Many producers, sound designers, and artists credit Rob Papen for creating some of the best software synths and effects available today.
Having worked as a sound designer (most notably on the highly-coveted Access Virus synth), Papen felt many other synths on the market were lacking, so he began designing instruments Read more...
Today we are taking a look at 3 exciting new products from British sample library developer, Spitfire Audio. Both of their new Studio Strings libraries, along with the revamped and re-released eDNA Earth library, are available on Native Instruments’ Kontakt platform, while the new Eric Whitacre Choir library was created Read more...
One of the easiest sounds to make on a synthesizer is a pad, and pretty much every hardware and plug-in synthesizer that has presets has at least a handful of decent stock pad sounds immediately available.
Even if you’re using a totally manual analog polysynth with no presets at all, Read more...
The first annual Synthplex festival, celebrating all things synth, debuted in Burbank, CA from March 28-31. SonicScoop’s Matthew Wang was on the scene:
Considering this was the first Synthplex, it ended up being quite an amazing event with a varied list of highly engaging speakers and panels. The festival had Read more...
For years, Avid’s Sibelius has been the industry standard for music notation software. However, over time, alternatives from companies like Presonus, Band In A Box, Steinberg and more have surfaced and begun to give Sibelius a run for its money.
Today, I’m excited to dive into Steinberg‘s newest iteration of Read more...
