SOUND ON SOUND
Many of the features that won live sound engineers over to digital desks also have huge potential in the studio. We check out some of the best options.
With added functionality and improved specs, this great preamp just got better.
Logic Pro X 10.5 introduces a raft of new features and remains exceptional value for money.
Speaker-building is an established art, but occasionally it can still yield surprises — such as the strange and wonderful Baby Reds.
MAAT's mastering equaliser models the characteristics of 12 analogue EQ designs, but leaves out their real-world drawbacks!
This comprehensive four-part sample library aims to provide a complete orchestral scoring toolkit.
Reactive load boxes that also offer top-quality speaker simulation have been seriously expensive — until now...
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Mysteria is primarily aimed at providing dark and suspenseful sounds suitable for use in a cinematic context.
If you thought earbuds were a compromise, think again...
Is Roland's A‑88 MkII controller keyboard the perfect all-rounder?
XILS Lab have recreated a classic Roland string synth, and made a few improvements to boot.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Spitfire's literature describes Entropy as delivering post-industrial soundscapes...
Soniccouture deliver a powerful drum sampler engine where you provide the samples.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This latest addition to the ever-expanding EZX expansion library comprises two of drummer Robby Ameen's Pearl custom drum kits, set up and tuned for recording Latin-flavoured rhythms.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. The 32 singers of this choir sample library were recorded in soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections, each on a separate day, so you can mix and pan them as you like.
The AR1 is an algorithmic reverb supporting 64-bit VST and AU plug‑in formats on Mac and Windows.
SSL's famous listen-mic compressor just got more tweakable.
The Fusion Series is all about valves. It's Erica's premium offering of Eurorack modules and is dripping with extreme saturation and deep gooey darkness.
The USB12 is a cardioid condenser microphone that, as its name implies, connects to a computer via USB Type-B socket.