311 Results for "samples"

BBC archives release 16,016 sound effects online for personal use

An extraordinary historical archive of environmental sounds and sound effects. From every day sounds like "Department store atmosphere" to "Geiger counters" and "Austin Maestro dashboard audible warnings".

MAGIX resurrects a modernized ACID Pro with new sound engine

We think ACID is still relevant, and its latest incarnation is a wonderful means for younger producers to discover this genuinely nice piece of software. ACID Pro 8 is available now, priced USD 150.

UVI USQ-1 recreates the vintage digital sounds of 1986’s ESQ-1 workstation

A very technically accomplished synth for its time, the ESQ-1 has a very lush, distinct sound that you can find on many synth-pop and industrial records from that era. The Ensoniq is a true treasure!

5 new classic synthesizers in IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Deluxe

Just when you think your collection of virtual emulations of classic vintage synthesizers was complete IK Multimedia reckon you need 5 more to make it the Syntronik Deluxe bundle.

Future Retro announce Transient(+) updated drum module

Future Retro announced back in January a beautiful update to their drum module. The Transient(+) gets a lot of enhancements, bigger memory and a fabulous front panel. Update: it's available now!

Pure707 emulates the sounds of a specific Roland drum machine

Monade has released a sample-based plug-in called Pure707. They say it's based upon the 1985 Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer and we have no reason to doubt them. But there's also more to it than that.

This rompler delivers sounds inspired by Kraftwerk’s timeless classics

Inspired by the timeless sounds of German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk, LoopLords created and released Kraft Sounds. This is a rompler that features 84 sounds emulating the band's synth-driven style.

Spitfire Audio will set free its Labs sample libraries, Kontakt no longer required

Spitfire Audio announced its Labs sample libraries are going free in the near future. Formerly Kontakt-only, they will be breaking free of the Native Instruments sampler with the addition of a custom plug-in.

Open Labs StageLight: the multi-platform multi-touch DAW hits version 3.5

StageLight 3.5 works some magic into the Drum Machine with multiple lanes of automation, enhances the mixing experience and sorts out the browser. There's no DAW on Windows, Android or MacOS as touchable.

NAMM 2018: Slate Drums 5 is out with new interface and instruments

At NAMM 2018, Steven Slate brought out version 5 of its leading drum replacement and sampling software - Steven Slate Drums. The update has a redesigned user interface, 1000 new grooves and more.

NAMM 2018: Get Beatmaker 3 for iOS free during NAMM

Make beats and music anywhere with Beatmaker 3, a remarkably fully featured, drum pad based music production app from Intua. You can get it for free from the AppStore from 25th-28th January.

Top 5 Eurorack modules of 2017

So many modules, so much voltage to be controlled and audio to modulate. What sort of splicing, morphing, sequencing, gristleizing and filtering delights have caught my attention in 2017?

Free sampled DX7 synth for your iPad and the ability to make your own

AudioKit have started the ball rolling with their DX7 instrument but they've made it open source and are inviting you to build your own sample-based instrument for iPad and sell it in the App Store.

Psychedelic FX6000 V1 VSTi rompler unleashed on unsuspecting EDM crowd

G-Sonique present Psychedelic FX6000 V1 - it's everything you need for your Psytrance, Darkpsy, Fullon, Hitech, Psychill and Progressive EDM. Just load it up and slap away for instant psy-atisfaction.

MusineKit 2: A musical adventure playground

Developed by Sensomusic and La Muse En Circuit, MusineKit 2 brings a playful and creative musical box of modules to touch, control, manipulate and mess about with on Windows or MacOS. Pure joyfulness.

Halloween freebie: Horror Box is full of intensely spooky sounds

Horror Box is a free rompler, of sorts, featuring nine presets and four layers of audio with the ability to combine them in ways you musically enjoy while they horrify others...

G-Sonique spotlights trap & hip-hop producers with Trap Illuminator

Trap Illuminator is geared towards trending trap music styles and their distinctly alarming sounds like booming bass drums, tense synth lines, gutter FX, vocal chops, and anything else that drops hard...

DoubleDrummer: 12-voice drum synth and sample player

Audiothingies have revealed their forthcoming DoubleDrummer drum synthesizer and sample player. 6 synthesized drum sounds alongside sampled kits in a neat desktop box.

Kurzweil SP6 adds one more stage piano to their massive range

Kurzweil release yet another stage piano in the "powerfully simple" SP6. It's a stage piano with 2GB of sounds, great weighted action, and good bit of dated looking chunkiness.

Roland Cloud 4.4 Anthology Orchestra is the JV-80 orchestral expansion

Roland Cloud's latest update brings us an orchestral library from the days when it all had to fit on an 8MB expansion card. Anthology Orchestra brings back a classic JV-80 sound set.

Modal CRAFTrhythm DIY drum and percussion sampler

Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.

Roland Boutique D-05: a reimagined D-50 Linear Synthesizer

Roland take us back to the era of menu diving, painful programming and the pop music of the late 1980's with the Roland Boutique D-05 Linear Synthesizer.

Console Y brings an expanded Ensoniq ASR-X to life

Puremagnetik release Console Y, an expanded library of the Ensoniq ARS-X across Ableton, Logic and Kontakt formats, but only in their Spark subscription service. Does $8 a month work for you?

Superior Drummer 3: More drums, 10 times the Gigabytes

Thought you had enough drums with the 20GB in Superior Drummer 2? Oh no, Superior Drummer 3 has 230GB of drums, just drums, over just 6 kits. It's the biggest drum source ever!