SOUND ON SOUND
Swedish designer Wowa Cwejman has built a reputation for exclusive analogue synths. Now he's going modular, starting with the VM1 Voice module...
Could this book be the definitive guide to the Beatles' recording sessions?
Is it a loop librarian? Is it a sample library? Is it a drum-sample playback engine? No - it's all of these, and it brings along its own roster of hyper-famous drummers too...
Can mics at this price really compete with the classics? Sound On Sound puts them to the test...
Pushing at the boundaries of synthesis, as ever, Dave Smith's Evolver range continues to, er, evolve...
The guitar modelling revolution continues apace with M-Audio's latest interface.
Capella is a highly evolved and intuitive scoring package that helps you get the job done more quickly by cutting down on distractions.
With their Vocal Bundle, Waves look to take voice processing and automatic pitch correction to a new level of sophistication.
M-Audio's latest foray into the mic market combines a striking retro look with the warmth of a valve and the versatility of switchable polar patterns.
Novation have cut the keyboard and the cost with the latest addition to their Remote SL line of 'intelligent' hardware controllers.
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The new M Box 2 Pro is the first portable Pro Tools interface that connects via Firewire rather than USB. As a result, users get more I/O, a phono preamp and word clock support among other bonuses.
M-Audio's new wireless controller keyboard aims to free you from the restraints of MIDI cables.
Ableton's Live revolutionised user interface design in music software, and with every update, the company have striven to retain its ergonomic appeal whilst adding some very sophisticated new features.
Lexicon's MX200 offered the innovative ability to integrate with a sequencer host just like an effects plug-in. The updated MX400 goes one better - it does all that, but with dual effects-processing engines too.
The democratisation of the ribbon mic continues with the release of an attractive model from SE. We find out whether it sounds as good as it looks.
We test Exploraudio's Liveguitar H-clamp for fixing a conventional mic to an acoustic guitar, and explain ways to track down the source of guitar tuning problems, plus GT news...
Old synths never die, they get reproduced as virtual instruments. So it is with Waldorf's Micro Q, which forms the heart of Terratec's impressive wavetable-based soft synth.