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Parawave Rapid – A multitimbral synthesis and sampling powerhouse Parawave Rapid is a relatively new name on the plugin market, set to take on giants like Omnisphere and Avenger. Parawave Rapid is a lot more than just another Wavetable synthesizer, it’s a modern all-in-one multi-timbral synthesis and sampling powerhouse designed to bring together fast workflow […]
Highly anticipated Waldorf Kyra synth is finally here! Original claims were calling it “one of the most powerful synths ever built”, the Waldorf Kyra is finally here. The original concept of the Waldorf Kyra was teased over a year ago – the manufacturers set out to create a synth that makes use of the processing […]
Modal Argon8 has the sound of the 002 at a fraction of the price The Modal Argon8 is the new addition to the Modal family, featuring the same oscillators as the acclaimed 002. Since its release not too long ago, the Modal 002 has quickly garnered international acclaim for its incredibly vast wavetable capabilities. Not […]
Erica Synths adds three free modules to the VCV Rack platform Erica Synths launches three Eurorack modules for the free VCV Rack platform – Pico Drums, Black Octasource and Black Wavetable VCO. Erica synths is a well-known name in the modular synth scene, their approach to synthesizer design is unique in that they cater to […]
Let’s talk about the new Native Instruments Massive X Native Instruments Massive X is the successor to one of the most notable synth plugins of the past few decades. The original version of Massive was legendary for various reasons – it was incredibly intuitive and offered unmatched audio quality at the time and set somewhat […]
Kilohearts Phase Plant – the next generation hybrid synth plugin Kilohearts Phase Plant is a new synth plugin with a huge amount of creative sound design capabilities. Kilohearts first took the plugin market by storm when it released the award-winning Multipass plugin, a modular multi-band host for a variety of interesting effects. The Kilohearts Multipass […]
Novation Summit – the new flagship synthesiser from Novation Novation just announced their new flagship synthesiser, the Novation Summit, building on the success of their desktop synth – Peak. Novation Summit is a 16-voice bi-timbral synthesiser, based around their incredibly popular Peak synthesiser, you can think of it as two Novation Peaks that can either […]
Native Instruments Massive X teasers revealed We recently got some insight into some new features in the upcoming Native Instruments Massive X, now for some teasers… We recently covered the announcement of the full feature-set for the new Massive X, and they do look exciting to say the least. The announcement came in the form […]
Internal Oscillator Resampling and Stacking in xFer Serum Does Serum really need another oscillator? Not when it’s got oscillator resampling capabilities. Let’s look at stacking oscillators with resampling… A feature request I see quite often with xFer Serum is users asking for additional oscillators, while I think it may benefit from more oscillators to a […]
How to create new Serum Wavetables using vocal samples One of the features that sets Serum apart from a lot of Wavetable synths is the ability to create wavetables. Loading samples into Serum’s Wavetable oscillators is as easy as dragging them onto the interface from your DAW. When using vocal samples, I found the FFT […]
