SOUND ON SOUND
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Nordic Spheres is inspired by the frozen lands of Iceland and combines carefully curated samples, categorised as Tonal, Non‑tonal and Percussive.
Combining Two notes’ highly respected models and dynamic IR‑based cabinets with support for third‑party machine‑learning amp captures, Genome is brimming with potential.
Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin’s educationally inspired synth isn’t just for kids.
Like the original, this Pico pedal identifies individual notes extremely well and it has plenty of attack range, from just softening the attack transient to a slow bowing type of fade‑in.
Orchestral Tools’ new strings library distils the sound world of a major European composer.
The latest version of Softube’s Console 1 gives you even more reasons to abandon the mouse.
Steinberg’s mobile DAW just keeps getting better.
These audio examples accompany our review of the BL8 Boundary Mic from sE Electronics.
We follow sE Electronics on the highway to the pressure zone.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. With its bizarre appearance and endearing‑but‑creepy sound, the acoustic instrument known as a waterphone has become a firm staple of the horror and soundtrack worlds.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. For his latest release, Auddict CEO Dorian Marko dusts off his concert pianist chops and invites us to get our hands on his Steinway Model D concert grand.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. The majority of the sounds in DRIFT003 were created from AI vocal generators, though we’re told there is a small amount of actual mouth‑generated sound in there too.
Can headphones and modelling software really replace a professional mix room?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Guitar Odyssey isn’t about creating conventional guitar sounds, but rather about creating entirely new sounds that use guitar recordings as the initial sound source.
As this vocal production powerhouse evolves, it’s not only growing more powerful — it’s also becoming quicker and easier to use.
Harrison’s console‑derived channel strip plug‑in majors on speed and immediacy.
Moog’s new bass soft synth goes deep. Really deep...
Designed to get the very best out of passive ribbon mics, AEA’s preamps offer way more gain than most. But they’re not just for ribbons...
Many of EHX's Pico pedals are stripped‑back versions of their larger counterparts, but the Deep Freeze combines features of their Freeze and Superego pedals.
Does this new compact Rodecaster achieve the same balance of flexibility, power and ease of use as the larger Pro II?