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Elektron’s updated FM groovebox is a powerhouse.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Native Instruments are back with another gorgeous piano library, and this time, it’s Claire — a Fazioli‑based Kontakt instrument.

KRK’s Rokit series just keeps getting better!

Morphor enter the BBD delay arena with the Echo, a 4096‑stage bucket‑brigade‑based module in capacious 20HP.

If the classic side‑chain pumping effect is your thing, Submerge can do that — and a whole lot more!

It’s more compact than its predecessors, but the newest processor in Boss’ venerable VG range might just be their best one yet.

Relab are the latest to offer a plug-in emulation of the TC System 6000 reverb.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Kepler is inspired by the sounds and moods of film scores such as Dune, Tenet and Oppenheimer, and the aim is to give you a complete scoring toolkit.

The ET‑5 may have its roots deep in electronic musical history, but it’s very much a modern instrument.

Having studied the sturdy Studer 169 console, French company HLabs decided its classy combination of mic pre and EQ deserved a place in modern studios.

DivSkip is a four‑channel trigger machine dressed in a dazzling festival of lights.

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Strezov Sampling bring the world of sample libraries one step closer to the twin goals of expressiveness and realism.

Room‑correction pioneers Trinnov were already a step ahead of the competition. Now they’ve taken things further.

The latest addition to Arturia’s ever‑growing range of vintage instruments is a recreation of the celebrated Elka Synthex.

Designed for outside broadcast trucks, Geithain’s compact monitors could easily find a home in music recording contexts where space is at a premium.

NI bring some light relief to the Schema concept.

Softube’s Console 1 system reaches its third iteration, refining and improving the popular DAW controller.

With its combination of creative and corrective tools, HitStrip puts all the channel processing you’ll ever need in one intuitive window.

Space Rider offers delay, reverb and chorus, but also takes the concept of ducking and expands it to full parameter modulation.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Tonal Drums is a Kontakt instrument that focuses on the pitch and tuning of a meticulously sampled Canopus Yaiba drum kit.