want to play a piano personally endorsed and signed by Glenn Gould? While you probably won't get your hands on the instrument itself, you can get the next best thing with Synthogy's new virtual piano, Ivory II–American Concert D: Virtual Piano. The software piano is based on a 1951 New York Steinway model D.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Synthogy Web site.

Native Instruments Abbey Road Drummer Series: Drums For The Ages

January 19, 2012

Native Instruments released the Abbey Road Drummer Series collection.

Native Instruments released the new and improved Abbey Road Drummer Series, a collection of four Kontakt instruments featuring the sampled sounds of acoustic drums. Each title in the series serves up drums from a particular era, from the '60s onward, giving you authentic drum tracks of the time.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Native Instruments Web site.

Best Service Galaxy X Convolution Synthesizer: Becoming X

January 16, 2012

Best Service released Galaxy X Convolution Synthesizer.

Best Service is exploring new sonic territory with the release of Galaxy Instruments' latest virtual instrument, Galaxy X Convolution Synthesizer. This expansive sample-based instrument offers over 15 GB of sound sources for you to manipulate into brand-new sounds.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Best Service Web site.

FXpansion Tremor: Virtual Drum Machine Intro'd

January 09, 2012

FXpansion released Tremor, a virtual drum machine instrument.

FXpansion released Tremor, an analog-modeled drum synth offering synthesis, effects, modulation, and step-sequencing features galore.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

Konkreet Labs Oblique: Max For Live Synth

January 05, 2012

Konkreet Labs released Oblique, a free Max for Live synthesizer instrument. If you have Ableton Live 8 with Max for Live and Konkreet Performer, then head over to Konkreet Labs online and download Oblique for free.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Konkreet Labs Web site.

Sinevibes Diffusion 1.1: Updated Soft Synth

January 03, 2012

Sinevibes updated the Diffusion synthesizer plugin to version 1.1.

This week, Sinevibes announced a couple of nice things for the new year: 1) the version 1.1 update for the Diffusion synthesizer plugin adds new features and patches; and 2) prices for many Sinevibes plugins, Diffusion included, are much lower and will stay that way throughout 2012.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Sinevibes Web site.

Samplemodeling Ms. Sax S.: Say Saxomophone

January 02, 2012

Samplemodeling released Ms. Sax S., a soprano saxophone virtual instrument.

Samplemodeling released Ms. Sax S., a virtual soprano saxophone instrument that will have you playing like the girlier version of Kenny G. in no time. Ms. Sax S. is powered by the SWAM engine, rather than Kontakt, in order to provide you with new kinds of advanced real-time processing techniques.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Samplemodeling Web site.

Supersynths Klang Drum Machine: 8-Layer Beat Monster

December 28, 2011

Supersynths released Klang Drum Machine, a new virtual drum instrument for Windows.

Beats, grooves, and effects are at your fingertips with Supersynths Klang Drum Machine, a new virtual drum instrument for Windows. This drum sequencing "beast" has eight layers, each with its own mixer, panner, MIDI channel selector, envelope controls, and loop editor.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Supersynths Web site.

Moog Music Animoog For IPhone And IPod Touch

December 23, 2011

Moog Music released its Animoog polyphonic synthesizer app for iPhone and iPod touch.

Moog Music released iPhone and iPod touch-friendly versions of Animoog, the company's polyphonic synthesizer app. Now the app's not restricted to iPad users only.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Moog Music Web site.

U-he DIVA 1.0 – Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue Soft Synth Debuts

December 22, 2011

U-he announced DIVA 1.0 – Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue.

U-he introduced its new virtual analog synthesizer instrument. Known as DIVA 1.0 – Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue, the virtual synth consists of a bit of this and a bit of that. It models classic monophonic and polyphonic synthesizers and allows you to combine modules and build some interesting hybrids.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official u-he Web site.

Ableton / Puremagnetik Retro Synths 1980s Partner Instrument Goes Live

December 20, 2011

Ableton and Puremagnetik released the Retro Synths 1980s Partner Instrument for Live and Live Intro.

In releasing the Retro Synths 1980s Partner Instrument, Puremagnetik and Ableton are taking a step back in time to the glory days of analog synths. The new Partner Instrument for Live and Live Intro features 39 Instrument Racks based on Roland’s Jupiter series of analog synthesizers, the Korg PolySix, the EDP Wasp, the Yamaha DX7, and the Casio CZ-1.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Ableton Web site.

Vienna Symphonic Library Holiday Offers: Buy More, Get More

December 20, 2011

Vienna Symphonic Library announced two special holiday offers for VSL customers.

Happy holidays from VSL: Vienna Symphonic Library announced its annual holiday offers, in which VSL customers have the opportunity to receive free Download Instruments and free Extended Libraries with their purchases of Vienna Imperial 1.1 and other VSL products.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Vienna Symphonic Library Web site.

Modartt Tubular Bells: Free Add-On Instrument For Pianoteq

December 15, 2011

Modartt released the Tubular Bells add-on instrument for Pianoteq.

As a holiday gift to Pianoteq users, Modartt is offering a free download of the Tubular Bells add-on instrument for Pianoteq. Tubular bells, or concert chimes -- whatever you prefer to call them -- add a timely, seasonal vibe to music, so if you are a current Pianoteq user, you will want to use this add-on instrument's sounds in all your holiday tracks.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Pianoteq Web site.

Cableguys Curve 2 Synth Announced: Curves You've Never Seen Before

December 14, 2011

Cableguys released the Curve 2 virtual synthesizer instrument plugin for Windows and Mac.

Cableguys pulled the curtain on Curve 2, the updated virtual synthesizer instrument plugin that adds creative sound features, such as drawable envelopes, a bigger and more consistent sound library, and more.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Cableguys Web site.

Impact Soundworks Shreddage Bass: Picked Edition -- Built To Shred

December 14, 2011

Impact Soundworks released Shreddage Bass: Picked Edition for Kontakt.

Shred your heart out with the latest bass instrument / library for Kontakt: Impact Soundworks Shreddage Bass: Picked Edition. This new release would be fun to use for nearly any kind of track, from rock and metal to dance, pop, jazz, funk, disco, and more.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Impact Soundworks Web site.

Wave Alchemy Pro II: New Hybrid Synth

December 13, 2011

Wave Alchemy released Pro II, a virtual analog hybrid synthesizer for Kontakt.

Say hello to Wave Alchemy Pro II, a soft synth inspired by the Sequential Circuits Pro One. This virtual analog hybrid synthesizer for Kontakt, powered by over 6,500 multi-sampled sounds, is driven by a custom scripted Kontakt 4 engine and an intuitive graphical interface.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Wave Alchemy Web site.

G-Sonique Ultrabass MX4/4: Hello, Bass Synth

December 12, 2011

G-Sonique released the Ultrabass MX4/4 virtual bass synthesizer instrument.

Step to the beat with G-Sonique Ultrabass MX4/4, a virtual bass synth based on the Alien303 DNA. Just like the Alien303 DNA it was inspired by, Ultrabass MX4/4 creates killer basslines without adding any unwanted clicks or artifacts.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official G-Sonique Web site.

IRCAM IRCAMAX: New Max For Live Devices

December 09, 2011

IRCAM released IRCAMAX, a collection of Max For Live plugins.

IRCAM released IRCAMAX, a collection of instruments, audio FX, MIDI modifiers, and controllers for Ableton Live and Max for Live.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official IRCAM Web site.

Prominy V-Metal: Virtual Electric Guitar For Kontakt Player 5

November 30, 2011

Prominy released V-Metal, an electric guitar sample library / virtual instrument for Kontakt Player.

Hello, heavy metal -- Prominy released V-Metal, a new sample library / virtual electric guitar instrument for Kontakt Player 5, which features everything you need to compose and create realistic metal guitar tracks that imitate real guitar playing.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Prominy Web site.

Steinberg VST Classics Vol 1: Model E And VB-1 -- Plugin Revival

November 29, 2011

Steinberg released VST Classics Vol 1: Model E and VB-1 as freeware. This re-released plugin set includes Model E, a classic virtual analog synth; and VB-1, a virtual bass emulation plugin with selectable pick position.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Steinberg Web site.

Arturia Moog Modular V 2.6: New Version Adds Lion Compatibility And More

November 28, 2011

Arturia updated its Moog Modular V virtual synthesizer instrument to version 2.6.

Arturia updated Moog Modular V to version 2.6, giving the virtual synthesizer instrument much needed support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), 64-bit VST and Audio Units, Pro Tools 9 and 10, and more.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Arturia Web site.

Applied Acoustics Systems Chromaphone: New Percussion Synth

November 25, 2011

Applied Acoustics Systems released Chromaphone, a percussion synthesizer instrument for Mac and Windows.

Create all the percussion sounds you could want with Applied Acoustics Systems Chromaphone, a new do-it-all percussion synthesizer ideal for making drum, percussion, mallet, string, and synth-like instruments.

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Applied Acoustics Systems Web site.