Tag archive for ‘Samplers’
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By MusicTech On Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
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MachFive 3 Review

Updates to MachFive don’t appear very often. When they do, though, they are always substantial. This time, eight years after its launch, MachFive 3 has a redesigned interface plus brand-new scripting More...

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By MusicTech On Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
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Razor Review

Reaktor has been a breeding ground for some of the most unusual and distinctive software synths in music production, particularly those that show little regard for the conventions of subtractive synthesis. The More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, February 17th, 2011
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Geist

FXpansion leapt to everyone’s attention with BFD, an outstanding software acoustic drum sample player that brought a level of realism to sample-based drum performances that simply had not been achievable previously. More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, December 16th, 2010
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Speaker Junk Bass heavy House

Superstar DJs Hervé and Trevor Loveys – AKA Speaker Junk – have spent the last few years smashing up dancefloors around the world with their blend of heavy bass, wonky synths and fidget grooves. The latest More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, December 16th, 2010
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miniDRUM PRO

This iPad-only drum machine has eight sample pads that can house whatever samples you’d like – either from the large library that’s included or sounds you’ve imported. Patterns are programmed on a simple More...

By MusicTech On Thursday, October 21st, 2010
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Glitch & Twist

Released in 2001, Daft Punk’s Discovery was one of the first albums to bring aggressively cut-up glitch samples into the mainstream. These days, heavily effected vocals and stutter edits can now be heard More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, August 19th, 2010
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After many apps have let us down, Aurora finally provides a decent set of sound sculpture and song-writing tools especially for the iPad. It includes up to 16 simultaneous samplers, drum machines or synths, and More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, May 20th, 2010
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microSAMPLER

To a large extent, the old-school sampler has been replaced by our DAWs. Audio can be created, repeated, topped and tailed, pitch-shifted or timestretched effortlessly onscreen with a mouse. Who needs a separate More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, May 20th, 2010
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Dubstep Nation

As more and more producers enter the dubstep arena we’re seeing a more diverse range of styles, from club-based dark, aggressive, happy and jump-up styles to more downbeat tracks. Dubstep Nation is the latest More...

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By MusicTech On Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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MORPHESTRA

Sample Logic’s Morphestra is one of a growing number of products directly aimed at the busy media composer, whether they’re producing music for film and TV, game soundtracks or the web. In a similar vein More...