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Blue Cat Audio MB-1
Original review post October, 2017
Bottom Line:
MB-7 looks amazing, feature boat-loads of options plus it opens up many creative possibilities for sound designers and producers. At $129USD it’s a lot for an EQ, but if that’s what you use MB-7 for primarily, you’re missing a trick
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Output Analog Strings
Original review posted October, 2017
Bottom Line:
Analog Strings is a very creative instrument with ingenious macro FX controls and superb sounding samples, and at $199 RRP represents pretty good value. The clever interface inspires you to push creatively deeper, rewarding your efforts with gratifying results, and at the end of the day, that’s the mark of successful design
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Toontrack EzBass
$179 USD (crossgrade pricing available)
Bottom Line:
Toontrack has knocked another one right out of the park. While EzBass doesn’t quite stand up under close inspection as a purely solo bass guitar instrument, it is leaps and bounds ahead of all the competition when it comes to its most important role of aiding songwriters to compose music
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PSP Audioware E27
$149 USD
Original review November, 2017
Bottom Line:
A wonderfully simple and effective EQ made somewhat clumsy by its steadfast replication of the original hardware device. The workflow will become second nature in time, just expect some frustration as you familiarize yourself with the device
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Bitwig Studio
$399 USD + $120 USD per year
Bottom line:
Bitwig Studio is a breath of fresh air in a very crowded market, and though much of the hype is old news for the competition, I feel Bitwig Studio is on course to develop a nice little niche community for themselves
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Storyteller OTR for Windows or Mac
$129 USD
Originally reviewed May 2018
Bottom Line:
If you are a media composer using Reaper, this is quite simply required buying, no questions asked. If you are using alternative DAW platforms you now have one of the strongest reasons to consider making the swap to Reaper. Storyteller’s OTR has successfully converted Reaper into the best orchestral template platform on the market, period
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Spitfire Audio Ambient Guitars>/strong>
$299 USD
Bottom Line:
A unique approach to the guitar, this library offers real out-of-the-box thinking with plenty of scope for expansion and experimentation for the user still to be found
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Sonuscore The Orchestra Complete
$249 USD
Bottom Line:
The additional benefits this new edition brings to the table enhance the flexibility of the original in a number of important ways to make the upgrade almost required buying
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EastWest Hollywood Pop Brass
$820 NZD
Bottom Line:
Following the outstanding Voices of Soul, Opera and Empire libraries, Hollywood Pop Brass is a great example of a complex medium done right
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Spitfire Audio Evolutions
$299 USD each
Bottom Line:
Spitfire Audio have again produced an innovative and creatively fresh look at the EVE Grid system