307 Results for "samples"

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 ...

Erica Synths PERKONS HD-01: Firmware Update 1.2 With Sample Import, Delay Sync and More

Owners of the Erica Synth PERKONS HD-01 can look forward to a firmware update! Among other things, the new version allows you to import your own samples.

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

Behringer LM Drum is Finally Here! Rejoice!

Three and a half years after teasing us with images of the prototype, Behringer now have the LM Drum in production and is available to order right now!

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.

reFX Nexus 5: Don’t Call It ROMpler!

reFX Nexus 5 is here! EDM’s favorite ROMpler got a big update with many new features for creative sound design and making your own sounds from scratch.

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.

XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2.5 Update Announced

The XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2.5 Update brings an interface overhaul with a smattering of new features including the new Trig Gate effect.

Modular Drum Fusion, Creatools Keys, Love-Fi 4 Lite: Free Plugins of the Week

This week’s collection of free plugins brings you 3 sample-based instruments to spark your creativity: Modular Drum Fusion, Creatools Keys, Love-Fi 4 Lite.

Elektron Digitakt II Update: Overbridge is Finally Here!

The Elektron Digitakt II got an important firmware update today: As of today, the sampler finally supports Overbridge!

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: Getting the Yamaha SY77/99 Sound in 2024

After redefining the sound of the 1980s with the DX7, Yamaha upped their game to take on the competition that had fought back. The Yamaha SY77 and SY99 were their response, but how do we get that sound today?

The Best Grooveboxes for Beat Creation and Live Performance

Looking to stay creative while traveling, or simply to step outside your DAW? We check out the best grooveboxes for crafting beats.

Sounds and Presets: 50 Great Patches for Waldorf Quantum/Iridium, opsix and More.

Sounds and Presets covers new sounds from Jamie Morden at GEOSynths with his Flux Vol. 1 for the Waldorf Quantum and Iridium. There are also new sounds for KORG's opsix!