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Offering everything from pristine cleanliness to tube-driven colour, this preamp can hold its head high in the company of more expensive designs.

The 810 comprises of a VCO, VCF and VCA, packed into a single 30HP module. Together they can be used as a single, Roland-flavoured analogue voice.

IK Multimedia's newly updated one-stop sample shop is bigger and better than ever.

Available in stereo and surround versions, and in all the usual native formats, Bute Limiter is a thoroughly modern plug-in designed to operate in the post-loudness wars era — though if you do want to indulge in a bit of retro endstop-slamming, it will certainly oblige.

iZotope's AI-based plug-in suite grows ever more intelligent with the addition of an automated mix-balancing tool.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Covering electric rather than orchestral basses, as well as three playable electric bass guitars, this 6GB library includes a whole range of useful bass-rich content.

If you need a well-built, no-nonsense PA for small and medium-sized venues, HK Audio's revamped Linear 5 series will serve you well.

The KRK Rokit 7 G4 is a front-ported, bi-amped monitor with a DSP-powered EQ section, avaliable in five–, eight– and 10-inch variants.

Elephant v1.92 turns the Bluetooth-enabled Dial peripheral into a quite remarkable knob controller of pretty much anything...

If you're looking for mics that'll handle almost any recording task without breaking the bank, Lewitt's newest offerings could be just the thing.

If you want an affordable audio interface that also offers control of your modular system, read on...

1010music's Blackbox packs an awful lot of sampling action into a very compact case.

This eight–channel sampler can assign up to eight samples to Zones in each channel. 24 CV inputs allow for voltage control over Zones as well as other parameters, with each input freely assignable to multiple destinations across all channels.

Is this the only library you need for Hollywood-style orchestral brass?

Many engineers believe that Neumann's classic KM84 has never been bettered. Have Warm Audio produced an affordable alternative?

Stuck in a synthesis rut? Tired of patching the same old sounds? Analogue Solutions have got just the thing...

This most hybrid of devices does far more than just put A‑D/D‑A conversion into a 500-series chassis. In fact, it could even make you reconsider how you use your studio...

A new library sees the Berlin orchestral sample maestros enter the Fourth Dimension.

Sonuscore bundle an awful lot of orchestra into a very modest amount of disk space to deliver immense scoring power.

Innovative music creation platform Bitwig takes a big leap forward with the introduction of an open-ended modular environment.