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It won’t have escaped your notice that this issue is dedicated to the players and gear that are the building blocks for the future of the guitar. Although reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, it’s true enough that our beloved instrument’s role in pop culture has shifted in recent years. And with so much processing power devoted to recreating old tech, it’s no wonder that outsiders sometimes look at aspects of our industry with incredulity – after all, who wants to drive a new car manufactured exactly like a death trap from the 1950s, or equip their kitchen with a NOS refrigerator containing lethal quantities of sulphur dioxide and methyl formate?

Synth wiz Tyler Coffin presents a series of in-depth ANA 2 video tutorials! Learn all about the powerful features and functions that make this virtual synth a powerhouse, as well as how to design patches from scratch. This series is designed for new and intermediate ANA 2 synth users.

An eclectic mix of good energy vibes of pads, rhodes, and string instruments to smooth out or add dramatic flare to your compositions. A combo pack of edgy riffs and simplistic hymns, Organic Vibes will inspire experimental R&B, Pop, and alternative music genres.

RAF aircraft hangar at Bentwaters park, UK.
This aircaft hangar was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War, and by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Cold War, being the primary home for the 81st Fighter Wing. The structure of this hardened hanger is a dome of solid concrete. It has an exceptionally long and deep reverb. Recorded using a genelec 1037 and 6 DPA 4006 Omnidirectional microphones.

Omnisphere Kinejo is a soundset for Spectrasonics power synth Omnisphere 2, containing 150 cinematic patches.

Omnisphere Kinejo takes the “hybrid” approach – patches are designed both with Omnisphere’s soundsources and 56 new custom unique sounding soundsources. Soundset is inspired with some of the recent scores and records and also some sonic experiments and ideas which derived from the soundsource creation process. Patches are made with cinematic music in mind, but they’re also very suitable for electronic, ambient and New Age.

Tynan produces a "Tybrid" of sounds...trap, dubstep, hip hop, electronic, EDM and now all of them coalesce into a grab bag of samples...dive in now.

TYNAN is a producer who pushes the boundaries of bass music to create a distinct sound that’s hard-hitting yet painstakingly precise. The building blocks of his unapologetic sound can be explored in his first sample pack, which features sounds ranging aggressive 808s to meticulously crafted percussive one shots. Take the intensity of your tracks to a new level with TYNAN’s select sounds.

Welcoming back royalty once again this week as our go-to vintage synth sensei King Unique joins us for an in-depth look at How To Use Arturia Synthi V

Yet again Arturia has painstakingly emulated a legendary piece of hardware loved by the likes of Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, and Hawkwind by combining the Synthi AKS and VCS3 into one full-featured software instrument.
Known for its instability this synth could be made to sound in tune with quite a bit of hard work, but that wasn’t really what it was famous for - sound effects, drones, and psychedelic textures were what put this synth on the map.

Long live the King! He's back with an all-new How To Use hardware tutorial, and this time he's checking out Arturia's digital-analogue algorithmic synthesiser MicroFreak.

Featuring a 12-mode digital oscillator, an analogue multimode filter, obscure envelopes and a host of sequencing options all packed into a stylish chassis this cost-effective box of tricks has tons of potential.

Located in Cappel, Germany this Schnitger is considered by experts, musicologists and organists alike, to be the most well preserved and best sounding Arp Schnitger organ in the world today.

Built in the North German style, the organ is ideal for playing larger baroque works, including those of Bach, Lubeck and Buxtehude as well as works from the Renaissance period.

Hauptwerk is an advanced computer organ system - a virtual pipe organ that takes full advantage of the enormous processing power of the latest computers to provide very complex pipe organ modeling and per-pipe sound shaping, while maintaining the enormous polyphony necessary to model a pipe organ successfully. At its core, Hauptwerk is a powerful and high-performance specialist software sampler, specifically designed and optimized for modeling pipe organs through the use of MIDI.

Breakdance Drums bring to you the Hottest, processed drum sounds from the 80s era of Breakbeats and Breakdancing.

All of the inclusive drum sounds are already compressed/eq’d with hardware outboard gear, and were sampled using vintage samplers such as the EMU EMAX, SP-1200 and MPC 60… bringing you the original grit and upfront drum sounds that cut through mixes with organic sounding results – this is something special. Load up the plugin or sounds (wavs included) within your DAW or hardware sampler, and start making the hottest breakbeats which have come around again to top the charts!

Loopmasters are proud to welcome El. Train to the Loopmasters roster, with his offering of Future Beats & Soul. This one is raw, emotive and expressive, with a focus on cutting edge production techniques being married with a timeless and soulful sound palette. Rolling through 100% royalty free, this is one you can’t afford to miss.

Zenhiser is proud to announce the follow up to the incredibly successful ‘Blissed Out Deep House’. Once again abound with authentic groove loops this Deep House sample pack is tailored precisely for the deep house sound of today. ‘Blissed Out Deep House 2’ is bursting full of deep house basslines, aesthetic organs, smokin’ pianos, advanced drum beats and of course some dreamy fx. Everything is super easy to use with samples expertly cut, bpm and key information within the filename plus all corresponding loop numbers working perfectly, so you can trust bassline 006 is going to work with beat 006 and chord 006 straight out the box.

Ammo Vol. 4 is the ultimate serum bank to take your dubstep / hybrid / trap tracks no a whole new level. You will receive 65 + serum presets ranging from bass, leads, fx, plucks, and much more.. on top of that a FAT 475+ sample drum kit to suit those insane presets.