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The latest additions to Universal Audio’s UAFX digital stompbox range offer faithful recreations of classic studio tape delays, reverbs, compressors — and even a vintage microphone preamp.
Standard test signals can be incredibly useful when configuring and aligning audio equipment — and we’ve created a set of properly calibrated test files just for you! Read on to find out how to use them and where to find them.
Is Roland’s SPD‑SX Pro the best percussion pad you can buy?
Many of us dream of setting up a recording studio. But where do you start — and what’s it really like to run one as a commercial business today?
Freqport’s innovative desktop box makes adding valve warmth to your DAW mixes as easy as loading a plug‑in.
Just how do professional engineers tackle the earliest stages of their mixes, and can the rest of us learn anything from their approach?
High‑end outboard is an essential part of Prash Mistry’s mixing and mastering setup — as heard on Kali Uchis’ hit album Red Moon In Venus.
We test Fluid Audio’s most ambitious monitor yet.
I've been looking up information on some external preamps, and I found that most of them have two controls — Gain and Level. Most console preamps have just a Gain control, so what is the Level control for?
We get hands‑on with Zoom’s new dedicated podcast recorder.
The latest model in Neumann’s celebrated KH series sets a new standard for nearfield monitoring.
Expressive E’s Osmose is a synthesizer like no other.
Dawesome’s Novum is a granular synthesizer with a multi‑layered approach to sound design.
What would a modern, immersive studio look like if you had the opportunity to re‑invent it from the ground up? The answer, at least as far as the recently revamped Studio 4 at RAK is concerned, is very different to most people’s idea of what a professional studio looks like.
Quasar is the first Eurorack module to tackle 3D audio by using a combination of panning, level, frequency content, phase‑shifting and reverberation to fool the listener into thinking sounds are moving around your head in a three‑dimensional space.
We’re often advised to check mixes on a car stereo. But how useful is the fabled ‘car test’ in reality?
Clean‑gain ‘booster’ preamps are popular accessories for ribbon and moving‑coil dynamic mics — but what if that gain were deliberately made more characterful?
For Jason ‘Cheese’ Goldberg, working with YoungBoy means working anywhere and working fast — without compromising quality.
The MPC Key isn’t just an MPC with a keyboard, it’s a completely new species of workstation.