David Newman

"I love the Aeon Melodic library, and it´s so easy to use and program. When I am writing I just want stuff to "work". "Advanced Performance Options" allow me to explore very contemporary soundscapes which is great in augmenting live musicians and orchestra. I love how easy it is to use. The sounds seem to fit seamlessly into my orchestrations. Great Work!!"

Fantastic library - just started playing with it and came up with tons of great ideas - it is SO evocative and beautifully recorded and laid out."

David Newman says in this interview that he uses EastWest Hollywood strings.

David Newman says in this interview that he uses EastWest Hollywood Brass.

David Newman says in this interview that he uses Project SAM brass.

"I'll tell you what I'm in love with — that Emagic Clavinet. It sounds so cool. I just got the OS X version and it's inspiring. Their electric piano is also very nice and I think the Native Instruments B4 is great. My great concern at the moment is that when I start piling up all these virtual instrument and plug-ins as well as the video, the computer is going to reach its limits. Hopefully they will let you chain up a bunch of those XServe rackmount Macs to get around this. I'd like the whole system to be scalable. OK, you have to learn how to use the software, but beyond that, the technology should just disappear — the technology should be transparent. I don't want to have to think about anything other than my musical ideas."

David Newman uses the Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices, as highlighted on the Spectrasonics website. He praises the exceptional recording quality, noting its significant benefit for accessing high-quality vocal samples.