SOUND ON SOUND
Bucketverb imagines a history where charge-coupled analogue delay chips were used to create reverberation, and in which the digital reverb revolution never happened.
Trident offers three analogue oscillators, but what's distinctive about it is the internal cross-modulation that can be set up between them.
11 impressive modulation processes all in one compact pedal — what's not to like?
The Verbum Entropic Hall plug-in uses a chaotic reflections algorithm to create a reverb with a character that's reminiscent of early reverb machines...
Befaco's Instrument Interface is a one-stop solution for bringing your voice, guitar or line-level audio source into your modular system.
Neo make some of the finest stereo rotary-speaker emulation pedals available. For mono users, they've packaged their core Ventilator technology into these standard-sized stompboxes.
Originally developed for the UAD platform and available now in native format, this plug-in's modelled signal chain includes a period-correct Marshall 4x12 and miking courtesy of UK engineer Tony Platt.
The Motas‑6 brings together the worlds of analogue and digital for a unique take on the classic three-oscillator, analogue monosynth.
RME's distinguished do-it-all desktop interface just got even better.
Major updates to Novation's third generation of Launchpads improve both form and function.
Fully loaded with shell, kick and overhead mics plus mounting hardware, sE's smart V Pack Arena has everything you need to make quality drum kit recordings.
Much more than just an expanded Grandmother, the Matriarch has all the makings of a classic Moog synth.
The baby of Quested's established V series provides quality monitoring even for those with limited space.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. For this virtual oud, musician Bassam Ayoub recorded and produced his own performances at his studio in Weisbaden, Germany.
Long a favourite amongst film and TV composers, Digital Performer now embraces loop-based production and live performance.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Straylight is designed with media/film composers in mind and, by combining a granular synthesis engine with sample playback, Straylight specialises in soundscapes, transitions and ambient tones...
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Powered by their multi-layered engine featuring sequencers, modulators and effects, Sonuscore give you Elysion, the 'hybrid twin' that does for synthetic sounds what The Orchestra does for the orchestra.
This plug-in sounds pleasingly 'organic' and adds some useful functionality compared with the Binson Echorecs on which it's based.
The 1973 version two Big Muff Pi — with a ram's head printed on the casework — was used on so many classic records that EHX have decided to bring it back.