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Korg already have an enviable track record for making high-quality apps, but in Gadget they've made their most serious step yet towards full music production.
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Do Olympus's latest recorders maintain the high quality and intuitive control of their earlier models?
American company Retro Instruments offer this true variable-mu valve compressor in 500-series format.
The 2.1 monitor approach may have its pitfalls, but there are also some very real benefits to be had, especially in small studios.
The improved AT2020 USB+ adds a headphones output to monitor what you recorded, and its bundled accessories include a conventional stand-mounting swivel clamp, a small tripod desk stand and a 10 foot USB cable.
Can Kush maintain their reputation for fine-sounding analogue gear with this interesting EQ?
The cinematic supremo enlists the best of British in a grand percussive collaboration.
Vic Keary's latest design is a compressor that's also a mic preamp and an EQ — but not, apparently, a channel strip!
Hatsune Miku is the name of a fictional 16-year old girl, who can be made to sing using Yamaha’s Vocaloid 3 synthesizer engine.
Apps based on existing software are far from unusual, but Wolfgang Palm has chosen to go the other way.
UVI's rainbow‑hued reverb plug‑in is designed to help you instantly find the right ambience for your mix.
Fledgling company Output claim that Rev is the world’s first collection of reverse instruments, loops, rises, pads, pulses and swells.
Thanks to Tronical Systems, your guitar can now tune itself. Is this a valuable tool for committed guitarists, or a crutch for the lazy and tone‑deaf?
Guitar amps don't come much more portable than this updated model from Roland. But how does it sound?
Synthesists have been asking manufacturers to build new analogue instruments for years — and now they’ve finally responded. But what took them so long? We round up some of the recent offerings.
Rhythmic Robot’s Shortwave is a Kontakt instrument crammed with ghostly voices, radio tuning sweeps, morse code bleeps and an assortment of hisses, crackles and pulses.
The eagerly anticipated flagship in PMC's new TwoTwo range is finally here. Has the wait been worthwhile?