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Veteran software Mellotron specialists GForce have recreated the sounds of the earliest models with startling accuracy.
Based on the chorus section of Roland’s classic RE‑501, this isn’t your average 500‑series module!
Rode’s innovative new cans bring fresh thinking to the world of headphone design.
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IK Multimedia’s Fame Studio Reverb emulates the sound of the legendary FAME studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Toontrack’s latest EZbass expansion delivers a classic American sound.
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?
Back by popular demand: Korg have miniaturised the ARP 2600 but kept the spirit and sound of the original very much alive.
The IR‑200 is a compact, DSP‑powered pedal that pairs an amp simulator with a speaker cabinet impulse‑response engine.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. This first title in Sonora’s new solo string series expands the frontiers with a large set of atmospheric articulations beautifully performed by Alan Black, distinguished principal cellist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
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.