SOUND ON SOUND
These classy new French-made modules are inspired by vintage designs, but they also add a few unexpected and useful features.
Acustica’s latest plug-in promises new heights of realism in SSL-style EQ and compression.
M-Audio’s CTRL49 takes the Akai Advance control keyboard concept and adds DAW control.
The Stepper Acid is a no-nonsense digitally controlled step sequencer dotted with red LEDs and without a shift key in sight...
Spectrasonics’ major keyboard collection combines classic vintage instruments with a gallery of unique rarities.
The Qu-Bit Chord promises what can sometimes be tedious to set up within a modular: easy polyphony...
Boost pedals are conceptually simple devices that ramp up the level of your signal to push the front end of your amp a little...
With its enhanced LF response and effortless SPL delivery, Unity’s new active bass extender is seriously hot stuff. Schwing!
Arturia’s cut-price creation combines step sequencing with keyboard control.
Dorico is the biggest thing to happen to notation software for years. We explore the initial release and discover the thinking behind its innovative design.
We check out an interesting collection of specialist mic-mounting accessories, designed to support two mics in a precise physical relationship to each other.
It’s getting harder and harder to produce an iOS sequencer with enough personality to stand out from the crowd, but it’s just possible Fluxpad is such an app.
This latest incarnation of a long-running library introduces new instruments, articulations and enhancements.
Could you have quality time in your studio with Black Lion’s little black box?
Combining wireless control, Bluetooth music streaming and an eight-input mixer, HK’s new compact PA system covers a lot of bases!
Active monitors may be the de facto standard in the studio, but this stylish Finnish design makes a powerful case for the alternative!
Editors Keys made a name for themselves by providing QWERTY keyboards which displayed the usual input symbols plus default shortcut commands for a number of creative software applications. Their latest variation on the same theme uses a thin silicone overlay to convert your existing MacBook or Apple wireless keyboard into a shortcut keyboard.
Haaze is a simple to use tool for manipulating stereo width in an audio signal — and it's cheap as chips.
Could this modern take on a classic compressor design be fab for your studio?
Studio stalwarts sE join the stage-mic fray with these two new designs. It’s a crowded marketplace — can they stand out?