SOUND ON SOUND
The BBC’s legendary LS3/5A is arguably the Godfather of nearfield monitors — and now it’s back, thanks to UK company Graham Audio.
After five years of manufacturing microphones, Lewitt have developed a recording app for iOS devices.
Eighteen years after the launch of their ground-breaking POD, Line 6’s new flagship amp-modeller looks brimful of promise.
Electro Harmonix always manage to come up with a new twist when developing new pedals, and their Cock Fight combines...
There have been numerous recreations of the Minimoog in recent years, and the latest manufacturers to take a stab at this are UK newcomers, AJH Synth.
Many well-known engineers are now lending their names to plug-ins, and now metalcore specialist Joey Sturgis has joined the fray.
Cajons can provide a practical and compact alternative to drum kits — but they usually offer a limited range of sounds. Until now...
This updated inexpensive ‘groove sketchpad’ takes the idea a few steps further, letting you create scenes: an arrangement of patterns in each of the four groups.
Back in the 1950s, one of Shure’s most popular mics was the Model 51 Sonodyne, which had a distinctive design fashioned to...
These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the May 2016 issue.
A normal upright piano has three strings per key in the upper registers, two for the mid octaves and usually one for the lowest octaves.
Both Apple’s and Microsoft’s flagship tablet devices are large, powerful and elegant. But which is best for musicians?
RME’s successor to their popular Babyface audio and MIDI interface is finally available. Does it live up to the company’s usual high standards?
Diffusers are usually best deployed in larger rooms, but these new designs could prove useful in the smallest of studios.
The Neumann U87 is one of the most iconic studio microphones in the world. Does Peluso’s homage do it justice?
The MF Flange and MF Chorus pedals are the latest in Moog’s Minifooger line, the initial offerings of which we reviewed...
This powerful vocal processor puts its controls right where you need them!
On testing a vintage Telefunken preamp, Sonic Farm were so impressed they decided to recreate it — adding their own twist along the way...
The main Accelerate title might be a bit ambiguous, but the sub-title of this Big Fish Audio sample library —...
Embertone are a US sound company founded in 2012 by composers Alex Davis and Jonathan Churchill. The two self-professed ‘sample-library nerds’.