Electronic Sound Issue 120

English | 100 pages | PDF | 61 MB

Electronic Sound’s final cover star of 2024 is the legendary Jean-Michel Jarre and we are bundling the issue with a limited edition green vinyl seven-inch featuring live versions of ‘Oxygène 4’ and ‘Équinoxe 7’, two of the synth superstar’s biggest and best-known tracks. Jean-Michel Jarre’s impact on electronic music during the last 50 years is huge, not least because of his thrilling live performances. His concerts are the focus of our cover story, with Jarre detailing how his shows have evolved over the decades and guiding us through some of the events he’s most famous for. His picks include Paris, Beijing and Houston, plus his Docklands sets in London in 1988. Expect highly entertaining tales of epic staging and equally epic rainfall, as well as several billion lasers. Remarkably, at the age of 76, there’s no sign of Jarre starting to slow down yet, with more live extravaganzas scheduled for 2025. All power to his VCS 3, we say.

Winds Compact KONTAKT

P2P | 20 October 2021 | 9.08 GB

The instruments of Winds Compact offer true legato. The corresponding in-depth recordings and edits result in unexpectedly realistic sounds with perfect note-transitions. At the same time you can expand these realistic articulations by additional artificial inserted legatos.

Arturia Sound Banks Bundle 2026

Team V.R | 15.05.2026 | TORRENT: 27.8 GB | UPDATE MAY: 200MB

372 unlocked Arturia Sound Banks & 438 Third Party Sound Banks

Augmented PERSiA v2 WiN

Team V.R | 15 May 2026 | 2.5GB

..: VSTi | VST3 | AAX | STANDALONE :…

Acoustic instruments reinvented

Augmented PERSIA fuses the distinctive character of traditional Persian and Middle Eastern instruments with modern synthesis, giving composers, producers and sound explorers an immediate way to shape expressive, cinematic, and boundary-pushing soundscapes. A curated collection of deeply-sampled traditional instruments — Oud, Tar, Saz, Ney, Alto Kamancheh, and Shah Kaman — each bringing its own time-honoured feel and resonance. Explore over 200 mix-ready presets built for modern composition — from evocative, earthy drones and plucked organic textures to luminous sequences and abstract atmospheres.

DECODA Explained®

HiDERA | 14 June 2025 | 110 MB

Join veteran Groove3 instructor Larry Holcombe for an informative video series on DECODA, the new plug-in from zplane that makes learning songs easier and quicker than you thought possible. From playback controls like looping and speed to input FX (amp simulation, etc.), tempo beat grids, MIDI editing, and more, it’s all covered here! By the time you’re done with the series, you’ll be ready to start using DECODA right away to learn that huge pile of songs for your next gig! These DECODA videos are designed for new DECODA users. Larry begins the DECODA course with a brief overview of what DECODA is, followed by a quick tour of the interface, so you can see how everything is laid out. Then you’ll learn about project navigation, which allows you to quickly go to a specific song section, loop sections, and more. Playback controls are covered then, and you’ll see how to change playback speed, enable looping, etc.

Rekraft v1.3.0 MAC

MORiA | 15 May 2026 | 394.6 MB

Rekraft is a must-have tool for music producers and sound designers seeking to infuse their tracks with the warmth and charm of lo-fi / vintage sounds, offering unprecedented control and simplicity.

CHOOiR v1.3.0 macOS

MORiA | 15 May 2026 | 2.67 GB

…: AUi | VSTi | VST3i :…

CHOOIR Epic hollywood choirs created from Hans Zimmer’s personal library. Epic Hollywood Choirs From Hans Zimmer’s personal library. Like STRIIIINGS, but Choir Our new orchestral plugin CHOOIR complements the Symphonic Elements series with a professional Hollywood choir. Male, female, and boys’ ensembles, a full range of vowels and consonants, 70 styles and 100 presets, all created from Hans Zimmer’s personal library. The plugin works perfectly solo or in tandem with STRIIINGS, BRAASS, DRUMS and PERRCS. With CHOOIR, you’ll be able to add the choir textures that have defined modern film scoring to your music.