SOUND ON SOUND
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Jade Evolutions can be regarded as a partner product to Strezov’s existing Jade Orchestra, but with all‑new content and a substantially different instrument construct.
Mic preamps and DIs all sound the same, right? Nope!
Shure’s classic mic celebrates a milestone birthday with the addition of a built‑in preamp. We test the new SM7dB and explore its fascinating history.
With the UNO Synth Pro X, IK have upped their synth game and targeted ‘serious’ synthesists.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Sam Thomas is a composer, producer and session musician who describes his debut solo plug‑in as being somewhere between a synth, guitar and organ.
The latest pedal from Warm Audio pays homage to one of the all‑time pedalboard favourites, the Fulltone OCD pedal.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Bunker Samples return with their new library Bunker Perc, recorded in the bomb shelter that gives the company their name.
KMI’s latest keyboards offer MPE control in compact and colourful packages.
Rating 4.5/5 Stars. UK producer Trevor Horn was a dominant force in 1980s pop, and this collaboration with Spitfire Audio gives users instant access to the maestro’s sound world.
Mesanovic’s three‑way speaker offers outstanding performance, wireless connectivity — and a cardioid bass response.
The Ultraviolet is the third pedal to join the ranks of Strymon’s new compact line of ARM‑powered processors.
Want to mix in Atmos? We take a look at compatible DAWs.
If you’re a fan of Ted Fletcher’s classic optical compressor designs, this one should not disappoint.
Austrian Audio’s MiCreator is more than just a USB mic. It’s an entire family of mics!
The ubiquitous Nord Stage keyboards just keep getting better.
The StompMan may look like ‘just another drive pedal’ but actually it’s a fully‑fledged 50W amp head that can fit on a pedalboard.
OE’s all‑analogue bass pedals pack the sound of a stack into a stompbox.
Once again, Zoom raise the bar for high‑quality, 32-bit affordable handheld recorders.
With their iPad version of Logic Pro, have Apple succeeded in implementing a touch‑first user interface without sacrificing pro features?
It’s nearly half a century since the first guitar synth became available commercially — and, boy, have they come on a long way since then!