Lost In Strings You ever find yourself just playing around with a sample library, and you simply forget about time? You have a silly smile on your face while discovering and enjoying all the sounds while the world just keeps turning. ÓLAFUR ARNALDS EVOLUTIONS – Haunting Frozen Strings by Spitfire Audio has

UVI have been around for nearly 20 years as developers of sounds and software for professional audio production. With their groundbreaking and innovative software, UVI Engine™, they have released over 40 products covering all genres and needs of contemporary music. One of their latest products is Falcon, advertised as a “Creative Hybrid

SHORT OVERVIEW Today I am reviewing a recent addition to Spitfire’s Signature range, the HZP, or Hans Zimmer Piano. As with existing HZ modules, this highly detailed piano sample library was created alongside award-winning and world renowned film composer Hans Zimmer. Pitched as a unique and all encompassing library, the HZP

Cinematique Instruments have been known for creating high intuitive and creative instruments, many of which could help design and score a complete track. After the huge success of the Ensemblia Family, Cinematique Instruments continued their work and released a new creative music tool called Marble. In this review, we take a

When it comes to serious scoring tools, there is one company you can’t go past: Orchestral Tools. Berlin Strings and Berlin Woodwinds are only two of their fabulous products we have reviewed in the recent past. With the release of Metropolis Ark 1 – The Monumental Orchestra, the German based company “marks the

There are companies that often fly under the radar in the music software business, but when they get one’s attention, one wonders how this could happen with such great intuitive products. When I first heard about Swedish developer kiloHearts and their products, I was amazed by the concepts they presented and wondered how this

Following on from their major success with the Storm Choir range and the Rhodope modules, Strezov Sampling are back in the choral realm with WOTAN Male Choir. It draws inspiration from the low growls of the male choirs heard in Lord of the Rings, and aims to provide deeper vocal

Arturia has released an update for the V Collection 4, which now supports Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) present in Native Instruments Kontrol. We have already published an extensive review of the V Collection 4 (written by Walid Feghali), so I will only be looking at how its integration with the Native Instruments protocol. Detailed information