Super Audio Cart 2 by Impact Soundworks — When Retro Finds Its Weight
Super Audio Cart 2 isn’t just a retro sample library — it’s a deeply curated archive of console identity. From Commodore 64 to PlayStation, the …
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Slate+Ash Primaries / Woods — The Unsung Heroes of the Orchestra, Reinvented
Primaries: Woods isn’t a traditional woodwind library. It’s a study in texture, motion, and emotional nuance — turning breath, friction, and spa…
Luftrum’s Osiris for Dark Zebra Review – Industrial Precision Without the Harshness
Luftrum’s Osiris for Dark Zebra is a tightly engineered industrial cinematic soundset that delivers aggressive upper-harmonic drive without the brit…
Teletone Audio Broadcast Piano Review: Not the Piano I Expected
Broadcast Piano by Teletone Audio looks like a niche, character-driven piano at first glance—but it turns out to be far more flexible. This in-depth…
Heavyocity Convergence Review – A Juicy Collision of Analog Weight and Digital Alteration
Convergence by Heavyocity blends juicy analog synth weight with broken, gritty digital texture—dark ’80s-leaning, cinematic, and superbly mix-frie…
Strezov Sampling PRIMAL Review — Instant Cinematic Savagery
A raw, organic, cinematic toolkit built on texture and friction—PRIMAL delivers gritty strings, performance-driven percussion, buzzing winds, and at…
sonible smart:comp 3 and the End of Guesswork Compression
sonible smart:comp 3 rethinks compression around musical intent rather than numbers. With its new Compression Matrix, refined spectral processing, and…
Review: Polarity | Modular by Soniccouture – Granular Textures From a Parallel Dimension
Polarity Modular is an otherworldly dual-layer granular instrument from Soniccouture that blends Ian Boddy's analog modular sounds with grainy, cloudy…
Review: Vessels by Noon Instruments – Grainy, Gritty, Gorgeous Sonic Materiality
Vessels by Noon Instruments is a beautifully textural synth instrument built from re-amped analog/digital sources, resonant metal objects, and tape. G…
Review: Infinite Guitar — Emergence Audio’s Ethereal Ode to Space and Stillness
Emergence Audio’s Infinite Guitar reimagines the electric guitar as a vessel of motion and stillness — blending ethereal ambience, soft distortion…