Computer / Software

If the 16‑inch MacBook Pro was too much and the MacBook Air too little, is this latest 13‑inch MacBook Pro just right?

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Built around a virtual eight-string guitar, Carbon offers a stylistic take on modern metal and rock.

How does the new version of Apple's entry-level laptop fare in a music and audio-based environment?

Arturia's latest instrument is a software recreation of Oberheim's pinstriped polysynth.

G-Sonique's Technol HN1 offers bread-and-butter techno sounds in an easy to use format and at a bargain price.

Suffering for your orchestral arrangements? Divisimate can help.

Soniccouture deliver a powerful drum sampler engine where you provide the samples.

XILS Lab have recreated a classic Roland string synth, and made a few improvements to boot.

Although it's now been around for two decades, Melodyne is still the stuff of science fiction. In our exclusive review, we explore version 5's new superpowers.

In 10 short years, the iPad has changed the way we make and record music. We explore what the current line-up has to offer, and what the future might hold.

Does Modartt's Organteq do for the pipe organ what Pianoteq did for the piano?

Is Native Instruments' virtual picked acoustic guitar better than the real thing?

Toontrack's virtual bass player should have its human counterparts very worried indeed.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. From a damaged, poorly-maintained Soviet-era monosynth that suffers from crackles, frequency drift and other problems, RR saw an opportunity to create an unusual polysynth...

Pen-based input devices have been sadly neglected in music software. The StaffPad notation app reminds us why they're cool!

Is it a drum loop player? Is it a drum sampler? Auddict try to do both, and more...

If you are looking for a source of instant drum parts for your latest electronic music production, UJAM's Beatmaker 2 collection might be just what you need.

Have Apple finally delivered the professional desktop system Mac-based musicians and audio engineers have been waiting for?

The ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV has more screens and power than you can shake a stick at. Is it the perfect portable music machine?

Bassynth is all about big and meaty bass sounds. Its 11GB sample library comprises over 800 multi-samples of 'real' instruments such as brass, winds and bass guitar, plus synthetic sounds.

Apple's top-of-the-range laptop gains an extra inch and a lot more besides.