This article will explore the 20 best VST instrument plugins for musicians in 2026. (with a bonus at the end)
The role of a musician has changed drastically in the modern music era. Back in the day, you had to hire session musicians to come and play in a recording studio to record a record.
For better or worse, this has changed with the introduction of VST plugins. Nowadays, you can have any instrument imaginable at your disposal in the form of a VST plugin.
Knif Audio Knifonium
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Knifonium is a virtual analog synthesizer by Knif Audio.
It achieves a unique and authentic analog sound through the 26 vacuum tubes that power it. With two tube-driven oscillators, a ladder filter, and ring modulation, it manages to stand out in the overcrowded virtual analog synth market.
- Faithful to the original
The original Knifonium is a hardware synthesizer that stands out due to its unmistakable sound and handcrafted hardware units, which are designed meticulously by audio device designer Jonte Knif.
- Extra features
Knifonium offers features that are not available on the original hardware. It features eight independent voices, which allow extra sonic flexibility and versatility.
- Effects
Knifonium offers a carefully curated selection of effects that will help you craft your sounds with even more detail. The effects include a vintage-style phaser, a wave shaper, and an SPL equalizer. You can also add classic effects like digital delays, reverb, chorus, and flanger.
Arturia Augmented STRINGS
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Augmented Strings is a hybrid string software instrument by Arturia.
Arturia is no stranger to innovation, and Augmented Strings is another example of their futuristic vision. It’s a software instrument that uses high-quality sampled string sounds in combination with synthesis to create string sounds that range from traditional to futuristic and leftfield.
- Hybrid sound
The beauty of Augmented Strings lies in its combination of sampling and synthesis. There are countless string options, and you can morph them in multiple ways to create interesting tones that defy traditional orchestral sound design. Having said that, Augmented Strings feels very grounded, so you could easily use it for a typical orchestral score too.
- Macros
The main interface is clean and simple, with one big knob and seven macro knobs that help you shape the string sound. It’s very reminiscent of Spitfire’s Labs interface in that way. The big knob is labeled as morph and helps you blend the synthesis engine with the sampling engine.
- Layered sound
Augmented Strings features a multi-engine that allows up to two sound layers. You can stack two completely different string patches and create even richer results. This allows you to experiment and create your signature string sounds that are unique to you and your sensibilities as an artist.
- Under the hood
Even though Augmented Strings has a simple interface, it still offers the option of deeper sound design for those who wish to look under the hood. You can open the layers page and dial parameters like LFOs, filters, envelopes, and sequencers.
Waves CR8 Creative Sampler
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CR8 Creative Sampler is a sampler instrument by Waves.
Waves promises to deliver the most fun and creative sampler in a software instrument package with CR8. You can turn any sample into a creative instrument by using one of the five different stretching algorithms, load loops and sync them to your project, chop them easily, and identify their root key.
- Five stretching algorithms
CR8 Creative Sampler offers five stretching algorithms to help you achieve different styles of time stretching. Beats, harmonic, melodic, voice, and classic are the options on board and can all add different nuances to a sample you stretch.
- Create instruments instantly
CR8 Creative Sampler makes creating instruments a very easy affair. For example, you can have a loop you enjoy but wish to arrange in a different key or melody. Then, you can load it in, chop a single note off the loop, crop it, and play it on your keyboard.
- Advanced sound design
Once you create the basis of your instrument by sampling a one shot, you can start getting creative by applying different effects and tools to shape it. You have access to four ADSR envelopes, four modulators (which can be LFOs or sequencers), a filter, and MPE controls like velocity, pressure, etc.
- Layer sounds
You can easily layer samples inside CR8 Creative Sampler to create unique sounds. You can layer up to eight different sounds. Once you have created an instrument, you can enter the mixer panel and duplicate it, creating another identical layer.
- Chop samples
Creating and layering instruments is just the tip of the iceberg regarding what CR8 can do. You can use it more straightforwardly when it comes to sampling by chopping up a sample and mapping different chops to different keys on your keyboard. You can also change each chop’s individual pitch, velocity, pitch range, and reverse.
- Cosmos and presets
Another excellent feature of CR8 Creative Sampler is the inclusion of Cosmos, an AI-powered sample finder. Cosmos will make locating and identifying your samples much easier and much more organized. The instrument also comes with over 800 presets and over 2500 samples to play with. It’s a lot of content, especially considering the low price point.
Tracktion Novum By Dawesome
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Novum is a granular & cross-synthesis instrument by Tracktion.
Novum takes the idea of a traditional sampler and flips it on its head by asking the question: what if we could break down a sample into different timbral instruments? Inside Novum, you can load any sample and hear it in different iterations.
It also includes a powerful granular synthesis engine, a versatile modulation system, and the ability to edit the sound’s timbre and temporal evolution.
- Decompose
Novum’s main interface is centered around the waveform display, representing the loaded sample. Once you load a sample, it will be decomposed and split into six different layers, which you can turn on or off.
- Expressive sounds
Novum is ideal for producers and artists who seek expressive and evocative sounds. Once you load a sample, you can freeze it at a certain point and play it chromatically as a new instrument. To create expressive patches, you can load MPE modulation, such as aftertouch.
- Timbre flower and modulation
The timbre flower is included in the timbre panel, and it’s a gorgeous visualization of how each layer’s timbre works. It offers a lot of spectral variation, and by clicking on one of its pedals, you create a completely different timbre for the corresponding sound layer.
- Granular synthesis
Any sound you load into Novum can be processed granularly. You can access the grains panel to do so, and there you’ll find a set of controls that will help you create rich and beautiful textures.
Lunacy Audio CUBE
CUBE is a creative sample-based virtual instrument by Lunacy Audio.
CUBE can seem intimidating or overwhelming at first glance, but if you forget about the gorgeous and complex-looking interface, it’s easy to understand. Essentially it’s a platform where you can morph between different samples. It includes hundreds of sampled instruments you can assign to the cube, multiple effects, and a complex modulation system.
- Morph between sounds
CUBE is mainly a platform that helps you morph between different samples. The interface is centered around a cube, each corner representing a different sound. You can move an orb around the cube to morph between these sounds, and the closer you are to a corner, the louder that corresponding sound will be.
- Effects
CUBE can also work as a multi-effects platform with its selection of eight different effects, including filter, EQ, distortion, compressor, chorus, delay, reverb, and limiter.
- Modulation and macros
The modulation panel hosts the powerful modulation system inside CUBE. Here you can find four LFOs and a macro controller. The modulation system uses a drag and drop setup to assign modulators to different parameters, which makes setting it up easy.
- Sample editor and utilities
The sounds panel gives you access to detailed sample editing and processing parameters. This is where you can fine-tune your chosen samples by adjusting start and end points, loop times, reverse, monophonic, or stereo width controls.
ADSR Sounds Drum Machine
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Drum Machine is a drum machine and drum processor plugin instrument by ADSR Sounds.
ADSR Sounds designed a software instrument that can do anything you want regarding drums and percussion. Its 16 pads allow you to create custom drum kits, and the onboard processing helps you shape and polish your drum sounds in the box.
- Get grooving
Drum Machine is about enabling you to create the best rhythms possible conveniently and easily. There are 16 pads onto which you can load different drum one shots. Each pad corresponds to a different MIDI note on your keyboard so you can easily perform your drums.
- Sequencer
If you don’t particularly enjoy finger drumming or performing your drums with a MIDI keyboard, there is a built-in sequencer that can help you draw your drum patterns. Each step is colored so that it matches the pad it represents, and you can create up to 16 different patterns.
- Sound processing
Drum Machine allows in-depth sound design and sculpting. Every one of the 16 pads has its own chain of effects that you can add to process it. These include options like filters, EQ, compressor, distortion, and phaser.
- Split sounds
A very innovative feature included in Drum Machine is the split option. This is where you can split one drum sample into its transient and body information. Once you do so, you can process them individually and have different effects on the transient of a kick drum and different processing on its body.
SubLab XL
SubLab XL is a bass and 808 instrument by FAW.
The original SubLab was a creative software instrument designed specifically for creating deep bass sounds and 808s. It featured the innovative X-Sub technology by FAW, which guaranteed sub integrity on all sound systems. The XL version includes many more features and fresher sounds.
- Synth engine
The beauty of SubLab lies in its split into three different engines. The synth engine is where you get to design the bulk of the bass sound. You can choose between sinewave, triangle, square, saw, and the new super oscillator.
- Sample engine
The sample engine is where you can load different samples to handle the sound’s transient. You can load a kick drum or any other punchy sound that will be the transient of your 808. Additionally, you can choose to sidechain the synth engine to the sample engine so that the transient comes through loud and clear.
- X-Sub
The main appeal of SubLab is X-Sub, the psychoacoustic synth engine that guarantees the integrity of your sub bass no matter what playback system it’s heard on. It basically adds a consistent sublayer underneath your bass sound.
- Effects and modulation
SubLab offers a few different tools for sound design. You get one LFO that can be assigned to two parameters simultaneously. It can be synced to your host’s BPM or run in Hz and has sine, square, saw, triangle, and noise shapes.
- Macros
Another great new feature of SubLab XL is the macros. You get two macros that you can assign to various parameters. Once done, you can use a single knob to modulate multiple parameters. This is a great way to turn a basic 808 into something unique and original that suits your music.
Arturia Piano V3
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Piano V3 is a piano software instrument by Arturia.
The piano is one of the most popular, used, and familiar sounds in music history. However, finding a good one in the digital era is often challenging, especially if you’re after a realistic and authentic sound.
Arturia has created Piano V3 to capture the most authentic piano sounds possible through physical modeling, from mechanical to sonic behavior.
- Wide range of sounds
Piano V3 doesn’t focus on a single piano sound. Instead, Arturia was interested in creating an instrument that accurately portrays various pianos styles. Therefore, with Piano V3, you can access American, Japanese, or German Grand Pianos, Jazz, Classical, or Pop Upright Pianos, plucked Grand Piano, or experimental options like the Glass and Metal Grand Pianos.
- No samples
When you invest in a high-quality piano instrument, you’ll need many gigabytes of space on your hard drive to cover the large sample libraries that come with it. Fortunately, Arturia’s Piano V3 is not sampled-based.
- Tweak the sound
Even though the piano sounds are excellent and authentic, you can still adjust and tweak certain parameters to make them fit your productions. For example, you can adjust the brightness knob for brighter or gloomier sounds, the timbre knob for different sonic and harmonic characteristics, the dynamics knob for a punchier or more sustained feel, and the stereo width knob for customizing your stereo field.
- Dig deeper
You can dig deeper with the studio page if the above knobs are insufficient to get the piano sound just right. Here, you can adjust the mic positions and create realistic spaces for your pianos to exist in with amazing reverb algorithms.
VSL Synchron Brass
Synchron Brass is a brass software instrument by VSL.
Synchron Brass is a sampled-based instrument. This means that each instrument and each note you hear was played by real musicians and captured by the engineers in various ways to ensure sonic flexibility and versatility.
The VSL sampling sessions took 20 years, and now all those years of brass sampling are packaged inside this rich instrument.
- Variety of brass instruments
Synchron Brass covers a wide range of brass instruments as a brass instrument. It offers two solo trumpets and French horns, as well as two different ensembles for each of them. There are also tenor trombones, bass trombones, cimbasso, bass tuba, tenor trombone ensemble, low brass ensemble, trombone ensemble of nine players, and a giant Tutti brass ensemble of 28 players.
- Timbre adjust
The timbre adjust is one of the most useful features of Synchron Brass since it offers huge expression and realism to your brass sounds. Brass instruments are known for their subtle volume and timbre variations which the player masterfully performs in a live context.
- Microphone positions
The engineers of VSL utilized a complex setup while running the recording sessions for Synchron Brass, which included nine separate microphone configurations. This provides us with a wide range of room options, and each mic captures different nuances in both timbre and performance.
- Recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna
The recording sessions for Synchron Brass happened at the Syncron scoring stage in the heart of Vienna. The stage offers cutting-edge technology and the best possible acoustics, guaranteeing the best quality for your brass instruments.
Eric Whitacre Choir
Eric Whitacre Choir is a choir software instrument by Spitfire Audio.
The human voice is perhaps the most evocative and complex instrument we possess. Therefore, creating a software instrument that captures its many nuances is challenging to say the least.
Spitfire Audio worked with Grammy winner Eric Whitacre who crafted this instrument by recording an elite ensemble of singers. The result is an instrument that does justice to the human voice and can enrich any music production.
- Sampled like a full orchestra
Spitfire Audio says that they treated the recording sessions for Eric Whitacre Choir as an orchestra recording session, something that makes sense once you start exploring this instrument. 22 singers were recorded during these sessions, six basses, five tenors, five alto, and six sopranoes.
Their singing covers 170 different techniques, and as we’ll see later on, you can create compositions that flow through them and evolve.
- Evo Grid
Evo Grid is Spitfire’s unique technology, the common threat between their instruments that makes them unique and functional. Evo Grid works wonders with the Eric Whitacre Choir. It recognizes vocal samples that evolve over time and arranges them across the keyboard.
- Wide range of sounds
A choir might sound like a cheesy or predictable sound choice for some people, but this one covers 200GB worth of material, so you better believe there is a huge range of content and variation here.
Arturia B-3 V
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B-3 V is an organ software instrument by Arturia.
Part of Arturia’s V collection, which focuses on recreations of legendary synths and instruments, B-3 V is an accurate depiction of a tonewheel organ. It also emulates the rotary speaker found on classic organ instruments for an even more authentic experience.
- Gritty and vintage sound
B-3 V captures the unpredictable nature of a tonewheel organ and rotary speaker. Due to its mechanics, the real instrument had a gritty and unpredictable sound that would introduce pitch and tone variations.
- Next generation organ
Even though Arturia accurately models the original tonewheel organ, they added a bunch of cool features that make B-3 V unique and able to compete with any modern software instrument.
- Under the panel
In the old days, you’d need a soldering iron to get under the hood of the original organ. Instead, Arturia lets you control parameters like the tonewheel profile and the tonewheel leakage. You can also set decay times for the harmonic percussion sound that’s synonymous with the signature sound of the tonewheel organ.
- Effects
The effects in B-3 V help you achieve vibrant and warm patches or dirty and experimental ones. You have access to a mechanical scanner vibrato which is modeled faithfully after the original. There is also an excellent sounding chorus effect for creating thicker and wider sounds.
Addictive Drums 2
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Addictive Drums 2 is a drum production software instrument designed by XLN audio.
This instrument is designed to bring to you drum sounds played by real drummers. In addition, you can access countless kits and performances by professional drummers that will humanize your drum patterns and bring life to your songs.
- Multiple packs
XLN gives you access to different categories of drum packs. The first of them is ADpaks. They are expansions that contain complete drum kits and presets. There is a vast collection of drum kits that you’ll have access to once you purchase Addictive Drums.
- Mix and match
An inspiring feature of Addictive Drums is the ability to mix and match sounds between different kits. For example, you can use a mallet from an Experimental kit, a kick and snare from a Hip Hop kit, and rides from a Rock kit to create your hybrid drum kit.
- MIDIpaks and Kitpiece paks
MIDIpaks are dedicated to beats. These outlets allow you to insert your own MIDI patterns and create beats through countless kits. However, you still have access to organic humanized grooves recorded by professional drummers, which is a great way to set your electronic beats apart from the rest and add life and unpredictability to them.
- Effects
Addictive Drums 2 is not just a drum playback device but rather a drum production studio. Therefore, plenty of effects are included to help you sculpt your sounds and shape them into the ideal version you have in mind.
Algonaut Atlas 2
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Atlas 2 is a sample manager, kit creator, and sample processor by Algonaut.
It can perform a lot of different tasks that are meant to save you time while producing music. For example, Atlas can help you organize your samples, locate the ones you need at no time, create custom drum kits, perform advanced sample editing, and even create sequences.
- Drum manager
Technically you can use Atlas on any sample, but it shines on drums. This software instrument is powered by an AI algorithm that scans your sample directory and organizes them based on their sonic characteristics.
- Create kits
Atlas 2 helps you create custom kits with minimal effort. You can manually select your own sounds from one of the maps you’ve created or let Atlas create one that you find inspiring. Atlas also embeds your drum kit samples inside the project file, so there’s no way of losing them if you ever open the project on a different machine.
- Sample editing
You can process and edit your samples in detail through Atlas’ editor. You have access to a volume ADSR envelope and a utility menu with controls like velocity, pitch, time, pan, and pan mirror. In addition, you can set the sample in reverse, flip the phase, add a low pass or high pass filter, and tune it in detail.
- Sequencer
The sequencer inside Atlas is very advanced and offers many different features. For example, you can create sequences and export them to either MIDI or audio files. It’s built for drums and combines both a sequencer grid and a piano roll.
Spitfire Audio – Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations
Abbey Road One Orchestral Foundations is a full orchestral software instrument by Spitfire Audio.
Abbey Road Studio One is probably the most iconic studio room in the world of music composition. This is where some of the most iconic film scores were recorded, from The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter to Avengers Endgame.
Spitfire Audio teamed up with Abbey Road to record and curate one of the most ambitious orchestral libraries ever put together in a software instrument package.
- Full orchestra
Abbey Road One gives you access to a full orchestra with all four rows of instruments, strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion.
The instruments captured are the ones used by composers the most and include 16, 14, 12, 10, and 8 strings, brass with four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, two bass trombones, one tuba, one contra bass tuba, and one contrabass trombone, and woodwinds with bass clarinet, piccolo, cor anglais, contrabass bassoon, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, and two bassoons.
- Pre-orchestrated
Usually, a composer, in order to put together a great score, would need the help of an orchestrator whose job is to split the score into different parts for all different instruments.
- Extreme control
Inside Abbey Road One, you can access and edit every little detail so that you can achieve your perfect score. You can select between 69 articulations and up to five dynamic layers. Furthermore, you can customize your sound by adjusting the microphones.
- Perfect for classic sounds
The most important feature of Abbey Road One is its sound quality and character. This plugin will fulfill your desires if you’re after the sound of classic film scores like Jaws, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Avatar.
AAS Chromaphone 3
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Chromaphone 3 is an acoustic object synthesizer by AAS.
Chromaphone 3 uses physical modeling to create sounds of different timbres. It utilizes a variety of different resonators to achieve this, and it’s one of the most realistic-sounding physical modeling plugins on the market.
- Resonators
The heart of Chromaphone’s sound design process is the selection of resonators. There are eight resonators to choose from, including beam, marimba, close tube, plate, drumhead, membrane, open tube, and string. In addition, you can mix and match different resonators to create new instruments.
- Effects
Chromaphone allows you to complete the sound design process in the box with its onboard effects. You can access effects like delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, tremolo, flanger, guitar amp, and distortion, to name a few. They are all located in a dedicated effects panel and can be set up in chains, allowing extra sound design flexibility.
- Great for live performances
Chromaphone 3 adds a feature that makes it extremely playable, the macros. Each layer has four performance macros corresponding to modulation, timbre, effect, and envelope. They are all designed to be mapped on any MIDI keyboard or controller easily and conveniently, so you can start tweaking at no time.
- Huge content
When you purchase Chromaphone 3, you can access a library of extended content that features 421 high-quality presets designed by nine top sound designers. In addition, people like Michel Basque, Adam Pietruszko, and Sean Divine contributed their expertise to design realistic or extremely unique and creative patches.
IK Multimedia MODO BASS 2
MODO BASS 2 is a physically modeled bass instrument by IK Multimedia.
MODO BASS 2 is an expansion of IK Multimedia’s physical modeling collection. It includes a variety of different basses, different articulations, patterns, and new grooves.
- Realistic sound
MODO BASS is the only software instrument that models the entire process of playing a bass. Its unique technology takes into consideration the bass model, pickup type, playing styles, and string parameters like type, age, gauge, number, and tuning, to create a realistic live bass experience.
- Analog modeled effects
Another huge contributor to a bass sound’s character and liveliness is the effect processing. MODO BASS uses analog modeled effects to further establish a realistic sound. You can access tube amplifiers, solid state amplifiers, four different stompbox FX, delay, chorus, compression, distortion, envelope filter, and octaver.
- 22 different bass models
MODO BASS 2 includes 22 bass models that can cover any style of music. The models are inspired by some of the most iconic bass instruments of all time, including the Fretless Jazz inspired by the Fender Jaco Pastorious Jazz Bass, Studio Upright inspired by a Jazz style Upright bass, Horn Bass inspired by the Danelectro Longhorn Bass, and Fusion J-Bass inspired by the Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass, to name a few.
Anything from Jazz, Rock, Pop, Funk, Soul, and RnB can be covered with great detail by MODO BASS 2.
- Patterns and grooves
MODO BASS 2 has a patterns section that helps you load different patterns through a menu that uses smart filters to narrow your search by genre, length, song section, time signature, key, and other parameters.
Ample Guitar M
Ample Guitar M is a virtual steel-string guitar instrument by Ample Sound.
The instrument is sampled based and utilizes 4062 samples from a steel-string guitar. It offers a bunch of different controls and parameters that will help you edit and customize the sound of the guitar.
Plenty of playing styles and patterns are also included to help you achieve realistic compositions.
- Realistic sound
Ample Guitar M offers a realistic steel-guitar sound with plenty of different playing styles and other features. You can select between sustain, hammer on, legato slide, slide in or out, palm mute, slide guitar, natural harmonic, strum, and popping.
- Patterns
You can create realistic compositions with Ample Guitar M III through the player tab. Here, you can set up different strumming patterns, and adjust the release time, stroke volume, velocity, and separation. You can also access a handy graph where you can design your strumming patterns.
- Tab player and articulations
The tab player included in Ample Guitar M is excellent at helping you create realistic compositions. You can also set different articulation changes to create even more variation within your patterns. This can help you achieve key switches very conveniently.
- Effects
Ample Guitar M includes a few excellent effects that will help you add space, life, and interest to your guitar sounds. There is a full spectrum parametric equalizer, which looks stunning. You can set up multiple bands and be as surgical as you want to with your cuts and boosts.
Ample Guitar LP/Les Paul
Ample Guitar LP is a virtual electric guitar by Ample Sound.
The famous Gibson Les Paul guitar inspired the instrument. Ample Sound actually sampled the real thing and recorded 6128 samples, all of which are included in the Ample Guitar LP. The result is a faithful representation of the Les Paul electric guitar.
- Tab player
Inside Ample Guitar LP, you’ll find a tab player filled with all the popular tablature formats. You can sync it to your host’s tempo and adjust the velocity values, velocity hum, swing value, and strum time. You can also set up custom time signatures and tempos to create any kind of pattern you wish.
- Strummer
The strummer page is handy for those who seek inspiration when unsure what to add to their song. You can set up different steps and adjust the key and chord mode of each step.
- Guitar Board
Arguably, the most fun and addictive part of owning an electric guitar is setting up your custom guitar pedal board. Guitar Ample LP has an effects panel with an empty board to which you can add your desired effect pedals.
Ample Ethno Ukulele
Ample Ethno Ukulele is a ukulele software instrument plugin by Ample Sound.
Another addition on this list by Ample Sound, the Ethno Ukulele plugin, is sampled-based and includes samples recorded from a Kamaka HF-3 uke. The interface is similar to that of previous Ample Sound plugins on this list and features a tab player and an effects page.
- Playing styles
Ample Ethno Uke features plenty of different playing styles, all captured by real performers who brought their knowledge of this instrument to the software version. Choose between palm mute, sustain, natural harmonic, legato slide, hammer on, and pull off.
- Tab player and strummer
The tab player and the strummer work similarly to those on other Ample Sound plugins. You can set the release time, stereo separation, velocity, strum time, and stroke volume. A plethora of chord choices are available to you at all times, all tagged by key and chord mode.
- Effects
Ample Ethno Ukulele includes effects similar to those on Ample Guitar M III, with identical delay, EQ, and reverb effects. The interface is gorgeous, and the convolution reverb steals the show with its friendly interface and rich sound.
Ample Ethno Banjo
Ample Ethno Banjo is a virtual Banjo instrument by Ample Sound.
This instrument samples a Deering Sierra Banjo and comes with a 3.9 GB sample library that’s dedicated to bringing realistic and lively Banjo patterns and compositions into your production routine.
- Realistic Banjo sound
Ample Ethno Banjo is dedicated to bringing you a realistic Banjo sound. It achieves that by sampling a Deering Sierra Banjo extensively. The instrument was recorded by four different microphone types, mono, bridge stereo, body stereo, and neck stereo. You can access each one of them and adjust them to achieve different sonic results that will impact the character of your Banjo.
- Articulations
There are nine different articulations inside Ample Ethno Banjo, which are helpful in adding interest and excitement to your Banjo compositions. Choose between sustain, legato slide, palm mute, strum, legato with random length and pitch, natural harmonic, and pop, to name a few.
- Capo and advance bend
The beauty of a Banjo is how the player bends its notes to create its unmistakable sound. With Ample Ethno Banjo, you can extremely bend one string while the rest play at a regular pitch. The string that’s bent will remain so until it is triggered again, which creates an interesting and realistic effect.
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iZotope VocalSynth 2
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VocalSynth 2 is a vocal-focused synthesizer by iZotope.
This instrument is unique in focusing solely on vocal production and processing. It features five blendable creative modules that process vocals differently and can help you achieve a contemporary and high-quality sound.
This instrument may be for you if you enjoy things like talkbox, vocoders, formant-shifted vocals, and over-the-top vocal processing.
- Five vocal modules
The main interface of VocalSynth 2 is centered around the five vocal processing modules. Biovox is a module that focuses on vocal characteristics like formants, nasality, and vowel shapes.
- Auto mode
Auto mode allows you to get the fundamentals of your vocal right with minimal effort. While on auto mode, your vocals will be pitched in key with the rest of your song. It will also generate additional harmonies that compliment your main vocal and help you blend all of the modules together.
- MIDI mode
The MIDI mode is where you can have even more control over the exact pitch of your vocal. You can route your vocal to a MIDI channel and create MIDI clips with chords or melodies that will trigger your vocal and force it to play those chords or melodies back.
- Sidechain mode and presets
The sidechain mode is an interesting mode for creating new and unusual sounds. You can send any audio into VocalSynth 2 to use as a carrier signal. Once you’ve done that, the audio will “talk” as if it were a voice, forcing it to create interesting and unusual sounds.
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