The Computer Music 2021 Awards!
As we write this, Black Friday has just passed, and as well as the questionable number of actual deals this marketing-bandwagon-jumping exercise actually generated, it also destroyed the news. Every email from the music tech community during this period tells us about their deals rather than any news. So what to do? Well, seeing as we’re in shopping mode, how about a Computer Music Gear Of The Year? We’ll start with the most exciting category…
Best Softsynth of 2021
It wasn’t the busiest of years for the softsynth, but let’s just say ‘quality rather than quantity’. Bundles-wise Korg’s Collection 3 impressed us with its spread of vintage loveliness and Arturia’s V Collection 8 arrived as expected with four new additions, but perhaps it was the company’s Pigments 3 (now 3.5 – see elsewhere in this month’s news) that impressed us more. “A great-sounding synth that can go very complex while still being easy to use.” Other worthy mentions are Tone2’s Warlock (“cheap, powerful and easy”), Rob Papen’s Blade 2
