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If anyone knows how to make a transmission‑line speaker, it’s PMC...

This modern take on the Lexicon 224 may be a pedal, but it has applications that go way beyond guitar.

Nektar keep doing what they do best: making solid, capable, no‑nonsense MIDI controllers.

Sonic Potions and Erica Synths team up to create a truly unique drum machine.

Hungarian company Gainlab impressed us with their Dictator compressor, so we were looking forward to putting their EQ through its paces.

Embracing both the charm and limitations of open‑reel tape, the Tensor is a unique and creative looping pedal.

UJAM add sonic movement to the themes explored in their popular Finisher series.

A new collection adds expressive solo instruments and voices to the company’s orchestral range.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Borsta's audio engine is designed to simulate natural‑sounding brush playing and it offers 18 different percussion instrument sounds.

One of the best Uni‑Vibe clones on the market just got an update.

PreSonus’s Revelator io24 is packed with useful features for podcasters, streamers and even common‑or‑garden recording musicians.

Apogee’s long‑serving desktop audio interface gets a thorough makeover.

Hifiman are driving the development of headphone technology at an impressive pace!

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This library/virtual instrument focuses very much on analogue synth‑based sound sources.

Waldorf return to their roots with a modern take on the classic Microwave.

Beyerdynamic’s new studio mics are as classy as they are versatile.

Poltergate is a combination tool for use with drums or other percussive sounds and has both creative and problem‑solving capabilities...

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars.

Fracture Sounds elevate the humble cardboard box to versatile percussion instrument.

Clean‑gain ‘booster’ preamps are popular accessories for ribbon and moving‑coil dynamic mics — but what if that gain were deliberately made more characterful?