SOUND ON SOUND
Synplant 2 takes a more horticultural approach to synthesis than you may be used to...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Drumbada samples a rare form of Andean bass drum that has apparently remained unsampled. At least until now!
We’re spoilt for choice when it comes to dedicated kick drum mics. We check out some of the best.
Waldorf’s all‑encompassing Iridium engine is now available in its smallest form yet.
Ever wanted to blend the characteristics of two different sounds? Morph Pro makes that easy.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. With Rosette Mandolin, Impact Soundworks have brought a touch of American folk music to their Rosette engine.
With bold looks, original designs and affordable pricing, Teknosign’s preamp, EQ and compressor offer an intriguing alternative to better‑known names.
Lauten’s classy new capacitor microphones are purpose‑made for toms and snare drums.
Australian company Cycle Instruments have burst on to the scene with a very interesting and highly ambitious debut, the Tetrachords sequencer.
Want to add power, energy and excitement to a source? Kraftur can help...
In a collaboration with tech pioneers GPU Audio, an add‑on to this multi‑impulse‑response [MIR] immersive audio reverb promises to take the strain off your computer’s CPU!
The Neumann U47 is legendary for a reason — as this homage makes clear.
This 1972 dual‑channel mic, line and instrument preamplifier puts two identical channels of what appear to be the same preamp design as in the 1977 into a 2U 19‑inch rackmount case.
The Berlin samplemeisters link up with a Hollywood film composer to create two major string collections.
Along with various other improvements, version 6 of this labour‑saving plug‑in brings ARA2 support to Pro Tools users.
Boring preamps have long been a given in audio interfaces, but all that is about to change...
Origin Effects’ original Cali76 compressor, launched in 2013, offered something significantly different from the compressor...
Ditched your console but still have a thirst for analogue EQ? Maybe the Equate can quench it...
The Oct Tone is an eight‑step sequencer, a reimagining of the Octone, originally designed by Instruo’s Jason Lim back in 2016.
'Just press record,' they say. Can it really be that easy?