SOUND ON SOUND
These active monitors can have their responses tailored to suit their environment when used with the powerful four-band DSP equaliser option.
The follow-up to Clavia's Nord Lead 3 is not the Nord Lead 4 (well, not yet), but a beefed-up version of the Nord Lead 2! We find out why, and how it improves on the original.
We check out two more useful plug-ins, one for Powercore and one for PC VST/Direct X.
Two and a half years after the launch of Yamaha's impressive Motif workstation synth, the range has been further enhanced and upgraded. How much better can it get? We find out...
Auditioned this month: Xtreme House **** • World Winds **** • Scott Rockenfield Queensryche Drums ****
These two affordable problem-solvers facilitate digital interfacing and mixing in the home/project studio.
As well as a bundle of 50-plus effects plug-ins, Quantum FX provides all the tools you need to design your own.
Sound Toys claim that their new plug-in captures the sound of an analogue filter in digital form. We put it to the test...
Behringer's rack-friendly versions of their V-Amp 2 and Bass V-Amp add extra connection flexibility and rugged 2U hardware.
This affordable mini-mixer from Mackie brings their Tapco brand bang up to date.
Looking for rockin' drum kits, classic synths and world instruments? We sample the delights of four more library CDs.
M-Audio's desktop active monitors offer magnetic shielding and a smooth mid-range sound.
The success story that is the Reason software studio continues to unfold with the release of v2.5, which adds a slew of sophisticated effects and processing devices — all free to registered users.
Convolving reverbs are coming down in price as more manufacturers make their own. We check out Emagic's new plug-in, which is one of the more affordable ones around, but still allows you to create your own reverbs from favourite spaces.
Novation's V-Station plug-in provided a software version of their hardware K-Station — now there's a software version of their mid-'90s hardware monophonic analogue bass synths, the BassStation and BassStation Rack...
This cost-effective four-channel microphone preamp with flexible powering options is well-suited to location recording.
In a market populated by 16-track and 24-track machines, Korg up the ante once again with the first project-studio multitracker to offer 32-track playback.
Building on the success of previous mixer and control surface designs, Mackie's affordable Mackie Control promises the best of the soft- and hardware worlds — but will it make you hang up your mouse?