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In their latest headphone design, Yamaha have sought to capture the essence of their classic NS10 monitors. Have they achieved it?

Can a technology borrowed from digital computers bring anything new to the world of analogue delay?

Mastering engineers looking for a compressor with a distinctly vintage flavour would do well to check out Roger Foote’s latest creation.

Pedalpunk offers a well thought-out means of incorporating your unbalanced guitar pedals directly into a recording system, where balanced line-level signals are the norm.

This is a Kontakt instrument with a difference, built from samples of a one-off electro-acoustic instrument — a box with several guitar strings and a contact mic attached...

PreSonus’ latest speakers employ an intriguing driver configuration that makes them more versatile than traditional designs.

Propellerhead’s latest Reason update adds features you never knew you wanted — but which you might find indispensible.

Sonokinetic’s Sotto takes a different approach to orchestral sampling.

The LEP LepLoop takes a decidedly unconventional approach to the groovebox format.

Chris Hein’s popular horn, wind, guitar and bass collections are some of the most deeply sampled products on the market and show a remarkable eye for musical detail. The veteran producer has now released Chris Hein Solo Violin...

B5 utilises clever synthesis tricks to overcome the ‘sample stacking’ phase-cancellation artifacts typically associated with sample-based virtual organs.

Do monitors now deserve a place alongside chocolate, watches and army knives on Switzerland’s list of exemplary exports? We think so!

Could the Two Notes Reload be the last word in studio guitar amplification?

For those with respectable but not stellar microphone preamplifiers in either recorders, interfaces or mixers, high-gain...

If you are seeking material to give your next score a genuine flavour of the music from countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey or Iran, then this library may well be a relatively inexpensive place to start.

EHX have produced two versions of their Lester rotary-speaker pedal, one for keyboard players and the other specifically tailored to guitar.

Audient’s flagship mixer is treated to a Heritage Edition makeover and several useful new features.

We took HK Audio’s new mid-priced active speakers to an outdoor festival to see if they could cut the mustard.

Boss’s latest desktop looper might be small, but it’s no lightweight in terms of features.

Orchestral Tools go up to 11 with a large-scale symphonic library inspired by a sci-fi masterpiece.