XLN Audio Addictive Keys Electric Grand - "Sounds great, but limited for live use"
I purchased this since I was wowed by the sound of the online demos. It does indeed sound good, and the software is quite well laid out. I bought it primarily for live use, and have found out tha…
Hornet Plugins ELM128 - "Loudness for all! ;)"
I use the AAX version with ProTools 12 on a Macbook pro w/Yosemite. I wanted a small plugin for LUFS monitoring of my STEREO mixes os mix elements (post-prod) on a light system, as I already have …
Livid Instruments Base II - "Good, but not for Reason."
What configuration, software and other gear do you use with this MIDI control surface? In what context? What are your thoughts on its stability? iMac with reason 7. I was looking for a controller w…
ROLI Seaboard Rise 25 - "Innovative, fun and inspiring!"
While unboxing, the first thing that strikes is the superb packaging, to make Apple pale in comparaison: from the moment you take it out of the box, everything appears as perfectly controlled. The co…
Scuffham S-Gear v2 - "Excellent"
I've used this plug for over a year now with Cubase and in standalone mode. After trying eash and every virtual amp sim, I consider this to be the more realistic and convincing of all, and most impo…
D16 Group Decimort 2 - "Decimate at will"
See the "Info" tab for complete specs. Installs easily through an executable, authorization is processed with the keyfile which is available for download at your user account on the developer's we…
StaffPad StaffPad - "Not that natural..."
This software works correctly, but it only recognizes a single, very precise type of handwriting, hence a real waste of time as you have to erase and rewrite endlessly until the software finally unde…
Cakewalk Sonar Platinum - "A good DAW which comes with a lot of plugins."
What configuration (interface, computer, etc) do you use with this DAW? iMac 27" from 2009 with 4 GB of Ram, a 1TB internal hard drive + 1 TB external hard drive, with Windows Seven installed in d…
MOTU Midi Express 128 - "Has issues, but good design"
I am using this with a Windows 10 Dell XPS touchscreen. DAW: Ableton 9.5, Cubase Essentials, and Stagelight. Old school midi gear: Oberheim MC-3000, Roland D-550, JV-2080, JP-8080, JD-800, VSynth…
Kuassa Amplifikation Vermilion - "An excellent amp simulation for clean and crunch sounds"
I seized the opportunity of the last Black Friday sales to get this amp sim. I use it on a MacBook Pro i5, 16GB RAM, OSX 10.11. It installs smoothly, the license activation file has to be imported …
Brainworx bx_dyneq v2 - "Excellent"
I use it with Cubase 6 Great stability GUI is large, clear and well readable The plugin is mouse-controllable It is not too CPU-hungry It's really efficient and accurate It is a multifunction p…
Brainworx bx_meter - "In a nutshell: I can't live without it!"
I use the AAX version with ProTools 11 on a MBP i7 and ProTools 10 on a Mac Pro. Unlike other peak/VU-meters it doesn't take up too much resources and causes no stability issue. It is a worthy su…
Akai Professional Advance 49 - "A great MIDI keyboard - a not-so-great software"
After a whole weekend spent getting used to this Advance 49 keyboard, my first conclusions: an excellent keyboard, very pleasant to be played, with great egonomics. On the other hand, the VIP softwar…
UVI Falcon - "THE ONE synth (and sampler)"
- config : 15" i7 // osx 10.10 // studio one 2.6 - easy and perfect installation - the ilok software protection is not too much of a burden (what are other iLok-ed developers waiting for before ad…
UVI Relayer - "A rather advanced delay!"
Installation is easy through an executable file, the authorization is as usual through the iLok account, on either an iLok key or the computer. On a side note, a total three authorizations are provid…
