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**** 4 stars. Although he's served time with vintage US rockers Aerosmith, there's more to Joey Kramer's playing than a 10-ton backbeat...
Mutronics bring a blast from the past to a rack near you.
Virtual analogue plug‑in synths are now common, and as DX‑style FM was the next great leap forward for real synths, a virtual FM synth was only a matter of time. So how does FM7 measure up to the original DX?
Many people consider software samplers to have consigned the hardware equivalent to history. Not Akai, who have responded by releasing their best-value hardware samplers ever, offering unprecedented levels of computer integration, and packing them with user-friendly features.
The Edirol SD90 combines Roland's Sound Canvas sound set with a USB audio and MIDI interface.
A versatile, entry-level large-diaphragm condenser mic with a particularly well balanced performance.
Take a famous studio, a top session drummer and engineer, make the results 5.1 surround-ready, and what do you get? We find out if using this innovative sample library beats working...
Korg's Trinity and Triton have led the workstation market for so long that updating the concept can't have been easy — after all, how do you improve the best? So what's new in the Triton Studio, and will it keep Korg ahead?
From its beginnings as shareware, Syntrillium's cool Edit Pro has acquired an impressive professional user base. The new version offers more features, more power, and an updated user interface.
Phonic's new MRS1-20 brings analogue surround mixing to the project studio market for the first time.
Despite cramming 48 effects and 144 adjustable parameters into a box the size of a double CD case, Ineko is remarkably simple to use.
A heavy-duty valve preamp with variable input impedance, a unique slew-rate control, and a sublime sound.
Yamaha' s cutting-edge reverberation processor uses convolution techniques to sample the ambience of real acoustic environments, allowing extremely accurate simulations.
Heavyweight TC effects processing but with a menu-free, easy-to-use, hands-on interface.
The enhanced V‑Amp 2 has more sounds and more features... for less money!
The most affordable Pro Tools system ever promises trouble-free USB recording, high-quality audio hardware and the freedom to record wherever you want. Is it too good to be true?
Just when we thought large-diaphragm capacitor mics couldn't get any more affordable, along come these fiercely competitive models, with a shockmount and aluminium case thrown in just for good measure!
**** Score = 4/5. This library offers around 100 drum loops, divided into Breakbeats and Live Drums categories, plus music loops consisting of gated effects and short licks played on Rhodes, sax and upright bass...
Cutting-edge technology, incredible dynamics, but is it really a studio monitor?
We check out Sennheiser's flagship open-backed headphones, compensated to make them sound more like speakers.