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Analogue distortion devices abound, but few offer as wide a range of sounds as this one.

If you’re looking for a mic that excels at speech intelligibility, Audio-Technica’s new broadcast model may be just what you’re after.

We get hands-on with the most unusual device yet to spring forth from the IGS workshop.

Mutable Instruments’ Rings introduces the idea of virtual strings to generate its own flavour of polyphony.

Designed in collaboration with SpaceHardware, the Quadnic packs four digital oscillators into an impressively compact 12hp...

Epica Bass presents a large selection of sample-based (mainly) monophonic bass sounds, all derived from some classic analogue hardware synths...

Electro-Harmonix have reintroduced two of their classic ’70s drum synths.

Legacy is inspired by Blade Runner and other classic 80s sci-fi movies. That world of sound is what Legacy attempts to capture, distil, and then present in a sample library format.

With its built-in Overloud guitar and bass processing, could this iPad-controlled mixer do away with the need for backline altogether?

Imogen Heap invited the good people at Soniccouture into her studio, and Box Of Tricks is the result...

Known for their idiosyncratic approach, Teenage Engineering’s latest product is pocket friendly in every sense.

With such brilliant software reverbs now available, does this new hardware unit warrant a place in the space race?

These files accompany the Sample Shop article in the June 2016 issue of SOS

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Spitfire build on the Albion legacy with a new orchestral library.

Falcon features a DAW-style mixer with up to 17 pairs of outputs, and supports UVI sound libraries (of which there are many), so one of its functions is to act as a sample library player.

With new amps, effects and a stripped-back GUI, is Overloud’s modelling software ready to play a headline slot?

As well as modelling Drawmer’s versatile multiband mastering processor, Softube have boiled down its essentials to create an easy-to-use preset version.

The BBC’s legendary LS3/5A is arguably the Godfather of nearfield monitors — and now it’s back, thanks to UK company Graham Audio.

After five years of manufacturing microphones, Lewitt have developed a recording app for iOS devices.

Eighteen years after the launch of their ground-breaking POD, Line 6’s new flagship amp-modeller looks brimful of promise.