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IRCAM Solo Instruments 2

In the continued pursuit of realism in sampling, you cannot help but notice the recent explosion of content based around conventional orchestral instruments. While many companies, including France’s UVI, have been quick to adapt, present significant content and extend users’ options in terms of added realism, there has also been a push from many quarters to offer a different palette of sampled sounds, those that stray from the norm. IRCAM Solo Instruments 2 transports many of these colours to a new and exciting location, right from the heart of Paris.

MODERN CLASSICS

Even if you haven’t heard of IRCAM, you’ll probably be familiar with their work. Based next to (or underneath, to be exact) Paris’s Igor Stravinsky Square, next to the Pompidou Centre, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music

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