SOUND ON SOUND
Fluxs innovative dynamics processor adapts to your programme material in a much more sophisticated way than conventional compressors. But how does it sound?
The Carillon PC is back, but how does it measure up in the modern computer market?
Looking for the essence of the 70s sound? Vintage drum kits recorded at the worlds most famous studio might be a good place to start...
What do you get if you cross an 1176 with a Distressor — and then throw in a few unique features for good measure? Enter the Dragon...
Tascam break from the crowd with their new USB 2 multi-channel audio interface.
We put MXLs Genesis through its paces alongside a much pricier model, to find out just how good a tube mic can be at this price.
The fall of the Iron Curtain revealed a surprise for Western musicians: a flourishing Soviet synthesizer industry. Its flagship instrument was crude, cheaply made, horrible to play — and sounded like nothing else...
For the latest additions to their Native Effects bundle, Sound Toys have updated two vintage effects for the DAW age.
A selection of audio files comparing the Manley Massive Passive EQ hardware with the Universal Audio Massive Passive plug-in.
The Formanta Polivoks is becoming an increasingly familiar sound to Western ears — it is, for example, all over Franz Ferdinand’s most recent album Tonight. But for those who haven’t heard this mighty Russian beast in action, Sam Inglis created a few examples to accompany Gordon Reid’s Retrozone feature.
Is a high-quality valve preamp in a programmable pedal just what the SpinDoctor ordered?
Canons 550D (known as the Rebel T2i in the US) promises the same video quality as their acclaimed 7D, for half the price. Is this now the cheapest way to make a high-quality video?
The PalmTrack is an extremely affordable pocket-sized recorder with plenty of features — but have Alesis sacrificed quality to keep costs down?
Galaxy's new star expands the sampled piano universe.
The resurrection of Moogs stellar bass synth has caused a considerable stir. Can the Taurus 3 live up to the venerable reputation of its ancestor?
This collection from Zero‑G contains 560MB of unique samples, packaged into the usual collections of 'Acidised' WAV files and Apple Loops...
Tribal Tech House presents around 850MB of unique content in WAV, Apple Loops, REX and Stylus RMX formats, with patches for EXS24...
Universal Audios latest plug-in, based on Manley Labs classic Massive Passive EQ, is being hailed as the best emulation yet of a hardware unit. So how would it fare when we pitted it against the real thing?
PMC broke new ground a decade ago with their TB2 monitors, but the competition have been catching up. Does PMCs new activated design nudge them back to the front of the pack?
Analogue Solutions get back to basics with their new sequencer, the Europa.