SOUND ON SOUND
Geoff Tanner, former draughtsman and subsequent head of the Electrical Drawing Office, has made a CD set of Neve Technical Information Sheets. Hugh Robjohns investigates.
What has Electro got to offer? Well, as the Sample Magic web site puts it, "dripping‑wet Italo madness”, "manga‑tweaked tube...
The original BM5A monitor speakers proved very popular in project studios, and Dynaudio claim to have made significant improvements in their successors.
You might think that the guitar wouldn't lend itself to creating cinematic soundscapes, but Sample Logic show us it's time to think again.
This is a companion volume to the Dark Skies: Cinematic Ambiences collection that was reviewed in the May 2010 edition of SOS...
Paul White investigates AKG's chunky USB offering.
PPG's Wave series were sadly beyond the budget of most of us, but, through the miracle of software, the powers of these innovative synths may now be within our grasp...
The Austrian sample maestros go multitrack with four new brass ensembles.
New to the world of video production and unsure what gear to buy? Our guide to the five best options in three categories will get you started.
Best Service's Studio Box Mark II pulls together the content from a number of earlier titles (RedBox, BlueBox and...
Can Cakewalk's radical rethink of the DAW user interface tempt users of competing products into the Sonar fold — without alienating existing fans?
Building on the success of its predecessor, the Videomic Pro is a convenient, lightweight shotgun mic.
RME's interfaces get ever smaller — but this baby packs a powerful punch despite its miniature dimensions.
NI's Reflektor is a reverb that combines simplicity of operation with a very musical sound.
The original VS2108 design was a real success for Quested — so when they said they'd improved it, we thought we'd better test that claim...
This 3.2GB Elastik-format library is split into two parts: part A contains 10 construction kits, while part B offers some additional instrument and drum loops.
M-Audio's debut synth may have a pristine white exterior, but it hides a sample-based synthesis engine capable of getting down and dirty...
Livid Instruments' new control surface boasts not only an unusual flexibility — courtesy of its custom editing software — but also some fine handmade wooden end-cheeks...
Can you really achieve 24-carat Neve-style compression on a shoestring, or is this a case of fool's gold?
For those of us who find our headphone mixes don't translate well, Focusrite have created a virtual listening environment that replicates the experience of monitoring on speakers.