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Our benchmark tests show you which CPUs offer the best audio performance, whether you’re on a budget or money’s no object.
PreSonus have expanded their AudioBox range with two compact interfaces that will work with your Mac, PC or iOS device.
It’s not easy to create an analogue multi–band compressor that competes on quality and price, but Drawmer show us it can be done.
TSOP’s first product is a Kontakt instrument called B11X, which was created by sampling every key and sound generator of a rare Polish synthesizer made in the 1980s.
Akai iMPC Pro iOS sampling workstation and the Klevgrand Enkl Synth App.
While an overdrive pedal might not seem like an obvious studio accessory I’ve often found that using an analogue overdrive pedal before a software modelling amp/speaker produces more musical results.
Listen to examples.
This affordable wireless system offers some unusual features, including stereo operation and tablet and computer interfacing.
Unity’s original Boulder monitors were impressive to begin with, and now they’ve been given a number of major improvements.
PreSonus’ new StudioLive PA range brings serious onboard processing and remote DSP control to the masses.
Comprehensive Guide To Understanding, Playing and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument.
One of rock music’s most celebrated recording venues wasn’t a studio but a house in Hampshire, and no music has been recorded there for almost 40 years — until now...
A ground–up rethink of Ozone’s user interface is designed to make it less intimidating to home users.
When composer and instrument maker Steve Roche finishes a tin of biscuits, instead of throwing the container into the recycling bin he transforms it into a guitar.
Why take three virtual rhythm plug-ins into the studio when you can just take one? Steinberg’s Groove Agent 4 attempts to do it all.
Magix’s powerful Windows DAW gets another raft of new features in a comprehensive update.
Ambient White is a Kontakt 5 instrument with a laid-back, meditational essence.
Unless you are using pre–recorded loops, there is still the rather significant task of building convincing performances and arrangements. Ensemblia attempts to give the user a helping hand.