It´s awards season, and here at CM we´ve been pondering our favourite music technology happenings over the past twelve months. Here are some of our most treasured moments from the last year:
The Good
• Windows XP running on Intel Macs
• The rise of Reaper
• The KVR Developer Challenge
• Zebra 2, possibly the best soft synth ever
• SSL Duende
Of course for every Golden Globe there has to be a Razzie, so here are some of the less than scintillating things that we´ve endured:
The Bad
• Sonalog Gypsy MIDI - nice idea but so expensive
• Arturia Brass - failed to give us the horn
• Increasingly irritating copy protection mechanisms
• Wave Idea Bitstream 3X - wonky sliders
Those are our high and low-lights, but what have you loved and loathed over the last twelve months?
Leave a comment to let us know!
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