Let’s not sugarcoat it – things have changed. There was a time when if you wanted strings on a track, you had to call a quartet. Horns? Hire a session player. Even a simple piano line meant booking ...

One of the exemplars of demonstrating the creative scope of MPE for musical expression, Expressive E has just launched a new tranche of meticulously-modelled software instruments. Dubbed Soliste, this ...

Splice is one of the world's most popular sample platforms, giving music-makers access to a vast library of sounds that have made their way into hits by everybody from Fred Again to Sabrina Carpenter.

Arturia’s V Collection is 9 here, and along with it several new instruments that make it a worthwhile upgrade. And, if you haven’t jumped on the V Collection yet, now might be the ideal time since ...