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If controlling your own foldback mix appeals but you’d rather not invest in a digital setup, the PX System might be just what you need.
The latest addition to Arturia’s ever‑growing range of vintage instruments is a recreation of the celebrated Elka Synthex.
Designed for outside broadcast trucks, Geithain’s compact monitors could easily find a home in music recording contexts where space is at a premium.
NI bring some light relief to the Schema concept.
Softube’s Console 1 system reaches its third iteration, refining and improving the popular DAW controller.
With its combination of creative and corrective tools, HitStrip puts all the channel processing you’ll ever need in one intuitive window.
Space Rider offers delay, reverb and chorus, but also takes the concept of ducking and expands it to full parameter modulation.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Tonal Drums is a Kontakt instrument that focuses on the pitch and tuning of a meticulously sampled Canopus Yaiba drum kit.
Torso’s ambitious ‘sculpting sampler’ may be a work in progress, but it promises to be something very special indeed.
We check out this budget‑friendly tape delay that aims to stay out of the way!
New from Patching Panda are a pair of 10HP percussion modules, each offering a wide range of traditional sounds, but with some serious experimental potential as well.
Shure’s latest USB mic features a built‑in audio interface.
Black Lion take a different approach with their latest audio interface.
Fancy some modulation from the Dark Side? The enticingly‑named Wobbler plug‑in was inspired by some of the effects that producer/engineer Alan Parsons used on Dark Side Of The Moon.
The latest amp‑simulation pedal from Origin Effects recreates another much‑loved classic tube guitar amp: the iconic Tweed 5E3 Fender Deluxe.
Fancy composing a symphony on your commute? Steinberg have got you...
Elektron’s updated FM groovebox is a powerhouse.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Native Instruments are back with another gorgeous piano library, and this time, it’s Claire — a Fazioli‑based Kontakt instrument.
KRK’s Rokit series just keeps getting better!
Morphor enter the BBD delay arena with the Echo, a 4096‑stage bucket‑brigade‑based module in capacious 20HP.