SOUND ON SOUND
Line 6 follow their Pod X3 and X3 Live processors with this rackmount professional version, the X3 Pro, offering enhanced I/O and dual processing...
No‑one can accuse Sample Magic of scrimping on the sub-bass in their Minimal Techno loop and one-shot library: it lumbers...
Need to use samples to rescue a dodgy drum recording? Toontracks neat utility will generate MIDI hits and map them to the virtual instrument of your choice.
The updated SL range rejoices in touch-sensitive knobs and sliders, and in Novations ingenious Automap technology.
Waves have made a rare foray into the world of hardware with the GTR Ground, designed to give hands-free control over their Guitar Tool Rack software amp simulator.
Ribbon tweeters can yield a smooth sound, while still capably reproducing transient detail — and the Pro Ribbon range promises to do so for an attractive price.
Fractal Audios Axe-FX is the guitar processor with 80s looks and 21st-century power!
The challenge was to add yet more features to Live without compromising its legendary ease of use. Have Ableton succeeded?
Sound Performance Lab have developed an enviable reputation for their hardware products, and now you can buy more for less with their modular rack system.
Pro Audio DSPs first product is a novel dynamics plug-in, with applications ranging from de-essing to loudness maximising.
The Ionix FW810S comes with built-in Lexicon monitor reverb and onboard Dbx dynamics and EQ. So does all this DSP add up to a genuine USP?
Sequis have launched a somewhat simpler and less costly version of their Motherload dummy load/speaker simulator, called the Motherload Elemental.
Dan Dean's original Solo Strings library comprised violin, viola, and cello, beautifully recorded in 24‑bit stereo and...
Vocal Foundry is Zero‑G's follow up to Vocal Forge, and it offers similar content: a series of vocal construction kits, each...
Arturias first true hardware synth aims to let you conveniently create your own modular system from modelled components of some of the best-loved analogues of all time. How well does it realise this ambitious goal?
With Bollywood now a massive force in the world movie market, India‑based Philtre Labs have followed up last year's release of...
Native Instruments's hybrid hardware and software beat machine promises the best of both worlds. Does it deliver?
Listening to the sound from this extraordinary dynamic mic, you might be forgiven for thinking it was a ribbon or a condenser.
