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Native Instruments’ Claire: Avant creates avant-garde soundscapes out of the world's largest grand piano currently in production
By Matt Mullen published
Channel your inner John Cage with a new Kontakt instrument that reimagines the sounds of the 10-foot Fazioli F308

Don't know where to start with virtual instruments? We're here to help
By Andy Jones published
In today's world of music production, pretty much everything you can dream of will have a virtual counterpart. Let's explore

Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential BBC department "purely for making bonkers noises"
By Matt Mullen published
BBC Radiophonic Workshop VST features a vast collection of recordings of vintage gear, tape loops, found sounds and archive material from the Workshop's four-decade history

"An upgrade that’s all about creativity": PreSonus Studio One Pro 7 review
By James Russell published
Splice integration, stem separation, clip launching, sort-of-new instruments and more on the test bench

You can now sample via USB-C using your Ableton Move
By Matt Mullen published
Move's 1.3.0 firmware update also lets you send out polyphonic expression through the instrument's MIDI out port

UA is giving away its 1176 plugin as a Valentine's gift – here's how to get it and use it!
By Andy Jones published
Forget flowers, chocolates or champagne – give your loved one a free vintage compressor plugin instead! Better still, just get it for yourself…

"A painstaking facsimile of the original in software form": Waldorf Microwave 1 Plugin
By Roland Schmidt published
Described as the ‘return of a legend’ in software, we reheat some wavetables with Waldorf’s reincarnated classic

RePedal is a free ‘AI guitar pedal maker’ that creates a new stompbox every time you click it
By Ben Rogerson published
Now you can get that ‘new gear’ dopamine hit without spending any money
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