Audioweisel have been on the sampled instrument scene since 2012, and their Hammered Acoustic Guitar had garnered a slew of positive feedback from the media composer community upon its initial release. They’re back with a major 1.5 update, and Meena Shamaly takes a look at what they have to offer.

So they are at it again with the next in line for the Master Sessions. I’m of course talking about the second release in Heavyocity’s Drum Ensemble series, Ethnic Drum Ensembles Collection. I won’t go as deep in this review as I did in the last one covering Master Sessions

In this two-part video review, Meena Shamaly takes a look at what developers Tone2 claim to be “the most powerful synthesizer on the market”, Electra2. They are aware of how bold the claim is, and go on to explain on their website: “Electra2 breathes new life into the term “synthesizer workstation”.

“Sampling Meets Synthesis” Following on from XOSPHERE, Sample Logic’s latest sample library “Cyclone Retwisted” is described as “The Ultimate Sample Synth”. Based on an older product called Cyclone, the sample library has been “completely re-engineered and re-imagined”, using their new “Step FX and animator technology” and a “new dual-voice additive synthesizer”. But surely

Akai is well known for the legendary MPC series, and of course, hardware samplers like the S2000, which I owned nearly 15 years ago. It was my first hardware sampler and entry drug to the sampling world. Since its release in 1995, two decades have passed, and like the needs