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BLA have packed their take on the classic ‘blue‑stripe’ 1176 into a 500‑series module.
IK Multimedia’s mini Axe has everything you need for recording solo guitar.
A new Soundtoys plug‑in is always an event, and SuperPlate is their first release in over five years. Just how super is it?
Eve’s new compact monitors borrow more than a little tech from their premium designs.
Thomas Brett’s book offers a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music...
The third generation of Ableton’s Push adds audio and MIDI interfacing and the option to go computer‑free with battery‑powered standalone operation.
Newcomers GS Music are kicking things off in style with an ambitious polysynth.
The very affordable Tensol is a curious little effects plug‑in that combines granular delay processing with a resonator that’s been modelled on a string under tension.
As a traditional bus compressor, this plug‑in sounds great — but there’s much more to it than that!
These two stompbox amps may look superficially the same and do have quite a lot in common, but each one seems to have been optimised for a different type of user.
JBL’s newest PRX range combines quality sound, powerful DSP and remote system control.
There’s more to this stylish‑looking pedal than meets the eye!
Designed in collaboration with the JHS Pedals team, EHX’s Lizard Queen is a slightly unusual distortion pedal...
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Hemisphere is simply gorgeous, with a varied range of carefully curated sound sources, additional effects, and some unique features.
Whether you’re after fader control, hands‑on EQ and dynamics or a hardware meter, SSL’s UF1 has you covered.
Here you'll find a range of audio files comparing the New Twenties microphone to my AKG C414, that accompany my review in SOS June 2023.
These audio examples accompany the SOS June 2023 review of the Punishr analogue harmonic distortion 500-series module by Malcolm Toft.
SOS June 2023
Chris Timson
These files accompany my...
Cosmix Pro is an eight‑channel Eurorack mixer offering a broad range of routing possibilities, with generous amounts of visual clarity and several functions usually reserved for much larger mixers.
The latest additions to Universal Audio’s UAFX digital stompbox range offer faithful recreations of classic studio tape delays, reverbs, compressors — and even a vintage microphone preamp.