44 Results for "patches"

New Sounds for the DX7, Oddity 3 and Pigments 6 – Sounds and Presets

The mighty DX7 lives on. Smackos & Dim Garden have created a new album using one and you can have the sounds for free!

A New Expressive Suite, Jasmine Strings & Powerful Presets for Mini V – Sounds and Presets

Expressive E returns with another Expressive Suite, this time for Myth, and a unique violin library, Jasmine Strings, from Wrong Tools.

Ain’t That Grand! Pianoverse Gains a Yamaha C7 – Sounds and Presets

IK Multimedia's Pianoverse expands with the addition of the Grand Piano Y7, a deeply sampled Yamaha C7 Grand.

Crowds, Vaults and a Lotus – Sounds and Presets

This week, we go into battle with Crowds, play with a free Bodhrán and immerse ourselves in a blend of Japanese instruments with orchestral textures.

Play Chopin’s Piano and Mozart’s Harpsichord – Sounds and Presets

Mozart and Chopin are two of the great composers of all time. Now you can play instruments that they actually played via the magic of sampling.

Sounds and Presets for the LM Drum – Going Beyond the LinnDrum Sound

So you've just picked up your Behringer LM Drum and you're looking to expand and explore other classic drum machines. Here are some tips!

Pianos, Guitars and Vintage Synths: Sounds and Presets

If vintage synths are your thing, we've got you covered with a great deal on a huge library and some samples from the past!

Chiptune Patch-Fest: Sounds and Presets

NAMM had been and gone for another year. We get back to our sounds and presets with a selection of goodies covering lots of bases, including Chiptune!

Hardware or Software? Why Not Both? – Sounds and Presets

This week, we have presets that work on both the hardware or software versions of two great synths. Everyone's a winner!

Happy 2025! New Year, New Sounds!

Well here we are, ladies and gentlemen, it's 2025! I trust you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year? Did you get any new synths? If not, why not spruce up your existing gear with some new ...

Sounds and Presets: The Best Presets of 2024

This week, I take a look back through my Sounds and Presets column to pick out the best presets that we featured in 2024

Sounds and Presets: A Huge Sackful of Fantastic KORG Presets

KORG's microKORG2 takes the legendary microKORG to new heights, much like the opsix did for FM synthesis. Check out these new KORG presets and more in this week's Sound and Presets.

Sounds and Presets: The Arturia Polybrute 12 Finally Gets Great 3rd Party Patches!

Scott McAuley Sounds delivers one of the first Arturia Polybrute 12 specific sound banks, and Expressive E releases the Legend HZ Expressive Suite.

Sounds and Presets – Think Like a Synth and Make Your Own with Anthony Marinelli!

Week after week, I deliver some amazing presets and samples to stuff into your instruments but why not learn to make your own with Anthony Marinelli's new "Think Like a Synth" course!

Sounds and Presets: Appalachia Delivers an Authentic Mountain Dulcimer, Plus 300+ MiniFreak Patches!

Appalachia from Indiginus brings the magical sound of a Mountain Dulcimer to your Kontakt library with all the performance scripting you need to sound like a master.

Sounds and Presets: A 90s Classic Gets Rebrained – New Sounds for the CS6x

Yamaha's CS6x often gets overlooked. A synth tech from the Midlands, U.K. reckons we need to re-evaluate our perceptions and treat it as a classic.

Sounds and Presets: Relive Classic E-MU and Ensoniq Sounds, Free Sounds from TCHC and Sonicware

The classic E-MU and Ensoniq sample libraries were, and still are, highly regarded for their variety and quality. You can still enjoy these sounds in the form of Kontakt/NKS libraries from Digital Sound ...

Sounds and Presets: Open Up a Time Capsule For Your AX73 and a Wavetable Stash

As well as some amazing free sounds for two modern French classics, there's a Time Capsule for your Martinic AX73 and a shedload of wavetables.

Sounds and Presets: Hive 2 Presets from Expressive E and New Sounds for Atomika

Plenty of variety this week as we check out new MPE presets for u-He's Hive 2 from Osmose manufacturer, Expressive E and a new Piano library for IK Multimedia's Pianoverse.

Sounds and Presets: Juno What? The Roland Classic That Still Commands An Audience

The Roland Juno range of synthesizers still pleases many an ear to this day, and now they receive the Samples from Mars treatment.

Sounds and Presets – Moog Muse, Korg NAUTILUS and GForce Artist Presets

This week we have some of the first 3rd party preset packs for the new Moog Muse, plus some spooky Halloween sounds for KORG NAUTILUS and KRONOS users!

Sounds and Presets: Remarkable Orchestral Instruments For Less, Plus Bargain Synth Patches

This week, we take a look at two of my favourite orchestral sample library developers who have each created libraries that achieve the impossible. They make me sound good!

Sounds and Presets: The MASK1 Unmasked, Tones For TEO and a Global Sound Library

We have a nice collection of hardware synth patches and samples this week that includes sounds for Kodamo's MASK1, amongst others.

Sounds and Presets: Vangelis with No CS-80 Required!

Mention the maestro Vangelis and the Yamaha CS-80 will surely be referenced sooner rather than later. This week we check out a library that manages to evade that connection.