SOUND ON SOUND
Is the Maschine+ the standalone music‑making box you’ve always dreamed of?
Arturia’s popular KeyStep controller goes up a gear.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Drawing on composer Jeff Russo’s work for Star Trek: Discovery, Modus contains 21 ensembles recorded at Teldex scoring stage from up to six mic positions.
Want a full orchestral sample library for free? Spitfire have got you covered...
NI’s new instrument makes owning and playing a Stradivarius easier than ever before!
Eventide have put their out‑there reverb effect into a compact pedal.
We check out Korneff’s vibey take on a tube‑laden FET compressor.
Have you ever wished convolution reverbs could be a little more malleable?
Felt Instruments’ Blisko Collection offers a unique blend of sound and motion.
Now you can rock the MOD on your desktop!
Ocean Way’s newest studio speakers bring the sound of ’70s horn‑loaded mains to the nearfield monitor format.
Griffon’s new Fuzzyphone is part microphone, part fuzzbox!
The MP3 audio files on this page accompany the review of the Mojave MA-50 in SOS December 2020.
UDO Audio’s highly anticipated debut instrument is a synthesizer with a sound all of its own.
The hugely successful teleconferencing platform Zoom has had some small but significant updates, making it even more useful to musicians in lockdown.
Waves breathe a little freshness into the familiar.
Rating: ***** 4.5/5 Stars. Oceania II is not an upgrade, but a newly recorded library with additional features. Its remit is exactly the same: full‑on Mens’ and Womens’ choir performances.
SoundMorph’s Dust takes an interplanetary approach to granular resynthesis.
Though there’s only one main user control, VocalMint's audio path comprises a serial chain of three different types of compressor, and multiple behind‑the‑scenes parameters have been optimised specifically for vocal processing.
Toontrack recapture the drums of rock’s golden age with help from legendary producer Eddie Kramer.