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Insights: Hollywood Strings Keyswitch Finger Positions

By   /  March 13, 2012  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

First Position pitches for the violin. Click graphic for larger view.

Hollywood Strings Keyswitch Finger Positions feature offers composers the unique coloristic writing opportunity of actually playing full lines across positions 1-4 on the string instruments, or to select smaller areas to perform on a single string.

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Insights: Albion

By   /  February 22, 2012  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

AlbionBox

Albion is the newest orchestral brainchild from Spitfire Audio, headquartered in Great Britain. It follows the path of Symphobia 1, Hollywoodwinds, and Symphobia 2 by being a problem/solution orchestral module that does not compete directly with full fledged orchestral libraries from EastWest, SONiVOX, or the Vienna Symphonic Library.

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Rumble

By   /  February 22, 2012  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

rumble

Rumble, then, is intended to serve the needs of three distinct classes of musicians: the working media composer, the dedicated sound designer and the marching band directors across America. These three perspectives give Rumble a unique place in the crowded Virtual Instruments market.

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“But IT is working fine on my system!”

By   /  January 27, 2009  /  Recording  /  No Comments

When IT is not working on your system. A consideration.

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On Quill & Ink and Music Technology

By   /  December 13, 2008  /  Trend Lines  /  2 Comments

Some end of year considerations for both customers and developers.

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SONiVOX Releases New Virtual Instrument Beating Tascam to Market

By   /  August 10, 2008  /  Bucks  /  No Comments

On a late Friday afternoon in July 2008 a press release from Al Joelson, marketing manager at SONiVOX, scooted around the Internet announcing that they had a secret inhouse development team that had developed, “a universally compatible player technology that focuses on intelligent MIDI performance, intuitive interfaces, and the highest sonic fidelity.” Further down the [...]

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Doug Rogers, QLSO Co-Producer

By   /  August 10, 2008  /  Music People  /  No Comments

A native New Zealander with 30 years experience in the audio industry, Doug Rogers is the recipient of many recording industry awards including Recording Engineer of the Year. In 2005, the Art of Digital Music named him one of the 56 Visionary Artists and Insiders in the book of the same name. In March 1988 [...]

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HALion Symphonic Orchestra

By   /  August 1, 2008  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

HALion Symphonic Orchestra Street Price- $499.00 While buzz on the HSO is virtually non-existent, Yamaha/Steinberg have produced a quality sounding orchestral library whose great strengths are in its design to operate easily within Cubase or Sonar as a virtual instrument, to blend well with other libraries, and to stand on its own merit as an [...]

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