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• Kahler 2300 Series Locking Tremolos • IK Multimedia Stealthplug USB guitar interface
We conclude our three-part exploration of Wowa Cwjeman's new range of exclusive analogue synth modules.
If you're sceptical about manufacturers claiming their mic is suitable for both stage and studio applications, maybe this one can change your mind...
As Boss introduce their tiniest ever portable studio, we discover just how much can be packed into such a small box...
Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...
As more people leave behind their mixing desks, many find they still need a good monitor controller.
• Loopmasters Disco House Sessions • Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand • Ueberschall Hip Hop Underground • Bela D Media Anthology Volume 1: Celtic Wind
This controller comes from a range that, unusually, takes the concept of a quality weighted action into the realm of the shorter keyboard — and offers hands-on knobs and sliders for software control to boot.
Synthesizer, USB audio interface, MIDI controller — Novation's Xiosynth does it all, and at a very reasonable price...
Worried that your digital recordings sound a bit sterile? Maybe the Tubetracker can warm things up a bit...
McDSP's compression and EQ designs offer a huge amount of control with the potential for accurate emulation of vintage devices. Throw in a tape-modelling suite and a powerful multi-band compressor, and you have the Classic Pack.
• VSL Saxophones, Elements & Vienna Konzerthaus Organ • Scarbee Imperial Drums XL • BFD Platinum Samples: Andy Johns Classic Drums
Surely you can't get a good bass response from small monitors... or can you?
Can an 8 Megabyte plug-in really compete with the new generation of multi-Gigabyte sampled grand pianos?
If you are looking for an authentic tube-amp guitar sound from a DI recording system, then maybe the Dark Blue's all-tube preamp and speaker simulation is just what you need.
Emu's first USB 2.0 interface, and their first to offer Mac OS X compatibility, dispenses with DSP effects and complex software front-ends, majoring instead on hands-on controls and practical studio features. Have they hit on a winning formula?
This modular monitor controller system offers an easy upgrade path from stereo to surround capability, and transparent audio quality to boot.
In the latest addition to their successful ASB range, Creamware take on ARP's legendary Odyssey.
SOS puts LD's new tube and capacitor mics to the test.
Over the last few years, Magix's Sequoia and Samplitude have quietly been establishing a name for themselves in the mastering and recording communities, and the new version 9 of Samplitude looks set to win plenty more friends.