The long awaited successor to Logic Pro X’s EXS24 software sampler is here with full backwards compatibility, a suite of new toys pulled from Alchemy, a much needed makeover, and some particularly ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: The quest to emulate acoustic instruments reached a tipping point in 1979 with the release of the legendary (and legendarily expensive) Fairlight CMI, the world's first commercially ...

Native Instruments has launched the next edition of Komplete, its colossal bundle of instruments, sounds and effects, along with a new version of the beloved software sampler Kontakt. Komplete 15 ...

Native Instruments has announced the release of the next edition of Komplete, its colossal bundle of instruments, sounds and effects, along with a new version of the beloved software sampler Kontakt.

Hardware sampling is officially back. As the power of music software rapidly advanced throughout the ‘00s and ‘10s, hardware samplers began to fall out of fashion as producers favoured the flexibility ...

Apple has completely overhauled Logic Pro X’s sampling technology with the new Sampler and Quick Sampler. While those two might be running the audio recycling operation here, the powerful new Logic ...

Lindows, the startup that is promising to merge the worlds of Windows and Linux to create an alternative to the Microsoft empire, has released a preview version of its controversial software, and it ...

This week we'll look at what's been going on recently with LinuxSampler, a very cool software audio sampler. I have to say at the outset that this article was tough to write, I was just having far too ...

Native Instruments on Thursday announced the release of Kontakt 3.5, a new version of its software sampler for professional musicians. A free download for registered Kontakt 3 users, Kontakt 3.5 costs ...

Consider ditching the DAW and picking up a used hardware sampler as we show you how to turn the limitations of these classic machines into strengths When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...