SOUND ON SOUND
Unique Recording Software have modelled a vast array of vintage compressors and EQs and presented the results in a single plug-in.
If you want hands-on control over your DAW, without the expense or inconvenient size of a multi-channel controller, the Frontier Design Alphatrack could be just what you're looking for...
Need to convert files en masse into different formats or sample rates, or apply the same plug-in settings to hundreds of files at once? Minnetonka have developed a utility that could take the legwork out of the job.
New plug-ins continue to emerge from Universal Audio HQ at a scary rate, and their DSP-based effects and processors are now available to laptop users for the first time.
This classy stomp box is much more than a guitar effect, and it is equally impressive on stage and in the studio.
Blackstar HT series Tube Pedals and brief news of Waves iGTR.
If you need a monitor system that can double up for more general multimedia listening, the Exo 2.1 could be just what you're looking for...
EastWest/Quantum Leap launch their new 64-bit 'Play' sample engine with two sound libraries spanning nearly 50 years of rock.
The hyperactive developers at Ableton have been at it again. Live 7 gains an ingenious new way of working with drums, and an optional library packed with new instruments.
This unusual new preamp from UA is designed to make life easier, both for the recordist and 'the talent'.
This Mac/Windows plug-in can produce a range of very believable feedback effects.
Already boasting some famous users, this new console has caused a bit of a stir. Does it live up to the Toft heritage?
The world is not short of sampling sequencers at the moment, so what does the Roland SP555 have to make it worthy of your attention?
Realising that some potential users were daunted by the highly customisable nature of their innovative Lemur screen-based controller, Jazzmutant have added a second controller to their range — and this one specifically supports a range of popular DAWs.
Convolution technology has provided new levels of realism for plug-in reverb, but has been unable to capture non-linear or time-variant effects such as compression, tape saturation, distortion and flanging. Until now, that is...
If you want to capture the sound of your boutique valve amp for recording but can't turn it up loud, you need a power soak... and speaker emulation... and mic emulation... SPL's Transducer does it all.
These versatile large-diaphragm mics offer great performance on a budget.
Just when you think you've seen it all, Yamaha come straight at you out of left field with an instrument unlike any other. But is the Tenori-On a musical revolution in the making or a white (flashing) elephant?
This classy piece of kit boasts the quality and flexibility of high-end algorithmic reverbs, but can also deliver convolution-like realism.
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