SOUND ON SOUND
Heritage Audio are well‑known for their high‑quality preamps and analogue outboard gear, but the HA 240 Gold Foil Reverb is the first of their plug-ins we've reviewed.
Royer have powered up their most affordable ribbon mic with active electronics.
Does Ear Trumpet Labs’ latest mic have a golden sound to match its opulent appearance?
Whether it’s detailed definition you want or dirty distortion, this new take on a classic valve preamp has you covered.
The Monumatic is Knobula’s third polyphonic sound generator. It picks up the form and much of the intention of their first outing, but includes expansions and more features.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Panorama Acoustics bases its sample set on acoustic guitars comprising a nylon‑strung model, a steel‑strung instrument and a 12‑string.
Apple deliver plenty of refinements in the latest update to Logic Pro.
We check out a cleverly configurable re‑amper, and a switch box with a difference...
Cymatics’ Dark Sky granular effects plug-in was inspired by Hologram’s impressive but rather costly Microcosm pedal.
Polyend take it to the floor with a new pedal‑based drum machine.
Sony take aim at one of the big guns of the shotgun world...
Dom Sigalas breathes new life into some classic drum sounds.
With their Unveiled series, Hifiman are taking the concept of open‑backed headphones to its logical conclusion!
DelayPro is an emulated analogue delay which incorporates an open feedback path, into which you can insert any of HOFA’s other SYSTEM plug‑ins...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Valley Forge is a Kontakt library built for composers and sound designers looking to explore the space between the organic and the synthetic.
Based on Vienna’s Synchron Stage A, this new reverb promises to offer great sounds without taxing your CPU.
In a world of retro homages, it’s always refreshing when a manufacturer looks to do something a little different...
Lauten’s flagship Eden LT‑386 model is much more versatile than your average valve microphone.
The BTFLD is a 4‑bit analogue‑to‑digital converter, processing any signal at its input with binary logic and mangling it in all sorts of wild ways.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. How do the two new voices launched by Eclipsed Sounds measure up?