Reviews

Korg have resurrected a ’60s classic — and completely reinvented it in the process.

This classy valve mic is redolent of the classic German designs of old, yet comes at a fraction of the cost.

Fun-size sampling mayhem is the order of the day with the latest Pocket Operators.

Meris’s recent repackaging of their Mercury7 500-series unit into a reverb pedal has brought with it stereo operation at both instrument and line levels and a very welcome drop in price.

With 64-bit compatibility and VST3 support, Magix’s Sound Forge 12 is ready to face the future.

Rob Papen’s latest synth keeps things simple with single-page operation, but doesn’t compromise on sound.

In a move that may appeal to fans of the movie Inception, the 1010music Toolbox takes a modular approach to your modular’s modulation...

Oceania comprises two choirs — men and women — which can be used independently but are at their imposing best when played in tandem.

Bass Slapper is a stand-alone and plug-in (VST, AU, AAX) virtual instrument that, with just a little bit of practice, will allow you to give the likes of Stanley Clarke, Bootsy Collins or Mark King a run for their money.

The Ottobit Jr adds stereo operation, a six-step sequencer, a synth-like resonant low-pass ladder filter, triggered stutter effects, 16 preset memory slots and MIDI I/O to the mono original’s variable sample rate and bit-crushing abilities.

With the fundamentals covered in previous versions, Studio One 4 branches out to explore new creative possibilities.

Find out how Mytek’s latest reference-level converter stacks up against the competition.

On offer here is a wide range of more abstract ‘wind-flavoured’ sounds — in fact, just about anything other than traditional brass and wind.

Peter Hamstead and engineer Tim Steer’s clever all-analogue design effectively enables the end user to create their own take on an overdrive pedal, as it presents a choice of three different clipping circuits...

Thanks to Korg, it’s once again possible to walk into a shop and buy a brand-new, full-size ARP Odyssey.

ADAM’s new T Series makes the company’s signature technology and sound available at a much lower price than ever before.

Film scores from the golden era of jazz were the inspiration for Sonokinetic’s latest sample library.

For their latest plug-in, Universal Audio have revisited one of the consoles that defined the ‘British sound’.

More than a mere makeover, this 10th anniversary limited edition processor adds some useful functionality to the original BC1 design.

There are several tablet and phone apps to help determine optimum mic array setups for stereo recording, but one I’ve only...