Best Audio and MIDI Software - KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2022

Favorite Developer = u-he
Favorite Audio Software = Bitwig Studio by Bitwig
Favorite DAW = Cubase by Steinberg
Favorite Software for Live Performance = Live by Ableton

Favorite Audio Editor = RX by iZotope
Favorite Software for Notation / Scoring = Dorico by Steinberg
Favorite Virtual Instrument = Omnisphere by Spectrasonics
Favorite Sample Platform = Kontakt by Native Instruments

Favorite Soft Synth = Pigments by Arturia
Favorite Sampled Virtual Instrument = BBC Symphony Orchestra by Spitfire Audio
Favorite Orchestral Virtual Instrument = BBC Symphony Orchestra by Spitfire Audio
Favorite Guitar Virtual Instrument = MODO BASS by IK Multimedia

Favorite Drum Virtual Instrument = Superior Drummer by Toontrack Music
Favorite MPE Virtual Instrument = Pigments by Arturia
Favorite Keyboard Virtual Instrument = Pianoteq by Modartt
Favorite World/Ethnic Virtual Instrument = World Suite by UVI

Favorite Virtual Effect Processor = Pro-Q by FabFilter
Favorite Reverb Virtual Effect Processor = Valhalla VintageVerb by Valhalla DSP
Favorite Dynamics Virtual Effect Processor = PSP Vintage Warmer by PSPaudioware
Favorite Mastering Virtual Effect Processor = Ozone by iZotope

Favorite Guitar Virtual Effect Processor = Guitar Rig by Native Instruments
Favorite Multi FX Virtual Effect Processor = ShaperBox by Cableguys
Favorite Free Virtual Instrument = Surge XT by Surge Synth Team
Favorite Free Virtual Effect Processor = Valhalla Supermassive by Valhalla DSP

Source: www.kvraudio.com/readers-choice-awards/2022/

 

So Bitwig is not a DAW but Cubase is? And iZotope wins more individual category than U-he and yet it is not the favorite developer? The honor goes to u-he.

 

Yes @The Pirate you've got it figured out.

2022 SOS Awards: Winners & Highly Commended
https://audiosex.pro/threads/2022-sos-awards-winners-highly-commended.67935/

 

Last edited: Nov 30, 2022

MODO Bass better than Ample?

 

Not to nitpick but to nitpick and bitch about it because that is what the modafakar @The Pirate loves the most.
For starters, the whole list of categories is fucked up. Take Favorite Sampled Virtual Instrument, and Favorite Virtual Instrument They have 2 different winners, and yet both are sample-based and virtual instruments. Go to Favorite World/Ethnic Virtual Instrument and you find World Suite by UVI which is not even an instrument but a library of instruments to be played on Falcon or UVI Player. Finally, take Favorite Guitar Virtual Instrument they have a purely bass based instrument, Modo Bass by IK as the winner. ? Where are the "guitars"? I dont want to hear no shit about the bass being a (bass) guitar. Give me some real fucking guitar VSTs. Each instrument deserved its own category.
In sum, the selection is rigged, and I am requesting a recount.

Signed by Donald J. Trump

 

Let's see what Sound On Sound asked, here are the results:

2022 SOS Awards: Winners & Highly Commended

Winner — Best DAW = Apple Logic Pro X - www.apple.com
Winner — Best Plug‑In = Fabfilter Timeless 3 - www.fabfilter.com
Winner — Best Music Software = Steinberg WaveLab Pro 11 - www.steinberg.de
Winner — Best Software Instrument = EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition - www.soundsonline.com
Winner — Best Drum Machine/Sampler/Sequencer - Native Instruments Maschine+ - www.native-instruments.com

Source; www.soundonsound.com/reviews/2022-sos-awards-winners-highly-commended