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This dual-channel unit has hybrid solid-state/tube circuitry, variable input impedance, instrument-specific presets, and a flexible digital output.
Gary Garritan takes on the orchestral behemoths with a small but perfectly formed library packed with extra features.
This high-quality passive monitor controller can cater for five stereo input sources and three pairs of speakers, with built-in cue monitoring and talkback functions.
Despite its small size, this new system leads the field when it comes to nearfield monitoring accuracy.
The latest incarnation of a well-established scoring package holds few surprises, but plenty of power for the asking price.
This is a reissue of Groove Tubes' first large-diaphragm condenser, but with solid-state electronics replacing the valve to offer a more affordable package.
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Mackie combine a completely redesigned 16:2 mixer with a multi-channel Firewire audio interface. What more could you want?
There are now plenty of convolution reverbs around, but Prosoniq's Rayverb offers something a little different. So just what is 'inverse raytracing' anyway?
The price of compact MIDI controller keyboards has come tumbling down in the past few years, but weighted-action full-length keyboards have remained relatively expensive —until now. We investigate the 88-note keyboard that runs off USB power...
In this ever-changing world of virtual analogues, modelled instruments, and software emulations, it's a pleasant surprise to find that some companies are making synths the old-fashioned way. But is nostalgia really what it used to be?
M Audio's half-rack interface provides a comprehensive selection of analogue and digital I/O at a competitive price.
These new active nearfields from Wharfedale offer a polished sound for studio owners on a budget.
If your computer could sing, what would it sound like? With the Cantor software synth from Virsyn, you can find out...
This high-end stereo compressor boasts three different flavours of optical compression.
Surround-capable reverbs don't usually come with a price tag of £100. However, nobody seems to have told Voxengo. So just how good is their Pristine Space PC VST plug-in?
After releasing their Remote 25 MIDI controller keyboard, Novation released the Remote Audio 25, rapidly following it with the Remote Audio 25 Xtreme. Now, the X-Station has replaced both of these. Can we disentangle it from its convoluted beginnings?
Roland's original Fantom workstation wasn't really much competition for Korg's Triton, so it was no shock to see it revamped last year as the hugely improved Fantom S. But surprisingly, Roland have done it again. What's new this time around?
For all those Pro Tools users who pine for the sound of analogue EQ, URS have recreated the equalisers from three classic mixing desks.
This innovative rectangular-capsule design aims to combine the desirable attributes of small- and large-diaphragm sounds.