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Scaler has evolved into a fully‑fledged compositional toolkit.

This major update to Fiedler’s immersive audio mastering suite could revolutionise your Atmos workflow.

Give your vocals a completely new personality with IK’s ReSing.

The SOS Awards celebrate innovation and contemporary design. Congratulations to all the Winners, as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.

Sony aren’t the first company to promise believable surround sound on headphones. But are they the first to deliver it?

The user interface has always been a barrier to FM synthesis. Can Fors’ elegant approach make it more accessible?

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Vivaldi’s Solo Violin is a refined and expressive violin library that brings the essence of Baroque string writing into the modern producer’s toolkit.

Zero‑G’s popular hybrid scoring toolkit gets a significant upgrade.

Audiomodern’s Soundbox is a virtual instrument engine that combines depth with ease of use — and it’s free!

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. A versatile package that caters equally to players chasing classic Rhodes warmth or the grit and bite of a Wurlitzer.

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

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

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

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

Generate synthesized drum patterns with a single click.

Sonuscore orchestrate modern electronic music production.

Dom Sigalas breathes new life into some classic drum sounds.

Steinberg deliver a slick update to their scoring software.

V Collection 11 is here, and yes, it’s bigger than before, better than before and better value than ever.

Not everyone can afford a 7.1.4 Neumann speaker setup, but perhaps RIME is the next best thing?

If you want proof that original independent music software is still flourishing, you need look no further than Stacks.