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ACE Studio 2 begins an ambitious expansion beyond its vocal synthesis roots.

Room calibration is more accessible than ever, and some DSP‑equipped monitors now come with it entirely onboard.

With a quartet of excellent preamps and 32‑bit floating‑point recording, Tascam’s FR‑AV4 could be a videographer’s dream...

Variable‑mu compressors have remained popular for three‑quarters of a century, and with good reason. But could they be made better? SPL believes so...

MIDI connectivity and more have now been added to UA’s pedal range.

GRM Tools’ new sound design software is an absolute tour de force!

The OXI MkII is a sequencing powerhouse — could it be ‘the one true sequencer’ so many of us are looking for?

The third edition of Spectrasonics’ flagship synth boasts a gargantuan sound library expansion, a standalone studio‑quality effects rack and a host of new synthesis features.

Base 4 have rethought the design of the humble mic stand from the ground up. The results are quite something!

If you are fascinated to learn how the great engineers and producers created the classic recordings we all cherish, this is a book you’ll want to read from cover to cover.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Refraction takes a multi‑mic recording of an upright piano, prepared using a very thin layer of felt, and then provides tools to process it.

There’s lots to catch up on as PreSonus Studio One becomes Fender Studio Pro.

Torque is not a parameter you encounter very often in modular synthesis. And yet the BeetTweek from subMatrix is full of it.

The latest extension to Sonarworks’ SoundID lets you take your own studio with you wherever you go.

The latest release of Logic Pro has been introduced as part of Apple’s Creator Studio bundle, but does Logic Pro 12 offer meaningful improvements for power users?

Kali’s debut headphones straddle the professional/consumer divide. How useful are they in the studio?

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Ostinato Textures offers strings with specific articulations and rhythmic performance patterns, as opposed to the usual sustained bowed notes.

Spitfire’s collaboration with Mervyn Warren has produced a choral library that’s really very special indeed.

Drawmer’s latest processor packs a lot of punch into a 1U rack!

The TFP‑1 Tall & Fat pedal is designed specifically to emulate the dynamic behaviour and tonal character of the Hammond AO28 amplifier found at the heart of revered B3, C3 and A100 console organs.