SOUND ON SOUND
This 21st-century emulation of the SID 8‑bit soundchip is accurate down to its three notes of polyphony and ability to export your songs for playback on an actual Commodore 64.
There are many USB microphones around today, but Lewitt’s offering has some surprising and useful extra features.
Hardware drum machines and effects pedals have been around a long time but Singular Sound claims that BeatBuddy is the first drum–machine pedal.
While high-quality clones of Bill Putnam’s 1176 compressor abound, stereo versions of that much-loved design are rather less common — especially at this price.
Looking for an audio interface that puts all the controls and I/O right where you need them? Check out our round-up of desktop devices.
Can musicians be trusted to mix their own monitors? If the system they’re using is as intuitive as this one, the answer might be ‘yes’.
No effects pedal has managed to pack in all the juicy sonic goodness and delicious mayhem of dual tape machines — until now!
With Rupert Neve’s pedigree in transformer-based equipment design, a DI box was surely just a matter of time.
The third iteration of Mackie’s ever-popular SRM series incorporates some handy DSP functionality.
Could Radial’s latest processor add a little vintage sum–thing to your mixes?
Zero–G have given us bangs, crashes and wallops with Impact Designer, and created a sense of speed with Whoosh Designer. To round off the collection is Rise Designer: Cinematic Build Creator.
These files accompany the Sample Shop article in the October 2015 issue of SOS.
This delay pedal was designed to offer ‘that’ vintage Echorec sound. Does it convince?
With the affordable and innovative Beatstep Pro, Arturia may have created a sequencer for the masses.
Grace have long been associated with sublime studio preamps — and now you can take that superlative sound with you on stage.
Finally, a truly polyphonic guitar synth that you can use with any standard electric guitar — with no need for a hex pickup!
Akai’s Advance 49 is a tightly integrated controller/software package designed to bridge the gap between musician and computer.
French speaker makers Focal continue their campaign of innovation, with this classy new three–way monitor design.
For these premium headphones, Audeze have revived an old but under-used driver technology — and the results are astonishing.
This intriguing program aims to give your vocals the inhuman touch.