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Scaler has evolved into a fully‑fledged compositional toolkit.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. This Kontakt‑based instrument features a finger‑played mandolin recorded in parallel paths to both pristine digital and analogue tape recorders.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Sonora Cinematic Aethervox is a pack that provides, as the name suggests, vocals of an ethereal nature.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Deep Felt is a beautiful Kontakt instrument for a specific piano timbre that continues to be very on‑trend, thanks to its usage by numerous electronic artists and soundtrack composers.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. 

UA’s Volt range reaches its full potential with their rackmounting, multi‑channel USB interface.

With two different distortion stages, an insert point and external controls aplenty, could this be the only overdrive you need?

Whether you want natural pitch correction or the classic pitch‑glitch effect, AutoTune 2026 aims to make things easy.

This all‑analogue affair takes modulation well beyond the bread‑and‑butter chorus and flanger effects.

Neural DSP’s latest guitar‑rig modelling plug‑in range caters for the modern metal and rock community.

There’s more choice than ever in the world of control surfaces. We check out some current options that won’t relieve you of too much space.

DPA’s new Core+ technology represents a significant upgrade for their already class‑leading miniature microphones.

Headphone correction gets physical with IK’s neat desktop DAC.

Exay One have entered the Eurorack fray with a remarkable‑looking scanner and panner.

IEM pioneers ACS bring their bassist‑optimised hybrid technology to the universal‑fit market.

Thought you knew reverb? Eventide’s unique new plug‑in might just make you think again...

The Aum Guitar Prana Pedal is outwardly identical in connections and features to the pedal that came with the company’s original Vibraslide.

Arturia have reinvented the much‑loved KeyStep controller keyboard.

HEDD’s third headphone release loses the AMT driver in favour of a conventional moving coil, but the company’s trademark high‑tech approach is still very much evident.

This virtual modular environment can accept patches ported over from the free VCV Rack, and can create virtual patches internally.