SOUND ON SOUND
The humble kick drum has come a long way and perhaps we’ve reached the peak with the Ohmforce Bohm “frontier of kick synthesis” system.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. If you ever daydreamed about getting Mr Phillips’ drum sounds on your productions, your wish has been granted: our man has created three drum expansions for Steinberg’s Groove Agent.
Toontrack keep it real with reel‑to‑reels at Real World Studios.
Instruo’s first foray into standalone synthesizers is both ambitious and original.
Lovingly restored, and then lovingly sampled, Spitfire’s Château Piano recreates a pop icon.
Audiomodern’s Soundbox is a virtual instrument engine that combines depth with ease of use — and it’s free!
Old Blood Noise Endeavours describe the Bathing as a ‘liminal’ delay — a word I had to look up before writing this review! Not quite a delay, reverb, or phaser — rather, the Bathing straddles the boundaries between them.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. A versatile package that caters equally to players chasing classic Rhodes warmth or the grit and bite of a Wurlitzer.
Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...
Twenty years since the launch of the original POG, the concept has been brought up to date, with features for guitarists and modular enthusiasts alike.
This diminutive module combines an envelope with a VCA to accept audio signals and render them, well, percussive.
Can this pocket‑sized, pocket‑money guitar rig really deliver the goods? You might be surprised...
This unusual‑looking microphone is designed specifically for Decca Tree arrays.
IK Multimedia’s Prism Reverb is a creative reverb that IK claim goes “beyond shimmer” to deliver “a new dimension of sound”. A bold claim, so let’s see how it stacks up...
It may come in the form of a stompbox, but there’s studio‑quality processing inside — and more than enough control for serious mixing.
Expressive E’s trademark physical modelling paired with MPE control delivers an extremely playable instrument.
This is Not Rocket Science (TiNRS) thought it might be nice to create a space, within space, where cosmic entities exist as the elements of a deep galactic reverb.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Fracture Sounds’ libraries excel at two things: detailed orchestral sampling and atmospheric textures. Orchestral Atmospheres brings these strengths together in one elegant and extremely expressive Kontakt library.
Designed with immersive audio in mind, the Symphony Studio is also a top‑class all‑round audio interface.
