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McDSP’s new distortion‑cum‑reverb promises to put your audio through the wringer.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Designed for creating dark, tension‑filled, music meets sound‑design for modern sci‑fi, drama or horror set in a dystopian world.

Their UAFX pedals have consistently impressed, and now UA have packed those algorithms and more into a single DAW plug‑in.

If you need to record dry‑sounding vocals in a less than ideal room, GIK’s generously sized portable booth could be just the ticket.

The Electro‑Harmonix Pico Swello is essentially an attack‑shaping pedal that’s based on the attack feature EHX developed for their POG2.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Built by sampling a classic Les Paul‑style electric guitar, what does Electric Blue have to offer to give it an edge within a very competitive marketplace?

AEA aim for the middle ground with an intriguing new stereo ribbon mic.

The two big beasts of JBL’s PRX900 family are similarly sized and identically priced — but they’re very different speakers! We put them to the test.

This Swedish‑made valve mic offers all the character of vintage designs, but without the noise!

MPE is becoming ever‑more prevalent, and plenty of desktop hardware synths are getting in on the action.

The Live III is the most powerful and flexible MPC yet...

Cadet combines impulse responses with algorithmic elements to give the user flexibility in adjusting the settings, and also includes pitch processing that can create shimmer‑style effects without grainy artefacts.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Sampled Steinway D‑274 grand pianos aren’t exactly in short supply, but this one’s a bit special...

Already leading the way when it comes to plug‑in remote control of analogue hardware, Wes are now bringing their expertise to bear on a wider range of processors.

It’s billed as a ‘mastering’ compressor, but VCME 3 is way more versatile than that.

Black Corporation present their ISE-NIN Voice, which offers a complete Jupiter‑style semi‑modular synth voice in Eurorack form.

Scaler has evolved into a fully‑fledged compositional toolkit.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. This Kontakt‑based instrument features a finger‑played mandolin recorded in parallel paths to both pristine digital and analogue tape recorders.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Sonora Cinematic Aethervox is a pack that provides, as the name suggests, vocals of an ethereal nature.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Deep Felt is a beautiful Kontakt instrument for a specific piano timbre that continues to be very on‑trend, thanks to its usage by numerous electronic artists and soundtrack composers.