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We try out Yamaha's first entry to the portable column PA market.

Ever wished you could play your Tele but hear your Les Paul? This clever box of tricks makes that possible...

These audio files accompany the review of the Telefunken Alchemy Series microphones in SOS March 2020.

MOTU's debut entry-level interfaces offer professional performance at a cut-down price.

Can Sample Modeling's combination of, er, sampling and modelling deliver convincing string sounds?

This hardback tome might just be the ultimate coffee table book for anyone interested in effects pedals.

Cardioid subwoofer arrays were once the preserve of big-budget events and festivals, but QSC are making directional bass a realistic prospect for the masses.

There's a lot more to Moog's Subsequent 25 than meets the eye...

Rode's new NTG5 makes pro-quality location recording more affordable than ever.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. If you're used to old-school percussion libraries consisting largely of single hits on individual instruments, this collection may come as a pleasant surprise.

Bass9 transforms the signal from a standard six-string electric guitar into one of nine different bass sounds...

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Moonkits' unique selling point is that it is dominated by (mainly) brushed drum sounds...

Can this 'New York–style compression' recapture the experience of sending audio out to a UREI 1176 in 'all buttons in' mode, smashing the crap out of it and blending it back under the dry signal?

Eventide's first venture into iOS territory brings us three effects processors. All offered as iOS AUv3 plug-ins as well as working via IAA or in stand-alone mode.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. This company has been filling various sonic gaps with their innovative and affordable electronic, acoustic and hybrid instruments. Now they've added the evocative and useful Duduk.

For those who want an iOS workflow that closely follows established desktop conventions, Cubasis is probably the most popular DAW/sequencer app currently available.

This plug-in offers parallel compression and tube-like saturation.

Kurzweil's PC4 is a solid all-rounder with hidden depths...

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

With the Hear Back Octo, you can add personal foldback mixing functionality to almost any live–sound or studio setup.