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If you crave the vintage API sound but the budget is a little tight, this might be worth a look...

Bandlab encourages collaborative music-making between people in different locations by providing tools for recording ideas, plus a social network within which ideas can be shared.

If you want the vintage Neve 1073 sound but the bank balance doesn’t allow it, this might be worth checking out...

We take Antelope’s latest mastering–grade converter and monitor controller for a spin.

Fostex have been making planar magnetic headphones since before they were cool. How do their latest models fare?

If the name of this new company evokes an iconic British brand, that’s perhaps appropriate — for Aston design and build all their mics in the UK!

Can Chandler’s resurrection of one of the most revered preamps of all time help you get that classic Abbey Road sound?

Once in a while, a high-quality, affordable product comes along that makes the professional competition look overpriced...

Does TC’s latest post-production tool have anything to offer the music-making market?

Can a valve mic for under £200 really deliver the goods? We put this one up against AKG’s premium C12VR to find out...

UA’s new Apollo 8p boasts eight channels of the company’s Unison–powered preamps.

Gate, limiter, compressor, tremolo, volume pedal — is there nothing the Sonuus Voluum can’t do?

Sample Logic’s Cinematic Guitars Infinity proves to be a lot more than the sum of its parts.

Fuse is a Kontakt instrument that serves as a music ‘workstation’, but with a distinctly urban slant.

With so many affordable, high-quality options around, there’s never been a better time to go wireless. We check out Sony’s latest offering.

Orbit is a Kontakt 5 instrument designed to be a source of evolving or pulsing textures. Unusually, you access it via...

These files accompany the Sample Library articles in the December 2015 issue of SOS.

When you already make some of the best ribbon mics in the world, improving on them isn’t easy — but Royer have done just that.

Looking for some inspiration for your Christmas list? Check out our round-up of live sound gadgets.