SOUND ON SOUND
This fascinating and commendably detailed book by Howard Massey provides a wonderful overview of the significant recording studios in London in the ’60s and ’70s, as well as a few noteworthy facilities elsewhere in the UK.
What do you get when you cross a modular synth with a stompbox?
Bitwig Studio might be the newest kid on the DAW block — but it’s growing fast!
Can the Cab Clone offer something new, or is it just another ‘me-too’ cabinet simulator?
Single-driver speakers have long been popular in the studio, and now Eclipse have brought the concept into the 21st Century with a Wi-Fi enabled model.
The first of a new series of sample libraries from NI serves up a lot of brass for your money.
Alexandernaut’s Fugue Machine arose from its creator’s interest in the music of Baroque composer JS Bach. It is a multi-phasic sequencer, offering up to four playheads capable of independent motion across the same musical landscape.
Korg’s single–handed analogue revival continues unabated, with the release of an affordable four–voice polysynth.
The PreSonus Studio 192 offers a great deal of functionality for its price. Is this the time to jump aboard the USB 3 bandwagon?
Abbey Road Studio’s revered RS124 tube compressor has never been made available commercially... until now.
Though costing less than a grand, this versatile mic can compete with some of the very best.
The Key9 takes in a monophonic or polyphonic signal from a standard electric guitar, processes the waveforms that come from the pickups, and delivers a remodelled sound, in this case emulating electric pianos...
BonaFide acts as a low-noise, impedance-matching buffer which can be placed at the start of your collection of pedals, the idea being that it will save you from the evils of treble loss caused by long cables...
Audio Damage may be familiar to you as makers of some proudly idiosyncratic plug-ins, but they also manufacture a range of...
LD’s latest PA range combines the benefits of a line–source sound system with a flexible and modular design.
dbx are a big name in pro speaker-management systems. Now their DSP is available in a format that fits your pocket — literally!
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Looptrotter’s latest plaything combines the precision of digital control with the less predictable joys of analogue saturation.
To bee or not to bee? Find out how these distinctive-looking mics performed in our tests.
The Modor NF-1 has a front panel festooned with knobs, but at the same time it’s unashamedly digital.