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Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Sonuscore are back with Trinity Drums 2 which includes all 100 themes from the original, but with considerably more content and a refreshed UI.
Can the Synclavier Regen live up to the near legendary status of its ancestors?
With a built‑in analogue compressor, Apogee’s Jam X is designed to get your guitar sound right from the start.
AIR Music’s Sprite is a multi‑effects plug‑in with a few extra tricks up its sleeves, such as the ability to control certain effect parameters using an envelope follower.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. The Lost Reveries library offers ambient drone sounds and were created by Hilyard, an artist well known in the genre and with some 25 album releases to his name.
Embody’s mission to make immersive mixing on headphones a practical proposition moves forward with the addition of a second virtual studio.
The Triple Cross is a three‑channel stereo crossfader and panner with some rather powerful tricks up its sleeve.
In this Sound On Sound exclusive preview, we lift the lid on SEPIA by Karno: a radical new outboard format for the digital age.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Spitfire’s flagship ARO series now features a third percussion collection around the theme of metals, with essentials such as piatti cymbals and tam‑tams making a welcome appearance.
Intended for both speech and music, Audix’s latest microphone demands to be seen as well as heard!
Plamen is a five‑band saturator, in which each band can be processed using one of five different saturation algorithms.
This software adaptation of Erica’s desktop delay unit boasts plenty of substance, flexibility and attitude.
Polyend’s hardware tracker has got smaller — and at the same time bigger...
Underpinned by rapid developments in AI technology, SpectraLayers Pro 10 promises some remarkable advances in performance.
Are the motorised knobs of Melbourne Instruments’ debut synth a gimmick, or should all synths have them?
Ever wished you could control the level of room sound that’s baked into a dialogue or vocal recording?
Blackstar have an enviable track record in building genuine valve amps. Can their first modelling plug‑in maintain those lofty standards?
Sometimes Knobula’s Pianophonic module sounds a whole lot like a piano, sometimes it just sounds piano‑ish, and sometimes it sounds nothing like a piano.
Dave Smith’s last synthesizer is a worthy farewell from a man who gave the synth world so much.
With some neat features to control how the compressor and expander interact, there’s more to this module than meets the eye.