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NI’s Circular offers a dizzying range of creative possibilities.

Once the preserve of large studio facilities, Dante is now becoming common in smaller setups. We talk you through some of the options...

This unusual‑looking microphone is designed specifically for Decca Tree arrays.

IK Multimedia’s Prism Reverb is a creative reverb that IK claim goes “beyond shimmer” to deliver “a new dimension of sound”. A bold claim, so let’s see how it stacks up...

It may come in the form of a stompbox, but there’s studio‑quality processing inside — and more than enough control for serious mixing.

Expressive E’s trademark physical modelling paired with MPE control delivers an extremely playable instrument.

This is Not Rocket Science (TiNRS) thought it might be nice to create a space, within space, where cosmic entities exist as the elements of a deep galactic reverb.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Fracture Sounds’ libraries excel at two things: detailed orchestral sampling and atmospheric textures. Orchestral Atmospheres brings these strengths together in one elegant and extremely expressive Kontakt library.

Designed with immersive audio in mind, the Symphony Studio is also a top‑class all‑round audio interface.

Lynx have drawn on their existing Hilo2 and Aurora(n) designs to create a powerful desktop audio interface.

With ARA2 compatibility, this clever software slots right into your DAW workflow and promises to take much of the pain and time out of getting your vocals mix-ready.

It’s only 12 months since the last version, but SpectraLayers Pro 12 has made some huge advances.

Fifty years after Don Buchla first released his portable electronic music studio, is the world finally ready for the Music Easel?

Strymon’s Cloudburst pedal won a lot of friends amongst those fans of ambient, shoegaze and cinematic‑style composing. Now it’s available as a plug‑in, which should make life a lot easier for many of them!

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Nine Angles For Forte’s (NAFF) Spat Curve is described as a 3D sample‑based instrument collection.

Digital mixing might be all the rage, but sometimes a simple analogue desk is exactly what you need.

From Omnitone of Canada, we have a pair of colourful rhythm‑makers that can operate separately, or as a percussive pair.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Native Instruments’ Scene series includes a range of instruments designed to provide media composers with an array of premium cinematic sounds in a simple and intuitive interface.

Bitwig’s first hardware product takes a characteristically individual approach to audio interfacing.

Built entirely from percussion sounds, but not for percussion, Dream Kit: Zenith is a synth like no other.