More No Than Yes: Software and Hardware Compatibility with "El Capitan"
Pro Tools 11 and 12. Avid has pretty much abandoned musicians, in ISP Música’s view. As with other manufacturers, the economic crisis has made the musician market, with little…
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Pro Tools | First and Pro Tools 12
The Pro Tools saga leads the production sector, with a full range from the amateur to the most demanding professional. After seeing the plans at NAMM 2015, we've drawn some…
Samplitude Pro X2 by Magix
Magix, Samplitude Pro X2. We were already familiar with what Magix offers compared with Cubase, Pro Tools and company. Although in earlier versions Samplitude competed more with…
Guitar Pro: Write Scores Like a Pro
Alba Céspedes What guitarist doesn't know Guitar Pro by now? Since it was developed and released by French company Arobas Music in 1997, this software has been winning followers…
Symphobia: Orchestral Sounds for Creating Film Scores
Jorge Quesada This is a rompler library in Kontakt Player® format, specializing in orchestral sounds for composing film scores. Across its roughly 18GB you'll find multisampled…
EZkeys Grand Piano: Toontrack Moves into Melodic Instruments
Román Vega We have talked many times about Toontrack's developments. Its research into sample technology, applied to percussion and its virtual instruments, has been especially…
AmpliTube 2: A Collection of Amps and Effects
Román Vega Introduction With titles under its belt such as SampleTank, Philharmonik Miroslav, Sonic Reality Refills, etc., IK Multimedia launches version 2 of AmpliTube, software…
Guitar Rig 2: All in One
Román Vega The second version of the virtual guitar processor Introduction As more and more users turn their computers into ever more complete music-making tools, new applications…
Elastic Time
Roger Montejano Pro Tools 7.4 The new version of Pro Tools brings a good number of improvements, notably a new feature called Elastic Time, integration with data streams stored on…
Cubase 5.5 and HALion Sonic
Martín Sequeros In issue 109 of ISP (March 2009), we published what was then presented as big news: the new version 5 of CUBASE. Now we've reached version 5.5, which we review…
Sound Forge 10: Probably the Best Audio Editor for PC
Martín Sequeros A program well known for years to all of us in the business. Now, in Sony's hands, it has been given many turns of the screw, and by version 10 it has been loaded…
Steinberg Sequel 3: A Powerful, Simple and Affordable Sequencer
Martín Sequeros This is a simple music software program, a hybrid between Steinberg's best tools (Cubase, Nuendo, etc.) and others from the competition, such as those used in…
Sibelius 7: Much More Than a Score Editor
Jorge Quesada The possibilities offered by computers, faster and more powerful every day, are advancing by leaps and bounds. What was revolutionary not long ago is now…
Pro Tools 10: Still a Standard
These are the features that Avid® added in version 10, which, although superseded by version 11, is still used by many users who prefer to work with proven versions before…
Guitar Pro 5, a Classic
Jorge Asensio By accident, out of interest, out of necessity... What guitarist doesn't know Guitar Pro? The quintessential program for editing scores and tablature seems to know…
G-RACK (Plugin for Guitarists)
Fernando Girón Introduction Last month we covered everything related to the new Pro Tools virtual instruments. We focused on Xpand, Hybrid and Strike Velvet, and mentioned…
EZ Drummer. Flexibility and Quality.
Carles Páez Sampler-based virtual drum instruments are among the most sought-after tools in studios, both for how faithfully they approach the real thing and for the savings…
Groove Agent 2: Automatic Drum Artillery in Every Format
Alberto Arranz Introduction For those of you who don't know Groove Agent, it's a virtual instrument packed with rhythmic patterns and drum sounds. It puts hundreds of grooves and…
Guitar Pro: Write Scores Like a Pro
Alba Céspedes What guitarist doesn't know Guitar Pro by now? Ever since it was developed and launched by the French company Arobas Music in 1997, this software has been winning…
Structure and Goliath. The Ultimate(?) Sampler for Pro Tools LE.
Building on the test bench we ran on the DIGI003 console system, we installed this new professional sampling beast. Running on Pro Tools LE 7.3, we were able to verify its power…