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This updated version of Lynx’s mastering converter offers a much improved touchscreen, a host of new filtering options — and the best D‑A converter performance we’ve ever measured!
Weston Precision Audio’s new module is called the Phase Animated Oscillator, aka the PAO, but just what exactly is a phase animated oscillator?
The person behind ‘those’ Bricasti impulses now brings us Berlin’s Teldex Studio...
Veteran Eurorackers Tiptop Audio take on the age‑old problem of polyphonic modular synthesis...
The Ableton Move puts a carefully chosen slice of Live into a beautifully portable box.
This diminutive, studio‑oriented desktop amp can drive nearfield speakers or multiple pairs of headphones with equal aplomb.
Firespacer is a simple‑to‑use and very effective mix tool that helps bring more clarity to key parts by reducing conflict due to overlapping frequencies in other parts of the mix.
Having mastered guitar amps, Positive Grid’s Spark system takes aim at the rest of your backline!
There’s been a tremendous renaissance in hardware drum machines recently. We round up some of the best.
The H200 are the first headphones ADAM Audio have developed entirely in‑house.
Does Heritage Audio’s new range of transformer‑based audio interfaces mean you no longer need separate mic preamps?
It may look like yet another reverb plug‑in, but Borealis ploughs its own furrow by including extensive modulation facilities.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Striking Strings Glissandi is geared toward the common dilemma of creating string risers in a controlled manner, where you want strings to naturally rise to a climax.
Transform your boring old human vocals with Baby Audio’s latest plug‑in!
Austrian Audio's Hi‑X20 is a closed‑back, moving‑coil model that sits in between the affordable Hi‑X15 and the more upmarket pairs in their range.
XAOC brings two new Eurorack modules to the table in the form of the Batumi II and Poti II.
SSL’s desktop interfaces get a well‑deserved overhaul.
When is a filter not a filter? When it is the Dåpf (Dual All‑Pass Filter)...
For a quick mix rebalance, or ducking out a vocal, Peel Stems produces very usable results.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Rebuilt and sporting a colourful, musically instructive new GUI, Balinese Gamelan has been relaunched to tie in with the release of the Balinese Flutes collection.