SOUND ON SOUND
This ambitious overdrive promises to recreate the entire signal path of a valve amp in solid-state electronics.
Daniel Weiss' hardware helped convert mastering engineers to the joys of digital processing. Is it still equally desirable in plug-in format?
AudioSourceRE's innovative plug-in provides new ways to slice and dice stereo audio in real time.
Luke Audio's new valve microphone provides three classic capsule options at a highly affordable price. Is it too good to miss, or too good to be true?
Find out how just how well this vintage recreation compares with the original that inspired it.
Overstayer's versatile stereo processor offers endless ways to manipulate — or obliterate — any input signal!
The ODR‑Mini is essentially a slightly tweaked version of Nobels' ODR‑1 overdive pedal (by all accounts extremely popular with Nashville musicians), with true bypass and a tightened low end, but squeezed into a mini‑format case.
The transformerless, Class‑A DI input circuit from Phoenix Audio's DRS2 mic preamp has spawned a range of dedicated active DI products, the latest being the single-channel Nimbus DI.
The first edition of Loudspeakers was published in 2007 but now, with the much revised and expanded second edition, we have reason to give it the formal SOS review treatment...
StageOne is a plug-in designed to manipulate stereo imaging, by extracting a signal that corresponds to what we hear as the 'phantom centre' and processing this independently of the rest.
The third major update to Pro‑Q is packed with functionality, and the headline feature this time around is dynamic equalisation.
The latest version of Synchro Arts' Revoice Pro brings many new features, including improved algorithms and deeper DAW integration.
Antares' Auto‑Tune needs no introduction, and the company have now launched a super‑simple version that is more...
Eventide have long offered a plug-in version of their 1972 Instant Phaser hardware, and now they've revisited it to add both new capabilities and the ability to 'age' the circuity by introducing modelled component value drift.
This Kontakt instrument has been built from samples of the 19th‑Century English pipe organ installed in the church of St James The Great in Snitterfield, Warwickshire...
The PreSonus Atom offers hands-on control and tight integration with their Studio One DAW.
Rhythmic Odyssey represents a collaboration between Soundiron and the highly regarded UK-based percussionist David Oliver to develop a virtual instrument built around live percussion performances.
How do you improve on the ultimate drum studio? Steinberg attempt just that with the latest version of Groove Agent.
The RodeCaster Pro is a one‑stop shop for creating high‑quality podcasts.
