SOUND ON SOUND
Steinberg update Cubasis 2 with real-time time-stretching and a “carefully redesigned user interface”, which amounts to a flatter, cleaner design that’s a little crisper and more pleasing to the eye than previous versions.
The humble TB303 has proved notoriously difficult to recreate in software, but ABL3 comes far closer than most.
Can this California company’s first summing mixer reach the high standards set by their outboard processors?
Named after Binson’s Echorec magnetic-drum echo machine, the Echorec aims to squeeze all that unit’s essential character into a standard-sized pedal.
Addictive Pro adds more complex oscillator configurations, a better effects implementation and a hot-rodded arpeggiator, but has surprisingly dropped the very useful four-track looper of the original Addictive Synth.
Yes, Kii Audio’s flagship monitors are expensive — but then they might just be the best loudspeakers in the world...
Blue’s newly updated range of studio mics offers stylish looks and great sound for a very reasonable price.
Sonokinetic bring their idiosyncratic approach to sampling to the woodwinds section.
Built from reclaimed Hammond organ parts, the Scanner is an unusual electro-mechanical effects unit that sounds as classy as it looks!
With remote control, USB audio interfacing and the sublime sonic performance for which Grace are known, the m108 doesn’t disappoint!
The latest incarnation of Fluid's unusual FPX7 monitor combines the bold, concentric-ribbon design of the earlier version with an altogether more satisfying tonality.
Modwheel are a small New Zealand-based company set up by composers Steve Roche and David Donaldson as a way of marketing their quirky Kontakt instrument designs.
Akemie’s Taiko is an FM-based Eurorack module covering CV-tweakable percussion and synth roles...
Source Audio are really pushing the boundaries of delay processing with their latest One-series pedal, the Nemesis Delay...
Cinematic ‘Big Boomers’ are eagerly embraced by almost every field of commercial music these days and to service...
The Gates Sta-Level broadcast compressor is a classic — but it isn’t cheap. Can Wes Audio give you the same sound for less?
Have Hammer Audio hit the nail on the head with this new UK-made mic? We think so!
Toontrack’s Dream Pop EZX expansion pack for EZdrummer is most definitely not just another acoustic drum kit...
Infected Mushroom isn’t some kind of embarrassing and painful ailment, but rather a ‘make it all sound bigger’ plug-in...
Spitfire consolidate their symphonic brass into a single bumper package.