SOUND ON SOUND
Acoustica's affordable DAW has acquired some significant new features, including video support, score editing and a fully fledged mixer. But has it retained its trademark ease of use?
Hot on the heels of the impressive Genesis cardioid valve mic, MXL have unveiled their flagship multi-pattern model, the Revelation. Does it live up to its name?
Korgs latest keyboard blurs the boundaries between their affordable Micro range and their pro workstations.
It may be small, but the RME Fireface UC is very powerful and boasts astonishingly low latency.
An electric guitar's tone is complex, but something that contributes to it is the electrical loading on the pickups. Guitars...
These audio files accompany the SOS September 2010 review of the MXL Revelation microphone.
In SOS mag's 25th anniversary year, it's nice to see a manufacturer naming their product in our honour. Seriously, though... Korg aim to break the mould with this pocket-sized stereo recorder, which offers overdubbing with no specified track-count limitation.
JoeMeek's GBQ pedal combines distortion with their three-band sweep Meequalizer EQ, and runs from an included external power...
Like Wile E. Coyotes spectacular mail-order Acme contraptions, the Opticom has few controls and plenty of attitude — but its rather more successful!
Avid are looking to stay on top of the NLE game as they add a whole host of new features and brand-new editing tools to the latest version of their flagship editing software.
Just how much does this compact mixer with a built-in audio interface and effects offer the home recordist?
Take your front-row seat, sit back and enjoy the show — Hollywood Strings is here.
For 50 years, the RS124 compressor has been a secret weapon at Abbey Road Studios. Now its targeting our plug-in folders...
Theres no shortage of software guitar-amp simulators around, but Magix claim that their new Vandal has what it takes to stand out from the crowd.
Clavia have directed all their keyboard-making know-how into a single, lightweight stage piano — so it ought to be good...
BIASs latest plug-in promises a quick and easy path to a modern vocal sound.
Steven Slates drum samples are already a staple of rock and pop production. Their latest product makes it easy to use these to augment or replace live drum parts.
To create their piano samples for the Eighty Eight, Sonivox recorded a Steinway CD327 using an unspecified, high‑quality...
Its their first analogue synth in 25 years, but is Korgs Monotron a toy or a tool?
A good mic stand isnt the most glamorous addition to a studio, but its certainly a worthwhile investment.