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Cinematic Samples take a refreshingly simple approach to the Hollywood orchestral sound.

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.

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.

With the BeatBuddy Mini, getting a good-sounding rhythm accompaniment is as easy as tapping your feet.

Just when you thought it was safe to consider your pedalboard finished, along come DOD with a new overdrive...

Plucked from the Dreadbox collection of modules, Omikron is a 22hp dual VCO, while the Lamda is a 20hp multi-mode filter.

Apogee’s Symphony interface has been Thunderbolted, touchscreened and released back into the world as the Symphony MkII.

Fostex’s new headphone range offers closed, open and ‘semi-open’ options. But what’s the difference, and which would suit you best?

With the unusual ability to ‘steer’ its drivers to achieve optimum dispersion, Bose’s latest portable PA system is both powerful and versatile.

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