Native Instruments Guitar Combos

Native Instruments Guitar Combos reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi

If you’re part of my huge posse of regular readers, then over the last few months you’ll have seen reviews of various NI plug-ins like Absynth and Electronic Instruments…which are wicked for keyboardists…but what if keys aren’t the only thing you like to finger? What if you also like a good hard pluck?

Well, if you like me like to play a bit of axe…or even a bit of saxe (that’s a guitar of Lithuanian origin…), then you’ll love NI’s latest plug in which offers three classic guitar amp simulations, plus added effects. Continue reading “Native Instruments Guitar Combos”

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Cakewalk Z3TA

Cakewalk ZETA reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi

Look at the description and screenshots on the Z3TA box and read the manual inside and you’d be forgiven for thinking that Z3TA is just another soft synth plug in. Nothing could be further from the truth. Not only is Z3TA one of the easiest to program soft synths I’ve tweaked, it delivers some of the best analogue emulations I’ve heard. Continue reading “Cakewalk Z3TA”

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Adobe Video Collection Professional 2.5

Adobe Video Collection Professional 2.5 reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi

Once upon a time, when it came to computer based video editing, there were two choices…Avid, which, at a cost of tens of thousands, was strictly high end… and Adobe Premiere, which, at a cost of hundreds, was still high end…but was the relatively affordable alternative. Then a bunch of young upstarts called Macromedia (yes, that Macromedia) developed a product that combined the video editing facilities of Premiere, with the comping abilities of Adobe’s other key video package, ‘After Effects’ and amidst rumours and speculation of a Premiere/After Effects killer, released it to critical acclaim…well not quite…actually, they sold it to Apple…who released it to critical acclaim, as ‘Final Cut Pro’….and subsequently Final Cut Express…closely followed by Avid Express DV and a bunch of other video editing apps. Continue reading “Adobe Video Collection Professional 2.5”

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