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Striking a useful balance between the transparent and the characterful, this high-quality, US-made preamp design brings versatility to the studio and some colour to the rack...
Minimoog V2 adds features that the original Moog hardware didnt possess. Have Arturia improved on a classic?
Have you ever longed for the sound and style of a Mellotron without the impracticality, unreliability and team of men required to move it? If so, you need yearn no more — thanks to the Memotron...
Control surface, audio interface, digital mixer, solid-state recorder: the V-Studio 100 does it all, but is it a jack of all trades and master of none? Lets find out...
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Many pro engineers still turn to expensive hardware for the best algorithmic reverbs. Can 2CAudios Aether plug-in tear them away from their racks?
Akai and Ableton have collaborated on the APC40, to bring tightly integrated, hands-on hardware control to Live.
Built-in DSP extends the flexibility and usefulness of these capable speakers.
Dutch samplists SAM have updated their four popular brass titles (SAM Horns, Trombones, Trumpets and Solo Sessions), and re‑...
A cut-down Saffire without compromise on quality or features? Read on...
Vienna Symphonic Library's Solo Strings II adopts the same template as their Appassionata Strings II and Chamber Strings II (...
Behringer keep coming up with affordable toys, and this time they sent us a selection of their 'Vintage' pedals. The folded-...
The Mandala is a drum pad with a difference: it has a Virtual Brain and its manufacturers claim that its “the smartest thing youll ever hit with a stick.”
Presonus combine their respected analogue and digital technology in this affordable ADAT-equipped preamp.
ART aim to prove that its better by tube, packing eight valve preamps into a Firewire interface.
The Chinese gu zheng has been kicking around since 200 BC, making it one of the few historical musical artifacts to predate...
The piano keyboard is so widespread and familiar that we take it for granted. But, as C-Thru Musics Axis 49 demonstrates, its not the only option out there.
The latest major update to Reaper brings with it a complete overhaul of MIDI functionality, improved automation, and much, much more.
Dancehall Vibes Volume 1 provides 30 loop‑based construction kits, plus a small collection of vinyl scratches. I auditioned...