Orange Music Electronic Company has just released its new Crest Edition Wireless Headphones, the company’s next foray into the wearables market, this time with a fresh look and feel and wireless Bluetooth connectivity. You might recall our review of Orange’s O Edition Headphones in 2017, where I mentioned some slight discomfort with their on/over-ear design, [...]

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Today we are taking a closer look at Obsession, the long-awaited Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer emulation in the form of a VST plugin developed by Synapse Audio. I try not to get too worked up over emulations of vintage analog synthesizers since I feel that the vintage emulation thing has been done to death. However, I [...]

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We are reviewing Unify, a powerful and flexible VST host plugin developed by PluginGuru. Unify is on sale for $59 until March 9th and it will never go on sale again. Unify, the very first plugin developed by John Lehmkuhl and Shane Dunne for PluginGuru might be the most exciting VST host plugin we’ve seen [...]

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I rarely spend time with drum machines since I usually synthesize my own drums and percussion, but for a good long while, I’ve been looking for a workflow-efficient drum plugin seriously focused on sound design that also functions as a drum machine. Sugar Bytes DrumComputer not only satisfies my need for such a plugin but [...]

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I know what you’re thinking: “Do I really need another reverb plugin right now?” Yes, it’s true, we all have at least half a dozen reverbs clunking around on our system, but we only use a couple… if that. However, on occasion, we get something really special and I think Comet from Polyverse Music will [...]

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Metropolis by Sonic Underworld is a sound bank containing 150 presets for the Repro-5 virtual synthesizer by U-He. Stephan Baer a.k.a Sonic Underworld has quickly become one of my favorite sound designers since I became familiar with his work on Repro-5 Meridian, which I reviewed earlier this year. I’m mesmerized by his subtle sensibilities and [...]

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There are two synths everyone should have in their recording studio: The Minimoog and the Prophet 5. Fortunately, there are affordable software emulations, such as Repro-5, which I reviewed not long ago. The Legend from Synapse Audio ranks alongside Repro-5, in my personal opinion, as one of the very best virtual analog instruments on the [...]

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Okay, so it’s been several months since Ableton Live 10 was first announced earlier this year, and I’m just now reviewing it because it has quite literally taken over my life. But now that I’ve managed to pry myself away from it, I’m very excited to share my experience and explain why I personally feel [...]

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I normally don’t review preset libraries since I pretty much invest the majority of my time making my own, but on occasion, something really special manages to capture my attention. Sonic Underworld’s Meridian for Repro-5 (which is bundled with Anamorphia for Repro-1 with their Repro-5 Bundle) is a collection of 140 patches intended for moody [...]

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Every so often, something wonderfully original emerges out of a market oversaturated with virtual analog instruments and effects. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I try to be there with bells on my toes when it drops. Aparillo from Sugar Bytes surprised almost everyone late last year with its unusual approach to [...]

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There are many volume modulator effect plugins available on the VST market, but they often produce undesirable results. Sudden DC offsets (amplitude displacements that deviate from zero phase) occur as a result of poor sample accuracy. Polyverse Gatekeeper is 100% sample accurate, which makes it one of the most aggressive volume plugins around. Gatekeeper has [...]

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When U-He first unleashed their analog modeled software emulation of the coveted Sequential Circuits Pro One monophonic synthesizer, analog purist everywhere collectively lost their minds, and now that a fully polyphonic version has become available, we synth geeks might possibly never see daylight again. However, Repro-5 isn’t “a polyphonic version of Repro-1” per se, but [...]

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