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An unconventional Fender Rhodes Stage 73 Mk1 electric piano Sample Library.

The Blackbird from Effectrode is a two-channel, valve-driven guitar preamp. Essentially the front end of a valve amp stuffed...

The Echo 2 certainly looks the part, with its contemporary touchscreen interface, but does it back up the style with substance?

WAV/REX2/Live/Apple Loops/Refill

The latest version of the Digitech Whammy — the pedal-operated digital pitch-shifter that has been keeping guitarists amused...

With an emphasis on clarity and speed, and a not insignificant price tag, this preamp/compressor combo promises a lot. Does it deliver?

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The Little Chopper is a boutique, 7W amp head, with a variable power control which allows the user to achieve their desired sound at manageable levels.

Not every mic on stage has to be one of the usual suspects, as Audio-Technica prove with these two dynamic vocal mics.

ART's Tube MP/C combines a hybrid 12AX7 (ECC83) valve preamp section with the company's 'Vactrol' optical compressor, and the whole thing is all about tonal character.

This month we look at the PPG WaveMapper, Touch Press, 'The Orchestra', JamUp Pro and the IpTouch Logic controller App.

More and more of us are podcasting or Internet broadcasting, and this affordable dedicated mixer can make these tasks easier.

This attractive desk, crammed with technology gleaned from A&H’s flagship iLive consoles, goes straight to the top of our live sound engineer’s wish list...

We check out iShotgun, a miniature interference-tube or 'rifle' mic, the newest member of the i-Series line-up of cost-effective electret mics designed for use with iOS devices and other portable recorders and cameras.

With a long and enviable pedigree in hardware sampling and sequencing, the Akai MPC range has finally gone soft...

In the dim and distant past, Cubasis used to be one of the names Steinberg reserved for junior versions of Cubase...

Looking like a typical guitar effects pedal, iRig Stomp is actually a guitar interface that will work with iOS devices, and is compatible with most iOS signal-processing apps.

Always wanted a pair of Adam speakers but couldn’t quite afford them? Then their new F-series might be just the ticket...

The unique design of the HG3’s cabinet is intended to offer the best traits of both large and small speakers. Does it work in practice?

German company Trautoniks have painstakingly recreated a lost classic from the annals of electronic music history. What’s that? You’ve never heard of the Trautonium? Then read on...