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Vari Ability
Cubase Tips & Techniques
Perfect your vocal pitch-correction techniques with Cubase's VariAudio.
Published March 2014
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Sounding Off: Paul Ward
Time To Ditch Lossy Audio For Music Delivery?
Is it about time we got rid of lossy audio formats for music delivery?
Published November 2013
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Expert Sleepers Silent Way 2
MIDI-to-CV Hardware & Plug-ins
Software control over analogue modular synths takes a big step forward, as Expert Sleepers’ growing plug-in suite is joined by custom hardware.
Published January 2013
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Expert Sleepers Silent Way
(CV) Control Voltage-Generating Plug-ins [Mac/PC]
If you dream of controlling your analogue synths from within your DAW software, it may be that your audio interface will let you do just that — with a little help from this plug-in suite.
Published May 2010
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Native Instruments Battery 2
Virtual Drum Module (Mac/PC)
Two years on from its original release, Native's virtual drum module gets its first full upgrade. Is it all John Bonham tom mayhem, or is it limper than a Kraftwerk drum solo?
Published May 2005
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Native Instruments Elektrik Piano
Sample-based VST Instrument [Mac/PC]
For years it was instantly associated with smooth late-70s productions, and now the sound of the electric piano is enjoying a comeback. But just how good is Native Instruments' sample-based virtual version?
Published December 2004
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Ultimate Sound Bank Charlie
Sampled Tonewheel Organ Plug-in [Mac/PC]
Sampled tonewheel organ sounds have been around for many years, but more recently we have seen the arrival of modelled virtual tonewheel organs. Can a sample-based Hammond emulation still cut it?
Published September 2004
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Kurzweil K2661
Synth Workstation
Kurzweil's high-quality K-series workstations have always commanded a premium price tag in the UK, but it's been a while since the range's underlying technology has been updated. Is their latest offering still competitive in 2004?
Published May 2004
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Emu Vintage Pro
Sample-based Vintage Keyboard Module
10 years on from the Vintage Keys module, Emu are looking to repeat its success, this time with 128-note polyphony, 32 MIDI channels and 32MB of sample ROM. But is it a fine Vintage, or past its best?
Published April 2003
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Korg Microkorg
Modelled Analogue Synthesizer & Vocoder
Korg's Electribe grooveboxes presented their analogue-modelling technology in an affordable, dance-friendly format and were a smash success. Now, using the MS2000 virtual analogue synth as a starting point, they're hoping for similar budget triumph with the fun-sized Microkorg...
Published January 2003