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Boasting an array of unusual and impressive features, this British high-quality channel strip really stands out from the crowd.
Allegedly inspired by John Cage’s interpretation of the Chinese divination text, I Ching, random voltages are generated by Chance for each digitally-generated coin toss...
The latest release in the series is Twelve String Electric, which conjures the sound of late-’60s pop like almost no other instrument.
Another seriously compact offering from Belgium, Logica Gater, is a combined logic and gate module.
This is most certainly not just another orchestral string library. Indeed, what’s perhaps most impressive with Dronar is just how far the playback engine can take its original sample source and in how many directions.
UJAM expand their virtual guitar repertoire with two new instruments.
Soma Laboratory’s Lyra-8 may force you to reconsider everything you think you know about synthesizers.
Whether you’re a professional working in post-production or a humble home studio user, there’s a version of iZotope’s RX restoration software to suit you.
This classy all-in-one stagebox-cum-mixer combines some of Harman’s most highly regarded technology — to great success!
When it comes to virtual effects and instruments, Sugar Bytes don’t really do ‘normal’. Even Unique, on the surface a pretty conventional-looking software synth, manages to pack in a twist or two...
The latest product to bear the Electrodyne name combines classic ‘70s console summing with modern connectivity for use with DAWs.
Subtitled ‘the other film orchestra’, the focus is once again on the jazzy film and TV scores of the ’60s, epitomised by the likes of Mancini, Schifrin, Barry and Goldsmith.
The Footprint 01 is Barefoot’s most affordable monitor yet. Does it give away much in terms of performance?
Accusonus’ innovative sampling instrument goes way beyond conventional slicing and dicing, to extract individual drum hits from loops.
Serbian company Sonic Dune have augmented the classic Neve 1073 design to offer the user both practical and tonal options.
In designing the Blurst, Electro-Harmonix have essentially built a synth-style resonant, fourth-order, low-pass filter and put it into a guitar/bass pedal.
Mojave’s latest mic combines the vintage tone of Telefunken’s classic ELA-M 251 with modern, low-noise performance.
Subtitled ‘essential tuned percussion’, this Kontakt-hosted collection of instruments offers Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Glass Marimba, Song Bells, Vibraphone and Crotales.
ROTOR is the latest release by Barcelona-based Reactable Systems, and brings another slice of their attention-grabbing virtual modular synth to a wider audience.
Focal’s latest speaker design isn’t just pretty — it’s the culmination of years of R&D...