Music creators rating the music libraries.
In contrast to years prior, there are now a great many serum synth alternatives. Plenty of these are very high quality and some are even free. If you’re looking for the best free serum alternative, check out the reviews below.
Note: since Xfer’s Serum is a wavetable synthesizer, we’re going to be looking at wavetable synthesizers only for the purpose of this article.
iZotope’s award winning, research-driven audio technology includes a suite of products that give you new ways of treating your mixes with intelligent tools for modernizing and elevating your sound. Included in their product line is Izotope Neutron (available at Plugin Boutique here: Izotope Neutron at Plugin Boutique). Neutron vst is a versatile mixing plugin consisting of multiple sound shaping modules and powerful audio analysis tools including Track Assistant, Masking Meter and the Visual Mixer.
Neutron is part of iZotope’s line of intelligent DSP plugins for Windows and Mac, available in AAX, RTAS, VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit formats. Additionally, the plugins are offered separately as well as in bundles such as the Music Production Suite and 08N2. Each plugin comes in three versions: Elements, Standard and Advanced, each adding additional features. For simplicity, I’ll focus on the Standard level of Izotope Neutron. Furthermore, the feature comparison charts on the iZotope website will give you details for each version.
by Charlotte McMillan
I’ve recently been exploring FabFilter’s algorithmic reverb Pro-R Reverb. It comes in VST, VST3, AU, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats (in 64- as well as 32-bit). RTAS is available as 32-bit only. I used it as an AU plugin with Digital Performer 9.1. as well as with Vienna Ensemble Pro 5.4.1 on a desktop Mac with OS 10.7.5.
Keeping with Fabfilter tradition, Pro-R’s GUI is gorgeous. A dark blue window (which can be resized up to full screen) displays the controls across the top, and a spectrum analyzer occupies the window’s bottom two thirds. The aesthetic appeal is strong, especially the visualization of the cascading reverb lines in the “reverb+post” mode.
By Jason Cullimore / November 09, 2011
Introduction
Studio Drummer (US$169.00) is a sampled drum library published by Native Instruments. It is one of the first sampled instruments designed to be loaded exclusively into Kontakt 5 or the free Kontakt 5 Player. Those who have Kontakt 4 or earlier will not be able to load Studio Drummer unless they upgrade Kontakt to version 5.
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Review by Jason Farnham (www [dot] jasonfarnham [dot] com)
Remember when you used to go in the music store and play a new keyboard for the first time, and it sounded so cool that you were really inspired, and wanted to spend 5 hours there just writing a song? And you ended up just buying the thing on the spot, without even thinking about if you could afford it or not? Spectrasonics Omnisphere synth plug-in (RTAS, VST, AU) for your DAW is that kind of instrument. Sure, there are some cons, but as for bang for the buck, ($479 to be exact), with over 40GB of sounds, this synth plug-in is a great addition to your virtual instrument arsenal.
