SOUND ON SOUND
Summit Audio's high-end designs are known for their quality and longevity — so is their new compressor a classic in the making?
It's over five years since Native Instruments released the original version of their flagship soft sampler, and its third incarnation takes the Kontakt concept even further, with a streamlined user interface, a new waveform editor and a massive sample library.
Behringer offer highly affordable excitement in the shape of two new sub-£100 rack processors.
If recording a real piano isn't for you, there's no shortage of very convincing software alternatives.
Here are links to the audio files from December 2007's RIBBON MICROPHONES article, for those readers who buy the magazine from the newsagent and don't wish to type in all the long URLs.
• Garritan Concert & Marching Band • Garritan Gofriller Solo Cello • Big Fish Audio Dread Roots Reggae • Soniccouture Synthi AKS
Last month we introduced the mics; this month we put them to the test. Find out which model is the best way of adding ribbon character to your studio.
With impressive new automation features and free mixer routing, have Steinberg taken their flagship audio application to the top of the class?
The latest in Roland's pioneering VG range could qualify as the best guitar synth ever made.
• Musicrow PianoBoy • Bluenoise My Drumset
Native Instruments have repackaged their powerhouse amp-modelling package with a new, stage-friendly interface, not to mention four new amps and a pile of vintage effects.
How can you improve a MIDI + Audio sequencer thats already as comprehensive as Sonar? Cakewalk have added some impressive new plug-ins, but theyve also gone back to basics to take MIDI editing to new levels of flexibility.
The Mackie Satellite is an audio interface with a unique two-piece design — but is it genius or gimmickry?
To accompany this month's DIY Studio Acoustics article, we look at four useful accessories.
Fostex's new recorder is the lowest-cost digital 16-track currently on the market. How have they made it so affordable?
Apple's Logic Studio bundle certainly offers a great deal for very little money. Do the bundled live performance and soundtrack tools make it worth buying even if you're not a Logic user?
It's not often you encounter plug-ins that combine detailed emulations of analogue classics with a wealth of new tricks, but Sound Toys' Native Effects do just that.
The Direct Resolution Studio Plus is a high-performance, low-noise audio PC that enjoys a cheaper price tag than many of its competitors. Interested? Read on...
What does it take to make a Firewire audio interface stand out from the crowd these days? How about eight mic preamps, 26 channels of I/O at 24-bit/96kHz and some heavy-duty routing functionality...