Review by Willy McCarter Edited by Katie Tarrant Developer: Magix Reviewed on: MacBook Pro Introduction In the ever growing and expanding world of audio production, no other software giant stands out more than Magix. in my opinion. For many years, they have gifted audio producers from the past, the present and hopefully the future
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Fracture Sounds – Tiny Music Box Review
Introduction Fracture Sounds is a company founded and run by composer and programmer Will Bedford. His previous releases include Granulate 2, Singing Bowl, Dream Zither and Water Glass. Now we have the Tiny Music Box; a quaint and wonderfully crafted music box VST. One thing I enjoy about Fracture Sounds is
Izotope Iris 2
Reviewed by Joe Thom Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Izotope Reviewed on: PC If you're looking for a virtual instrument and sampler, with the flexibility of a modern synth, with the fun of spectral filtering, look no further! The first iteration of Izotope's Iris was famous for taking the advanced spectral editing technology of RX, and dumping it
Embertone Solo Strings Bundle: An In-Depth Tutorial and Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes For my debut product library review, I take a look at Embertone's Intimate Solo Strings Bundle, providing an in-depth tutorial and summary of my thoughts so far. WHAT IS IT? The Solo Strings Bundle (or Intimate Strings Solo) is a collection of solo string instruments developed by a company called Embertone. Founded by
Evenant Online Course: The Aspiring Trailer Music Composer
Evenant Online Course: The Aspiring Trailer Music Composer Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Publisher: Evenant Online Course Leader: Christian Baczyk Reviewed on: Web Back in October I came across an offer via a few mutual friends on Facebook that a trailer music course was being released. Having dabbled in the area of trailer music since around May of
Aston Microphones: Origin – Review
Review by Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Developed by: Aston Microphones Reviewed using: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, iMac, Pro Tools 12 We've been lucky enough that Aston Microphones have sent us, for the purpose of this review, their single pattern condenser microphone, the 'Origin'! Both the Origin and it's 'bigger brother' the ‘Spirit’ (Aston’s multi-pattern condenser) have
Pro Sound Effects: Hybrid Sound Effects Library Review
Reviewed by: Doug Waters Developer: Pro Sound Effects Significant Contributors: Ric Viers, Stephan Schütze, Kenneth Skoglund Reviewed on: iMac 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 NOTE: Since this review was written, Pro Sound Effects released the Hybrid Library 2017 – the latest edition of their best overall value general sound library. Designed to be your go-to source
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Composing Music for Games: A Chance Thomas Book Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Author: Chance Thomas Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) Reviewed on: Paperback I love reading material and I eagerly anticipated getting stuck into Composing Music for Games by Chance Thomas. Now there are many different mediums where information, guidance or education can be distributed in the world. A simple YouTube search on
Cinematic Studio Strings: A Sample Library Review
Cinematic Studio Strings: A Sample Library Review Review by: Andrew Overfield Developer: Cinematic Strings Composer: Andrew Overfield Sound Designer: Alex Wallbank Reviewed on: MacBook Pro 16GB DDR3 2.2GHz i7 Cinematic Studio Strings is the latest release from Cinematic Samples’ roster of hard-hitting and well-respected sample libraries. The Sound Architect are privileged to be able to bring to you a review of