SOUND ON SOUND
Once available only to Pro Tools users, AIR’s comprehensive plug-in bundle is now open to all — and has been augmented by some intriguing additions.
The OB6 is the product of a collaboration between two of the most respected names in synthesizer design, and it doesn’t disappoint...
Based upon a sampled Steinway B-211, the addition of an impressive library of MIDI performances makes creating that perfect piano track as easy as possible.
This inexpensive and conceptually simple plug-in, compatible with all iZotope’s usual Mac/PC formats, applies the principles of the Shepard Tone to filtering.
Apple recently unveiled their second model in the iPad Pro range: the smaller 9.7-inch iPad Pro with the same dual-core, 64-bit A9X system-on-chip as its big brother.
This four-voice polyphonic Model 15 app, which is both an educational tool as well as a musical instrument, mimics the original (primarily monophonic) Model 15, and offers much more besides.
The iRig Pro Duo promises to be a versatile and affordable all-in-one studio for iOS, Android and desktop computers.
Acustica Audio’s new Acqua series of plug-ins are painstakingly ‘sampled’ from high-end hardware. Does the end justify the means?
If you are on a more modest budget, but interested in a collection of brass sounds — and perhaps something that is suitable for both general classical and jazz duties — then Xtant Audio’s Model Brass might well appeal.
When you think of headphones, Samson might not be the first name that springs to mind, but their top-of-the-range Z55 might surprise you.
Turbosound are no strangers to the world of big-box PA systems, but how good is their new compact column speaker?
Tom Oberheim hasn’t just revisited his classic Two Voice synthesizer, he’s made it even better.
B-Scanner replicates the vibrato and offers far more scope to create effects outside the range of Hammond’s original ‘scanner’ chorus/vibrato circuit.
Electro-Harmonix’s Mel9 guitar effects pedal, which must qualify as their most ambitious model so far, produces a range of instantly recognisable Mellotron sounds.
Could this British company’s new take on the portable vocal booth be the most effective yet?
A trio of easy-to-use plug-ins from Waves aims to bottle the signature sounds of pop producer Greg Wells.
In a world of reissues and recreations, the Hypersynth Xenophone is resolutely doing its own thing.
Emulating the setup of gates and room mics on the vocal treatment Tony Visconti used for the David Bowie track ‘Heroes’, Eventide's plug-in is more than a one-trick pony...