Virtual Instrument

On offer here is a wide range of more abstract ‘wind-flavoured’ sounds — in fact, just about anything other than traditional brass and wind.

Waveskimmer (developed in collaboration with Kike Godfrey of ShapedNoise) is a ‘pulse machine' sample-based virtual instrument.

A collaboration with a renowned composer and electronic music pioneer launches Spitfire Audio into outer space.

Partnering again with veteran iOS music-makers Blue Mangoo, Embertone's Jubal Flute is the second of their Kontakt instruments to be released in iOS guise.

Arturia’s new V Collection includes a digital tribute to possibly the funkiest of all keyboards — the Clavinet.

Modartt’s modelled piano just keeps getting better...

MusicLab’s latest update makes RealGuitar more real than ever.

If a rare and expensive collection of analogue synthesizers continues to allude you, IK Multimedia have just the thing.

Synthogy continue to do what they do best, with another pair of stellar virtual pianos.

It’s been a long time coming, but the new version of Superior Drummer raises the bar for virtual drum instruments.

UJAM expand their virtual guitar repertoire with two new instruments.

We conclude our review of PG Music’s unique music auto-generation package by exploring some of the more advanced ways you can shape its output.

Wave Alchemy’s Revolution breathes new life into a pantheon of classic drum machines.

With thousands of styles, songs and sounds on tap, Band In A Box 2017 can supply everything from inspiration to finished tracks.

DrumCore users have been waiting a very long time for a new version, but version 4 is finally here — and available for both Mac and PC.

IK’s modelled bass instrument offers both realism and a fantastic degree of real-time control.

This sample-based virtual instrument designed for Kontakt features the voices of the award winning Uganda-based Aba Taano choir, a group of four male and two female singers...

Spectrasonics’ major keyboard collection combines classic vintage instruments with a gallery of unique rarities.

The humble TB303 has proved notoriously difficult to recreate in software, but ABL3 comes far closer than most.

Imaginando’s DRC is a polyphonic synthesizer available in multiple formats, which becomes of more interest when you...

Modartt have recently unleashed more Pianoteq instruments...