New In Stock At Sweetwater
If you’re serious about adding realistic sample-based guitar tracks to your music, then Best Service Real Guitar 1.5 (dist. by East West) is the... Read more »
Keyboard News
Jul 6, 2005, 9:44 AM
Jun 30, 2005, 9:40 AM
Share and Share Alike
Native Instruments has created an online library for the exchange of Pro-53 preset banks. Just like the company’s other user libraries for... Read more »
Jun 29, 2005, 9:43 AM
New In Stock At Sweetwater
The new E-MU Xboard25 and Xboard49 USB MIDI controller keyboards have arrived! The controllers offer 25 or 49 full-size velocity-sensitive keys... Read more »
Jun 29, 2005, 12:00 AM
What is the Difference Between a Sample and a Virtual Instrument?
A: In the music world, sampling typically means recording actual musical instrument or other sounds as individual tones, and then playing them... Read more »
Jun 28, 2005, 12:00 AM
Installing USB MIDI Drivers in OS X
OS X behaves slightly differently than other operating systems when it comes to installing MIDI drivers and you’ll be doing yourself a big favor... Read more »
Jun 22, 2005, 12:47 PM
Abs Of Steel
Native Instruments has released version 3.02 of their Absynth software synthesize, a free download for registered users, The new version... Read more »
Jun 21, 2005, 10:06 AM
Smooth Operator
If you’re a user of Ableton’s hip little Operator soft synth, you can download two free banks of presets created by denizens of Ableton’s forums... Read more »
Jun 17, 2005, 9:49 AM
Up, Up, and Upgrade
Steinberg, and their new parent company Yamaha, have announced upgrade programs and incentives for users who purchased certain hardware that... Read more »
Jun 17, 2005, 9:49 AM
Reaktor 5 and Upgrades
Native Instruments Reaktor 5 is out, and it’s amazing. The biggest leap is “Reaktor Core Technology,” which allows users to freely design their... Read more »
Jun 16, 2005, 12:00 AM
AKAI MPC1000 Review
As someone with little sequencing and sampling experience, I was mostly concerned with ease of use. The AKAI MPC1000 put all of my worries to... Read more »