Tag archives for virtual-instrument
Documentary time: The Great British Tron Story
To celebrate the release of The Streetly Tapes, GForce recorded a documentary – The Great British Tron Story. The Great British Tron Story examines the UK story of this legendary instrument, from the original Melly Mk1 to the new M4000 and the new Streetly Tapes Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro.
The Streetly Tapes – expansion pack for M-Tron Pro
M-Tron Pro, one of the very few virtual instruments in my plugin folder that doesn’t run within Kontakt, has been expanded with The Streetly Tapes, a new approach to sampling or modeling the sound of ye olde Mello.
Toontrack releases EZkeys grand piano
Toontrack is going more and more “EZ” by the day. Latest in line is an “EZ piano” called EZkeys, a sampled Steinway Model D. EZkeys makes use of a MIDI drag-n-drop library, similar to what we’ve seen in previous Toontrack products. While I haven’t been entirely convinced by Toontrack’s EZ-lineup, and EZkeys is probably nothing [...]
Soundiron releases Breaker, electro-acoustic breakbeat sound library
Soundiron has announced the release of Breaker, a Kontakt instrument with a wicked cool look and dirty drum sounds that are meant to be – and I quote – “chopped, diced, sliced, flipped, trashed, drilled, derezzed, degraded and granulated”. The drums were first recorded then ran through “old analog signal paths”, but the sound of [...]
EastWest offers 50% off Orchestra and Pianos
EastWest is offering 50% off the retail prices of Symphonic Orchestra and Pianos on all purchases made through March 31, 2012. Americans need to go to Sounds Online and Europeans to Sound Online EU to get the deal.
Native Instruments updates George Duke Soul Treasures, and makes you an offer
Native Instrument has updated George Duke Soul Treasures. The update, which is free of charge, utilizes the new time-stretching technology of Kontakt 5.0.2, adding more flexibility to the loops and phrases, with a supposedly smoother, higher-quality sound when you change the tempo. It’s available now from Service Center. To celebrate this update, George Duke Soul [...]
Vintage drum machines from Arturia
If you’re one of those who can’t get enough of the sound of the 80′s then you’ll be happy to know about Spark Vintage Drum Machines from Arturia.
SynthMaster 2.5 now available in RTAS format
A new softsynth has hit the Pro Tools world today: SynthMaster is now available in RTAS.
Zero-G release Epic Horizons
We get a lot of instruments and sound libraries with textures, atmosphere and the like for movies these days. Here’s another one: Epic Horizons. What you get is 5.3Gb from the producer of Dark Skies. It contains over 850 instruments in EXS24, Kontakt and NN-XT format as well as standard Acidized Wav files and Apple [...]
8Dio releases Studio Solo Violin
I’m always on the lookout for new violin virtual instruments because quite frankly I have yet to find one that I’ve fallen head over heels in love with. 8Dio’s latest offering, Studio Solo Violin, sounds phenomenal from listening to the demo’s. The catch? It’s recorded phrases but with a twist.
