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1 month ago | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.9 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended Two years ago at NAMM 2024, we stumbled across the Eclipsed Sound booth, a company making software featuring AI singers (among other things).
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2 months ago | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths |Audio Interfaces |Mic PreAmps
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.6 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended We have long appreciated EastWest for their great-sounding plug-ins, and earlier this year we dove into the world of their Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths |Recording NR
Rhodes Chroma by Cherry AudioCategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.7 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended Cherry Audio has made quite a name for itself, and deservedly so.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Bass Amp
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.3 Stars (out of 4)3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended In 2019 Clavia released the Nord Grand, which we reviewed at this link. We thought this first incarnation, while pricey, sounded great and had a great keybed allowing for nuanced performances.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths
BFD has been around since 2003, and has made quite a name for themselves with high-quality, great sounding virtual drum plug-ins. Combining sampled drums kits with multiple sample layers, a mixing environment, effects, and ready-made grooves, you’ve got all that you need to lay down satisfying and authentic drum parts for your music. While the BFD 3 virtual drum plug-in came out in 2014, and BFD was acquired by InMusic in 2020, there has not yet been a BFD 4.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald
Category Value Rating Features 20% Usability 25% Sound 25% Documentation & Support 10% Price 20% OVERALL RATING = 3.5 Stars (out of 4)3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended In 2018 Waldorf released the Quantum Synthesizer, an excellent-sounding hybrid synthesizer that featured eight voices, digital oscillators, and both digital and analog filters, not to mention wavetable,...
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths |Guitar NR |Bass Amp
Dreamtonics Synthesizer V Studio Pro 1.11.2b2 with Eclipsed Sounds AI Voices (Solaria, Saros, Asterian) Category Value Rating Features 20% Usability 25% Sound 25% Documentation & Support 10% Price 20% OVERALL RATING = 3.7 Stars, which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended You’re a lousy vocalist, so just imagine if AI could provide your music with lead...
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.6 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended Synthogy has led the virtual piano plug-in market with their Ivory piano series for nearly two decades, the last version released more than ten years ago.
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Feb 3, 2024 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald |Soft Synths |In-Ear Monitors
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.7 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended EastWest has long made a name for themselves with great-sounding plugins, and their new Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra is no exception.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
musicplayers.com | Jason Buchwald
CategoryValueRatingFeatures20%Usability25%Sound25%Documentation & Support10%Price20%OVERALL RATING = 3.6 Stars,which earns it a WIHO Award!3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended Given that the previous iterations of the Nord Stage were excellent stage pianos, it is no surprise that the Nord Stage 4 is great in its own right.
