
Sonora Cinematic Refraction
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Refraction takes a multi‑mic recording of an upright piano, prepared using a very thin layer of felt, and then provides tools to process it.
To find the exact phrase, put the words in quotes or join them together with a plus sign e.g. live+recording or "live recording".
To find, say, all live recording articles that mention Avid, enter: live+recording +avid - and use sidebar filters to narrow down searches further.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Refraction takes a multi‑mic recording of an upright piano, prepared using a very thin layer of felt, and then provides tools to process it.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. At its most basic level, Seeker is an instrument that acts somewhat like a wavetable synth, shipping with 1.9GB of sampled content, from the extraordinary mind of creative leader Pendle Poucher.

Can Softube’s Flow Mixing Suite cover all your mix processing needs within a single plug‑in collection?

The latest extension to Sonarworks’ SoundID lets you take your own studio with you wherever you go.

SOS For Artists has the sounds and tools you need to craft some deliciously chilled lo‑fi beats. Here's how...

The third edition of Spectrasonics’ flagship synth boasts a gargantuan sound library expansion, a standalone studio‑quality effects rack and a host of new synthesis features.

Spitfire’s collaboration with Mervyn Warren has produced a choral library that’s really very special indeed.

Composer and producer Oscar Powell has spent the last decade or so at the experimental end of electronic music.

Mandy, Indiana are a four‑piece band from Manchester via Berlin, made up of Scott Fair, Valentine Caulfield, Simon Catling and Alex Macdougall.

Lots of useful boxes now allow you to send analogue audio signals over Ethernet‑style Cat cables. But sadly there’s little progress towards wiring standards...

With the right tools, you can capture a good vocal take in most rooms. And if you can’t, AI processors are opening up new possibilities...

Anything to do with studio gear and music production holds an endless fascination for me. So, when I first put pen to paper to begin my debut crime novel (my other passion) I knew the tried and tested police detective trope would be hoofed out in favour of a hip record producer.

ACE Studio 2 begins an ambitious expansion beyond its vocal synthesis roots.

The latest version of Dawesome’s acclaimed sound-shaping instrument has just been added to the Tracktion line-up, offering a new and improved way to turn any sound source into “shimmer, texture and atmosphere”.

The latest mic to join the Lewitt line-up is said to offer exceptional sound quality, enhanced durability and high feedback resistance, all without breaking the bank.

Sunset Sound Studio Reverb II is a new standalone and significantly expanded version of IK Multimedia’s popular T-Racks plug-in.

The Trails builds on the success of the Gliss, expanding on the idea of recordable touch control and presenting users with a fully polyphonic system that offers a fresh new take on music creation.

Arturia’s flagship effects bundle has expanded once again, and is now available in two different sizes.

SoundBridge 3.0.0 introduces a powerful new Virtual Collaboration add-on that makes it possible for users anywhere in the world to record and mix in the same session.

The latest arrival to Excite Audio’s Evolve series promises to “blend fragile sonic moments into something intimate yet intangible, half-there, floating at the edge of the ethereal”.