Cakewalk Si String Section Vsti Synths

Finding exotic software instruments is rarely a challenge. A lot of users stumble more quickly when it comes to the basics.

Cakewalk has unveiled a new set of soft synths called Cakewalk Studio Instruments, and a number of things about it are immediately interesting: It’s dirt cheap. US$49.99 for the whole package. It focuses on a few basics. There are four modules: Drum Set, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, or String Section. It’s available via mass-market outlets. Music tech stuff only trickles into the mass market, as a rule.

Cakewalk says you’ll be able to pick this thing up at Apple, CompUSA, Fry’s, Micro Center, J&R, and Amazon.com. It does phrases. There are included, pre-recorded phrases. Might be redundant in the age of GarageBand, but potentially useful to have. It has a slick interface.

With SI-String Section and all the Studio Instruments from Cakewalk. The 'Something went wrong loading the VST plugin SI-String Section.

The UI is pretty, provides lots of visual feedback (the bows on the strings even move), and puts controls where you’d expect them in the real world — so electric piano effects show up on a stompbox, for instance, rather than floating in softwareland. Compatibility: Windows VST; Mac AU; Windows/Mac standalone Platform: Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64, OS X 10.4.9, Mac Universal Binary The idea isn’t new: Native Instruments had its “Xpress” line of lighter-weight instruments (including electric pianos), and M-Audio had similar selections like Key Rig.

But the execution looks nice, especially for beginners. My only question is whether someone will want specifically electric piano, drum set, bass, and acoustic string but not other things — especially if they already have a decent instrument preset library and loops in something like GarageBand. And, while you won’t get the slick interfaces, spending a little more money may get you a deeper, richer sound set, even from Cakewalk. But for the beginner market at which it’s targeted, it’s certainly worth a look. I hope to try it once it ships. The “trailer” doesn’t reveal much, but you can see the UI animation. This is definitely the opposite end of the spectrum as, say, the minimalism in Ableton Live’s interface, or the alien spacecraft controls of Logic Pro.

In other news: Cakewalk is definitely expanding its portfolio as a soft synth shop, much as Digidesign has done recently on the Pro Tools side (difference being Cakewalk’s stuff runs with other software).

CakeWalks Studio Instruments is a bundle that you can purchase at an affordable rate. You will get some really good electric keyboard sounds as well as some drum sounds. I really wasn’t too happy with the strings for some reason because using all of my orchestra vst’s have spoiled me and now I look down apon most vst’s that have strings, but are fully focused on creating orchestra sounds. I feel the strings down sound authentic and they sound like plastic and cheap.

But this bundle is worth the buy and you will get so man cool new sounds to mess with. The drum program, isn’t the best in my opinion they could have spent some more time developing and recording some good sounding drums and kicks and toms. The kicks do not feel real to me so I never use the kicks.

Also, the The bass instruments could use some polishing as well. Warm bodies full movie 123movies. They are not the type of basses that I like dealing with and love the sound of. All of the interfaces are very easy to understand and operate, you will have no problem getting use to using the Studio Instruments bundle. Overall, don’t expect to get great quality sounds and patches at a price that you are going to pay to have this Studio Instruments bundle.

Finding exotic software instruments is rarely a challenge. A lot of users stumble more quickly when it comes to the basics.

Cakewalk has unveiled a new set of soft synths called Cakewalk Studio Instruments, and a number of things about it are immediately interesting: It’s dirt cheap. US$49.99 for the whole package. It focuses on a few basics. There are four modules: Drum Set, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, or String Section. It’s available via mass-market outlets. Music tech stuff only trickles into the mass market, as a rule.

Cakewalk says you’ll be able to pick this thing up at Apple, CompUSA, Fry’s, Micro Center, J&R, and Amazon.com. It does phrases. There are included, pre-recorded phrases. Might be redundant in the age of GarageBand, but potentially useful to have. It has a slick interface.

With SI-String Section and all the Studio Instruments from Cakewalk. The 'Something went wrong loading the VST plugin SI-String Section.

The UI is pretty, provides lots of visual feedback (the bows on the strings even move), and puts controls where you’d expect them in the real world — so electric piano effects show up on a stompbox, for instance, rather than floating in softwareland. Compatibility: Windows VST; Mac AU; Windows/Mac standalone Platform: Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64, OS X 10.4.9, Mac Universal Binary The idea isn’t new: Native Instruments had its “Xpress” line of lighter-weight instruments (including electric pianos), and M-Audio had similar selections like Key Rig.

But the execution looks nice, especially for beginners. My only question is whether someone will want specifically electric piano, drum set, bass, and acoustic string but not other things — especially if they already have a decent instrument preset library and loops in something like GarageBand. And, while you won’t get the slick interfaces, spending a little more money may get you a deeper, richer sound set, even from Cakewalk. But for the beginner market at which it’s targeted, it’s certainly worth a look. I hope to try it once it ships. The “trailer” doesn’t reveal much, but you can see the UI animation. This is definitely the opposite end of the spectrum as, say, the minimalism in Ableton Live’s interface, or the alien spacecraft controls of Logic Pro.

In other news: Cakewalk is definitely expanding its portfolio as a soft synth shop, much as Digidesign has done recently on the Pro Tools side (difference being Cakewalk’s stuff runs with other software).

CakeWalks Studio Instruments is a bundle that you can purchase at an affordable rate. You will get some really good electric keyboard sounds as well as some drum sounds. I really wasn’t too happy with the strings for some reason because using all of my orchestra vst’s have spoiled me and now I look down apon most vst’s that have strings, but are fully focused on creating orchestra sounds. I feel the strings down sound authentic and they sound like plastic and cheap.

But this bundle is worth the buy and you will get so man cool new sounds to mess with. The drum program, isn’t the best in my opinion they could have spent some more time developing and recording some good sounding drums and kicks and toms. The kicks do not feel real to me so I never use the kicks.

Also, the The bass instruments could use some polishing as well. Warm bodies full movie 123movies. They are not the type of basses that I like dealing with and love the sound of. All of the interfaces are very easy to understand and operate, you will have no problem getting use to using the Studio Instruments bundle. Overall, don’t expect to get great quality sounds and patches at a price that you are going to pay to have this Studio Instruments bundle.