For those hard rock fans of the 70’s and the 80’s, who likes loud guitars and even louder drums. Bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to name a few. Toontrack has an interesting offer to make with the release of the EZX Big Rock Drums.
Big Rock Drums features 5 new kits that are big and powerful, a total of 17 presets featuring phaser drums and delayed drums. It also features a Mayer kit with just a kick drum mic and mono overhead. One major kit, the Ludwig and Mayer Bros. was already around when some of these classics were made.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/03/toontrack-ezx-big-rock-drums-review/
Home Recording Equipment
Free Sustained String Chords By Sonuscore
For those owning the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt Sonuscore has great news for you. They recently announced the release of a free orchestral sound library for NI Kontakt full version. Following the release of Orchestra Chords sound library late last year, the Sustained String Chords has a similar theme from the previous library promising more lightweight and user-friendly library of great sounding orchestral samples. In short, the two libraries can work together seamlessly.
For those wanting simplicity, Sustained String Chords features only one knob controlling the amount of reverb applied on the output. Yet enabling you to play as quickly as possible.
Read more here: http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2017/03/16/sonuscore-sustained-string-chords/
The Piano 3 By Nord
Nord has made quite an impression when it decided to make its keyboards red. Truly an out of the box idea from a standard of black and white keyboards. But Nord has more to offer than the color red because their keyboards are actually really good. Keeping up with the bright color is Nord’s quality.
Thi biggest offer thus far is the Piano 3, biggest in its size with 88 notes but also comes with incredible features. Packed with a triple-sensor key bed and Nord’s Virtual Action Hammer Technology for that perfectly improved key response depicting that of a grand piano itself.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/03/nord-piano-3-reviewed/
SynthMaster One By KV331 Audio Now Available
Kv331 Audio has recently announced the release of the new SynthMaster One. It’s an easy to use wavetable synthesizer with an intuitive workflow according to KV331 Audio. Taking its form from its predecessor the SynthMaster having the same engine but having a little more boost because of its wavetable synthesis feature.
The SynthMaster One, unlike its older brother, can hold an entire wavetable library which can now be organized using waveform folders. It consists of 2 oscillators each having its own sub oscillators, 2 filters, 500 presets, with 11 different effect types, distortion, ensemble, Band EQ are some of it. And these are only to name a few.
Read all the features here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/03/synthmaster-one-available-now/
X1 A Microphone By SE Electronics
In 2010 SE Electronics first released the X1 Microphone, and it became a popular alternative because of its low cost it compares well with the other well-known brands. After which SE released a number of variations with different purposes. Recently SE released yet another X1 this time called X1 A that targets entry level musicians looking for an all purpose large-diaphragm condenser microphone, and surprisingly SE was even able to bring its price lower. Great deal right?
The X1 A weighs about half the size of its predecessor, with updated electronics and stronger pads, it also consists of 100Hz6dB / Oct high-pass filter.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/03/se-electronics-x1-a-review/