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Studiologic bring their A‑game with a seriously capable new stage piano.

For their latest SD3 expansion, Toontrack made a pilgrimage to the hallowed ground of Rockfield Studios in Wales.

Orchestral Tools’ Baroque collection shines a modern light on a historic sound.

With the SiX, SSL shrank the large-format console. Now it’s grown again!

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Looking for great layering options or want to create an orchestral mix using instruments which are different and folk‑like? Solstice delivers a surprising array of choices...

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Zero G’s Elements is a Wavetable Hybrid Synth aimed at those working on creating contemporary soundtracks and sound design...

The reborn Rhodes piano is a stunning showcase for British manufacturing.

Avantone’s newest monitors revive a classic speaker brand and channel the ’70s West Coast studio sound.

Bite Harder combines push‑pull EQ with familiar bit‑crushing and sample‑rate reduction functions, though there are further controls to facilitate more creative audio destruction. 

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Nova is a sample‑based virtual instrument built around a collection of textures, pads and soundscapes.

Groovesetter’s developers claim that it offers low‑latency, multitrack collaboration between multiple people in different locations. Does it live up to its promise?

The MPC Studio provides an affordable middle ground between Akai’s software and hardware MPCs.

This expansion pack, which has been approved by the Hendrix estate, requires Positive Grid’s Bias 2 FX plug‑in or Spark amp to run and adds the extra pedal and amp models needed to recreate Jimi's classic sounds.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. As a type of tuned percussion, Hang Drum's roots in the steel drums of the Caribbean are obvious but, in the right hands, the sound can be both beautiful and hypnotic.

The 67A adds some useful features to a nice Altec valve preamp emulation.

Mojave’s new valve mic pays tribute to a neglected classic.

Derived from the custom valve console in Brittany’s famous Kerwax studio, the Replica harks back to a bygone age.

There are now two ways to buy Reason, but whichever you choose, v12 is an essential upgrade.

Apple’s most powerful laptop computer ever has been explicitly designed with music in mind.

This inexpensive Stardust 201 plug‑in borrows features from the original Roland RE‑201 and RE‑301 hardware, including the chorus section and spring reverb.