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East West Quantum Leap – Hollywood Choirs (Review)

Hollywood Choirs is the name of renowned L.A.-based virtual instruments delevoper East West/Quantum Leap’s most recent product and their long-awaited sequel to 2005’s acclaimed Symphonic…

March 29, 2018

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Impact Soundworks – The Orchestral Bundle (Review)

VSTBuzz and Impact Soundworks just released a massive discount on “The Orchestral Bundle”, a comprehensive collection of five deeply sampled orchestral libraries covering a wide…

February 17, 2018

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10 Tips To Boost Your Creative Productivity

New Year, new me! We all have heard it, we all have said it. Now that the new year 2018 is one month old, what…

February 1, 2018

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Audio Imperia Releases JAEGER – Essential Modern Orchestra

L.A. based Trailer music sample developer Audio Imperia recently released their most comprehensive hybrid orchestral product to date: JAEGER – Essential Modern Orchestra. Focusing on…

January 31, 2018

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Spitfire Audio Albion ONE 10th Anniversary Edition Review

The year 2017 marks Britain sample library top-dog Spitfire Audio’s 10th anniversary in business, which is why the brand decided to celebrate this special occasion…

December 21, 2017

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Interviewing Dirk Ehlert on the creation of his new solo album ELEMENTS

Today we’re having a chat with composer, producer and online tutor Dirk Ehlert on concept and production of his brand-new solo album ‘Elements’ (published by…

December 9, 2017

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EastWest releases Hollywood Choirs

Award-winning sample library developer EastWest just released Hollywood Choirs, a ground-breaking new symphonic vocal virtual instrument produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix….

December 8, 2017

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Performance Samples Caspian Review

Today we’re getting our hands on Performance Samples’ brand-new orchestral brass library Caspian! In style and design, Caspian follows the company’s philosophy of creating easy-to-use,…

December 1, 2017

Laboratory Audio Strikeforce Review

Today we’re taking a look at an interesting new cinematic percussion library from a newcomer brand in sampling: Laboratory Audio’s very first product STRIKEFORCE. Strikeforce…

September 30, 2017

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Gothic Instruments – DRONAR Cinematic Atmospheres Review

Gothic Instruments just added a fifth volume to their renowned DRONAR series of cinematic sound design tools called DRONAR: Cinematic Atmospheres. We had the chance…

September 26, 2017

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Spitfire Audio – Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit Review

Today we’re taking a look at Spitfire Audio’s hottest addition to their orchestral range of libraries: the Bernard Herrmann Toolkit. Inspired by its iconic namesake,…

August 9, 2017

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Adding Analog Warmth To Sampled Strings Using Tape Simulation

In this tutorial I show you how to add analog warmth, saturation and color to your sampled orchestral strings in order to make them sound…

July 13, 2017