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SampleTron gives you the sound of the Mellotron and many of its more obscure cousins, not to mention some serious potential for sonic malarkey, courtesey of IK's SampleTank player...
Can a single hardware unit really meet all your compression needs? It would certainly take something a bit special...
MXL's USB Mic Mate functions as a USB mic preamp for Macs and PCs, and enables you to plug in your own choice of dynamic or capacitor microphone.
Version 8 sees another boatload of new processors added to the FL Studio family. And if that's still not enough, you can now create your own...
If you wanted to make an authentic hardware tape delay today, you could do a lot worse than commission a designer who used to work for Watkins, makers of the seminal Copicat. So that's what Blue Coconut did...
The mid-priced studio monitor market is competitive. So what sets KRK's new offerings apart from the crowd?
Flux claim that their plug-ins combine simplicity and sophistication, thanks to their unusual interface design and novel controls. Let's find out...
The Wretch Machine sounds absolutely terrible — but that's exactly as its creators, Metasonix, intended. To see what valve-powered synthesis can do for you, read on...
With the emphasis on affordability and ease of use, Notion Music's latest notation package is aimed squarely at guitarists.
Like a Cold War spy, Olga is not as Russian as it first appears, but still hides a great deal of mystery and intrigue...
Izotope are the latest developers to release a suite of tools for tackling problem audio. As well as the usual noise-reduction algorithms, RX also includes clip reduction and an advanced 'spectral repair' module.
Last year Mackie impressed us with their HR Mk2 series of studio monitors, but they've now introduced new models at roughly half the price. Surely this means there are compromises?
You can have TL Audio's new series of vintage-styled valve devices in any colour you like — as long as it's black!
Newmann (no, that's not a typo...) are a small British company aiming to make affordable high-quality mics with a vintage flavour. It's a laudable aim, but have they achieved it?
If you need a compact Firewire audio interface, the paperback-sized Duafire from ESI might be just the thing to slip into your laptop bag.
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Designed to integrate with Cubase, and featuring new preamps and compressors, Yamaha's N-series digital mixers have been causing quite a stir. Could the N12 be the centrepiece of your project studio?
The field recorder market just got a little more crowded, but does Tascam's take on the portable two-track concept add anything new?
Vocal harmonies can add gloss to a musical production, but if you don't have access to a group of first-rate session singers, does software really provide a viable alternative?