SOUND ON SOUND
Looking for a mic that stands out visually, but offers good technical performance and a classy sound? This hand-made design could well be it...
Yamaha’s Stagepas is about as portable as a PA system can get — but how does it sound?
Can Waldorf’s new synth rock it? Is it easy on the pocket? We plug it into a socket...
Once again, the Native Instruments team has been at Abbey Road studios, recording a couple of vintage drum kits to create a library with a unique and desirable sound character.
Universal Audio’s latest plug-in is an audacious attempt to bridge the gap between the project studio and professional recording environments.
Thinking of investing in a premium monitor controller? Here’s a selection of models to consider, with links to the SOS review where available.
Konkrete 3’s barely contained weirdness sets it apart from other drum libraries, as does its unusually tweakable interface.
The Realiser A8 is claimed to be able to capture the sound of any monitoring environment in the world and perfectly reproduce it through headphones. Could it be time to sell your speakers?
For their new TwoTwo range, PMC decided to work from the ground up, redesigning their famous transmission line and building new drivers from scratch. Has it all paid off?
Malcolm Toft’s latest brainchild enables you to turn your 500-series racks and modules into a fully modular analogue console.
Mic Preamp, EQ & Routing Modules
The new Launchpad is brighter, faster and more powerful than the original, but costs the same. What’s not to like?
Metric Halo’s plug-ins have a large and enthusiastic following among Mac users. Can they conquer the Windows world too?
If I could use one word to sum up the sound of this EQ, it would be ‘clarity’, which is a strange thing for an EQ designed to colour a signal. Read on ....
The chances are that, like me, you won't have seen the inside of producer Davor Devcic's home, but Lounge & Chill provides us with a pretty good idea of what the ambience must be like in his living room.
The third instalment of EastWest’s grand orchestral master plan sees the project nearing the finishing line.
Boasting a catalogue that includes a full Balinese gamelan, the wonderful Array Mbira, a set of glass instruments and a Cumbrian lithophone (basically, a piano designed by a caveman), UK samplists Soniccouture revel in exotic tuned percussion.
These monitors fall into a price bracket between entry-level monitors and what we think of as more serious speakers.
DACS reformatted this classic preamp in 2011 to fit the API 500 series ‘Lunchbox’ modular format but it's only now that Hugh has found time to check it out.
Until now, specialised multitrack digital recorders designed for capturing live shows have been niche products with hefty price tags. Will Cymatic’s LR16 change that?