UVI Synth Anthology 2
$149USD
Bottom Line:
A perfect partner for Falcon, Synth Anthology 2 patches beg to be layered and affected with the extended synth controls it offers
IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik 2
$495 USD
Bottom Line:
This is an excellent collection of well-played and captured instruments. The sandbox-style interface environment is excellent for constructing ensembles, effecting and mixing
Spitfire Audio Symphonic Strings
$799 USD
Bottom Line:
Symphonic Strings is a masterpiece. Delicate, elegant with remarkable openness and clarity in the sound, expressive controls that immerse you in the performance. This is a serious instrument and will become commonplace in professional composer toolkits
Impact Soundworks Ventus Ethnic Winds Bansuri
$99 USD
Bottom Line:
This is a stunning instrument to play. I’m no expert in the genre, but even my rather amateur attempt at performing to a backing track sounded amazing
RealiTone RealiDrums
$159 USD
Bottom Live:
RealiDrums sounds great, with an excellent collection of snares, kicks and other elements to build a useful kit, but where RealiDrums shines is with its simplistic and musical Groove Generator tools
Sonokinetic Maximo
$495 USD
Bottom Line:
There is no doubt Maximo sounds incredible, beyond incredible really – the performances are larger than life, and even the wacky interface can’t distract from that.
Propellerhead Reason 9.5
From $125 USD
Bottom Line:
I’m instantly in the zone when I start dropping in rack units, plugging in synths and tweaking the mixing console – I just love that, it’s my happy place, and it shows in the music I make with Reason
IK Multimedia Modo Bass
$195 USD
Bottom Line:
Modo Bass features a huge collection of bass models with some very clever behind-the-scenes physical modelling going on. The benefit of having more control often leads to poor sound quality, but not so here