SOUND ON SOUND
SE aim to deliver a complete vocal recording package for the project studio on a budget — do they deliver?
Pianoteq tackles the virtual piano problem in megabytes rather than gigabytes, and offers flexibility that its multisampling competitors cant match.
Its got a bigger sample library and some whizzy new features, but what Kontakt 4 really wants to do is make your life easier...
This new download library from celebrated electronic sound designer Ian Boddy is one of his new Waveforms series, and features...
Ableton Lives devices offer powerful tools for mangling sounds in live performance. But what if you could mangle the devices themselves?
The inventive spirit of one of the industrys true individuals, Stephen St. Croix, lives on in Intelligent Devices unique effects plug-ins.
Ueberschall seem to be on a bit of a streak when it comes to Electro libraries: hot on the heels of the Elastik‑based Club...
MakeMusics popular notation package strides forward into a new decade, adding a host of useful features.
The subtitle of this library — The Michael Ripoll Project — calls to mind progressive rock outfit the Alan Parsons Project,...
Summing might not sound very rock & roll, but Thermionic Culture have added a little attitude of their own to this impressive and unique design.
Each of Vox's Amplug range of guitar headphone amps is designed to emulate a single amplifier type, and to provide basic...
Anyone who bought a hardware synth in the '80s already knows that even a few megabytes of sample memory can nevertheless result in incredible sounds in the hands of skilled sound designers.
After an extensive programme of selective breeding, Novation have created the Nocturn 25 — an affordable, touch-sensitive controller keyboard.
The latest product of Doepfers modular know-how is the Dark Energy: a compact, powerful and hands-on desktop analogue synthesizer.
A brief guide to what factors should be considered when choosing replacement speakers for your guitar amps.
No matter how many compressors we own, when it comes to getting vocal levels right, theres no substitute for faders and hard work. Until now...
FXpansions first foray into the soft-synth world yields some unexpected but welcome results...
No prizes for guessing that Acid Jazz City 2 is a follow‑up to Big Fish Audio's original 'part 1' of the same name, and for...
The fifth version of Absynth introduces even more sound-mangling features and aims to be far more user-friendly than its predecessors. Has it succeeded? Read on...
Be careful you don't misread the title: BollyHood Beats has an 'H' in the middle, which is actually key to the content. And...