SOUND ON SOUND
These classy new moving-coil mics prove themselves more than capable on a range of common sources.
Rather than just trying it out on a few sessions, the team at SOS decided that this review would be a great excuse to pitch the VMS against some of the actual microphones that it claims to model.
Orchestral Tools expand their series with a quartet of solo strings and a pair of intimately-recorded soloists.
JBL’s Eon speakers have been a mainstay of portable PA for years — and now they’re joined by this smart new active column system.
In a market that seems, er, saturated with dedicated distortion processors, what sets Overstayer’s latest device apart from the rest?
Can this unique combination of software and hardware really recreate the sound of some of the most revered microphones in the world? We put the VMS up against the originals to find out!
It’s always fun to discover modules with a different slant on things. The ADDAC503, or Marble Physics, is a CV source that models the behaviour of a marble on a square tray...
This plug-in is based on engineer/producer S Husky Höskulds' Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorder, which he had modified to act as a distortion processor.
For those wanting to record and mix multiple sound sources on location, could the DR-680 MkII be the best tool for the job?
The Cali76 puts the sound and feel of a Urei 1176 into a guitar pedal, providing epic compression and sustain with studio-like transparency and low noise.
M-Audio’s latest interfaces offer a lot of bang for relatively little buck and utilise the up-and-coming USB Type-C connector.
This Russian guitar-amp modelling plug-in is a souped-up recreation of the Engl E530 rackmounting studio preamp...
The world’s first wearable metronome for musicians offers an armoury of tempo-related features to help improve your timing and really get your groove on.
Qu-Bit’s Wave is presumably named after the Wave (wav) format samples it plays — up to four of them at once. A 4GB MicroSD card is included, ready-populated with drum hits, vocals, synths and sound effects, easily enough to get you going...
UVI are offering a very reasonably priced emulation of a classic Moog — but which classic Moog is it?
These overdrive pedals are both inspired by the now out-of-production and highly desirable Klon Centaur, used by David Gilmour and other luminaries.
A bundle of the most common studio effects, specifically delay, phasing, flanging, chorus, enhancement and a preamp emulation...
The unambiguously named Dual Looping Delay from 4ms consists of two time-sync’ed delays in a single 20HP module...
Developed in collaboration with top mixing engineer Andrew Scheps, Waves' Scheps Parallel Particles plug-in is probably the closest you’ll get to a ‘more of everything’ processor.
Despite keeping things simple, EHX’s latest looper boasts some useful features that others lack.