Computer / Software

Krotos Studio makes custom sound design accessible to almost anyone.

The SOS team pick their highlights from the past year of hardware and software launches.

Modartt revisit the richly complex world of the pipe organ, reducing one of the world’s largest instruments to a mere 30MB.

Toontrack and Frank Filipetti span a vast array of musical genres with the latest Superior Drummer expansion.

Cherry Audio delve into the distant past to bring us two new virtual instruments.

Arturia have another classic on their long list of software synths: a special little squelchy box.

Underpinned by rapid developments in AI technology, SpectraLayers Pro 10 promises some remarkable advances in performance.

Now you can create Atmos mixes using any DAW! But that’s not all this app has to offer...

GForce’s software Mellotron just keeps getting better.

Modartt’s modelled piano goes from strength to strength and is now, remarkably, available for iOS.

Steinberg’s Dorico inches ever closer to full DAW status...

Hot on the heels of EZkeys 2 comes its first sound expansion, Soul Roads EKX.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Solaris GTR is an inexpensive yet impressive‑sounding virtual instrument that uses sampled guitar sounds as sources before processing them to create a range of delicate textures.

Virtual piano, virtual pianist or virtual songwriting partner? Toontrack’s EZkeys 2 attempts all three.

Is Synthogy’s Ivory 3 the best virtual piano you can buy?

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. As with the original Atlantis release, the style of the vocal samples for Atlantis 2 suits epic fantasy with a strong medieval/Celtic vibe.

Cinematique Instruments’ inspirational virtual instrument receives a major reworking.

Rhodes’ software recreation of their flagship instrument shows all the same painstaking attention to detail.

UJAM’s Usynth range is about getting good results quickly, and GLAM is no exception.

Baby Audio’s first soft synth is inspired by the baby of the Yamaha CS range, the small but immediate CS‑01.

Sound Particles have placed 3D audio at the heart of their new soft synth.