Free and easy VST host vPlayer from Digital Brain
07 Aug 2016 in Synths
You can play your virtual instruments DAW free in this nice, if slightly flaky, vPlayer VST Host from Digital Brain Instruments
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Posts by Robin Vincent
Windows 10 Anniversary update audio performance test
06 Aug 2016 in Other
Has the Windows 10 Anniversary update brought changes to the audio performance? For better or for worse let's find out.
Novation Circuit 1.3 improves sample handling
06 Aug 2016 in Synths
Firmware update to the Circuit brings better sample handling and sample loading per step for live performance and sequencing your own sounds.
First play with FORM from Native Instruments Komplete 11
06 Aug 2016 in Synths
FORM the transformative sample tracking synthesizer seen in action on Richard Devine's Instagram feed.
Get Serum from Splice on hire purchase
05 Aug 2016 in Synths
Can't afford the cool Serum Wavetable synth that all your friends are using? Well now you can with Splice's rent-to-buy payment plan.
Tone2 releases Icarus: long-awaited 3D Wavetable Synthesizer
04 Aug 2016 in Synths
After years in development Is Icarus the wavetable synth we've been waiting for or have we been in the sun too long?
Vienna Ensemble Pro 6 released and reworked
New version of the networking orchestral and VST Instrument host Vienna Ensemble Pro 6 brings many welcome workflow and performance enhancements plus a dash of colour
MAD-5 MIDI Analogue Drum Machine from AVP Synthesizers
03 Aug 2016 in Synths
Russian synthesizer makers AVP have released a very small run of their new MAD-5 analogue MIDI drum machine - get it while it's hot.
Unfiltered Audio Indent: for something a bit nasty
02 Aug 2016 in Studio
It's angry, abusive, seriously pissed off and free which is exactly why you should download the Unfiltered Audio Indent saturation and crunch plug-in.
Soviet synthesizer Polivoks limited edition reissue
02 Aug 2016 in Synths
No teasers, just pure synthesizer delight as we get the first look at the reissue of the legendary Soviet-era Polivoks.
Komplete 11 officially announced by Native Instruments
02 Aug 2016 in Synths
After some unfortunate leaks Native Instruments officially announce Komplete 11. Is there enough new stuff for the increased upgrade price or are we buying more of the same?
FL Studio 12.3 brings a bumper update
01 Aug 2016 in Studio
Image Line brings in some remarkably fun time and pitch stretching in FL Studio 12.3 along with a load of other enhancements.
Complete details for Komplete 11 arrive on the internet
01 Aug 2016 in Synths
Still nothing on the NI website but we've got the full details of the contents of Komplete 11 and Komplete Ultimate 11
Behringer DeepMind12 – getting into the prototype
30 Jul 2016 in Synths
An interview with the Midas engineers emerges and Uli Behringer responds to the question of the price of the DeepMind12
Steinberg finds reduced audio performance with Windows 10 Anniversary update
29 Jul 2016 in Studio
Steinberg compatibility testing reveals a potential 5-10% drop in performance with the Windows 10 Anniversary update
e-Instruments release Session Keys Electric S
29 Jul 2016 in Synths
e-Instruments reckon they can capture the soul of a Rhodes in 20GB in their Electric S - Waves did it in 4GB with the Electric 88 - which is better?
Figure gets jamming with Ableton Link
28 Jul 2016 in Synths
New update to Propellerhead/Allihoopa Figure iOS music making app brings Ableton Link for sync between devices and other apps.
At last Behringer gives the synthesizer a name – DeepMind 12
28 Jul 2016 in Synths
Teaser number 5 reveals the name, DeepMind 12, and digital effects and is that an iPad editor app? I'm starting to get disappointed.
Skinning Sonar with Cakewalk’s Theme Editor
27 Jul 2016 in Studio
Sonar doesn't have to look rubbish anymore because the July update includes a Theme Editor to completely customise the entire interface.
Arturia KeyStep controller and sequencer now shipping
Arturia finally release the KeyStep MIDI/CV/Gate controller and sequencer and a cool video of three being used together - good job ugly is only skin deep
Radium, the post-modern tracker, reaches version 4
27 Jul 2016 in Studio
Radium offers a more graphical approach to the music editor tracker and opens us up to trying something vertical.
0-Coast tabletop patchable synth now shipping from Make Noise
27 Jul 2016 in Synths
Patch it, don't patch it: the 0-Coast is the tabletop monophonic synthesizer that will fit into any setup, MIDI or modular.
Erica Synths launch DIY Synth Voice
26 Jul 2016 in Synths
Pick up your soldering iron and start assembling your own Eurorack mono-synth module with the DIY Synth Voice.
Electro-Harmonix resurrect the Mini Synthesizer for iOS
26 Jul 2016 in
Crappy old 1980's Mini Synthesizer is reborn on the iPad with the crappiness perfectly emulated - more curiosity than classic but certainly different.