Accessories / Gadgets

For anyone involved in the sound recording industry, good hearing is essential. Yet typical medical tests only check for...

Terrasonde have given their audio test set even more test functions and a rugged new casing.

The growth of the project studio has been one of the major changes in the recording industry over the last 15 or so years....

It can be useful to measure how resistant a given CD player is to errors in the playback data stream, which is where the CD‑Check comes in...

Yamaha's PLG-series synth expansion cards have proved hugely popular among owners of their synths and soundcards, but a new product from Kenton allows up to four of them to be used independently - and with improved sound quality. Martin Walker checks out the Plugstation.

If you thought you couldn't afford audio test equipment, then think again!

Paul White turbocharges his Mac in the never-ending battle to load up bigger and better plug-ins.

Korg have realised some of the sonic expansion potential of their Triton keyboards and module by releasing a number of PCM sample expansion boards. Simon Trask, who reviewed the Triton Rack for SOS a few months ago, listens to what they have to offer...

Samson have expanded their range with some new headphones: the PH60 and the Rrange, comprising RH100, RH300 and RH600. These...

With both PC and Mac platforms switching over to USB as a standard interfacing protocol, the original serial and SCSI...

Derek Johnson looks at Glyph's new SCSI and FireWire drives, and investigates the advantages of dedicated audio storage.

Magma's ingenious PCI Expansion Chasses attach to portable computers via PCMCIA and allow you to run PCI audio, video and SCSI cards. Paul Wiffen tries out the latest model, which works with current Apple Powerbooks as well as PC portables.

The Little Lanilei Rotary Wave is an ingenious attempt to offer the sound of a real rotary speaker system in a compact and...

There's no doubt that the best way to record an acoustic guitar is to mike it up using a high‑quality capacitor mic, but...