SOUND ON SOUND
This trio of stage mics might look the same, but they’re each suited to different roles.
EastWest explore the world of traditional wind instruments with characteristic style in their latest sample library.
Teletone Audio’s Tone Architect combines three key processing sections called Saturator, Tone Shaping and Compressor.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Friends is a Kontakt‑based sample library that provides a collection of fairly conventional piano, keyboard, guitar, bass and drum options.
These audio examples accompany my review of the Soyuz Lakeside preamp from SOS June 2025 issue.
Audio examples to accompany our June 2025 issue microphone review.
Soyuz’s first rackmount preamp evokes the sound of vintage designs.
With superb mic preamps, 32‑bit recording and comprehensive timecode facilities, the Tascam FR‑AV2 is a miniature marvel.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Emma Legato is a very simple and inexpensive vocal instrument that runs on the free version of Kontakt (version 8 or higher).
With up to 10 module slots on board, and both Dante converter and mixer expansion cards available, could this rack widen the appeal of the 500‑series format?
TC’s diminutive one‑knob, one‑switch Ditto looper has proven very popular, but TC still wanted to improve it...
Through the ’50s and ’60s, Altec’s 436 compressors were often modified and hugely influential. But this keenly priced homage does more than clone these vintage devices.
There’s more to this fresh take on dynamics processing than a groovy GUI!
Now a classic in its own right, Novation’s Bass Station gets the GForce treatment.
The Heritage Audio Synth Buddy uses only passive circuitry, and that means that it can be used with all manner of unbalanced audio signals, including synths and guitars.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Time Crystals pairs Emergence Audio's sampling technologies with the resonance of quartz singing bowls...
Acustica’s soft synth debut is a recreation of everyone’s favourite ’80s polysynth.
iamReverb say that convolution reverbs share an inherent flaw — which only their novel IR recording technique can overcome.