SOUND ON SOUND
If you want more of everything digital, why not try 24-bit recording at a 96kHz sample rate? Martin Walker is floored as his dynamics increase in leaps and bounds.
Paul White switches on to a box which provides a dash of extra source for the smaller mixing desk.
If you've ever read a hi‑fi magazine, you'll have seen advertisements for cables that cost more than the gear they are...
Paul White finds the best of both valve and solid state worlds in TL Audio's latest compressor.
DI boxes are essential pieces of studio kit, but they don't all do the same job. For DI'ing an electric guitar or bass that...
Janet Harniman-Cook goes great guns with the latest version of Twelve Tone's popular MIDI + Audio recording software for PC owners.
It's certainly borrowed (for the purposes of this review), and it's unquestionably blue, but is it old or new? Synth Guidance Counsellor and long‑time K2000 owner Paul Ward checks out Kurzweil's VP makeover of this legendary workstation.
The ADAT format is more often the choice of personal studios than professional facilities — but the new M20 is set to change all that. Hugh Robjohns takes the 20-bit ADAT for a spin.
Korg have upgraded their well-established Trinity range of sample-based workstation synths with a new board offering the sonic capabilities of a Z1 polysynth.
Though they're usually not specifically designed for recording, miniature mics can be real problem solvers in certain situations.
Simon Lowther introduces the clan of classic American analogue synths, the Oberheim OBs.
As studio systems become more complex, analogue signal degradation caused by poor signal connections becomes a serious problem...
Paul White tests Sony's diminutive powered monitor designed for desktop music and multimedia work. Can such a small box deliver the goods, and is the performance worth the price?
TC Works transfer more of their expertise to DirectX PC software with a set of interfaces that let you squash, tone up, and space out your audio with a mouse. Martin Walker gets clicking.
Boundary Effect microphones have been around for some time now, and the standard PZMs (Pressure Zone Microphones) use piezo...
Paul White takes a trip back in time to a place where old technology is being used to emulate even older technology.
As CD‑writers become more popular, so the need to label one‑off CDs more professionally grows, and a number of...
Paul White finds out whether Tannoy's new Reveals have anything to hide...
Arboretum's latest Hyperprism suite of effects and processors offer no less than 29 modules, at an average price of less than £10 each. Janet Harniman-Cook gets plugged in.