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These audio examples accompany the review of Black Lion Audio’s Bluey FET compressor in SOS June 2020

ADAM's new sub is an affordable way to add serious bass to your monitoring system.

It's not every day you find a channel-strip plug‑in that offers out-there features such as pitch and formant shifting!

Audio-Technica's popular ATM350a mic is now available with a dedicated acoustic guitar mount. We put it to the test!

Need a single amp to cover all your home–recording and gigging duties? Vox have got you covered!

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Deeply sampled percussion nestles in a fiendishly clever Kontakt engine that allows the user to design their own percussion ensembles down to the finest detail.

The newest mic from UK makers Sontronics offers smooth, radio-ready sound at a competitive price.

Kyra's FPGA-based synth engine is technologically innovative, but what's it like as an instrument?

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Stratus centres around a collection of phrases, polyrhythmic patterns and textures performed by a pair of Yamaha Disklavier felt-dampened, self-playing upright pianos.

Toontrack's Superior Drummer 3 set the bar for acoustic drum samples. Their Rooms Of Hansa expansion has raised it.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. From a damaged, poorly-maintained Soviet-era monosynth that suffers from crackles, frequency drift and other problems, RR saw an opportunity to create an unusual polysynth...

With more control and functionality than the Plasma pedal that preceded it, is this box the new king of controllable carnage?

Is this modelled vari-mu compressor as easy on the ear as it is on the eye?

Waves' new plug–in is more than just a vocoder...

Have Apple finally delivered the professional desktop system Mac-based musicians and audio engineers have been waiting for?

Could these original effects and enhanced classics be the perfect addition to your DAW?

The original The Box brought API's big-console sound to a new audience, and this new version should have even wider appeal.

Kali's latest speakers demonstrate some serious electro-acoustic know-how — and represent remarkable value for money.