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The Scratch Pad is your ticket to fast, easy, non‑destructive experimentation!
Tone Projects’ range may not include many plug‑ins yet — but they’re all up there with the very best.
After 85 years of active service, the humble VU meter remains as useful as ever in today’s digital studios — despite BBC engineers nicknaming it ‘virtually useless’!
Should you buy a specialised instrument mic, or a multi‑purpose ‘pencil’ design? With the Reshape series, you can have both...
We put Amphion’s first ever three‑way monitor design to the test.
AstroLab puts Arturia’s considerable collection of classic instruments into a single stage keyboard.
Earthworks’ latest stage mic punches way above its price tag!
IK Multimedia’s monitor correction technology is now available in a standalone hardware box.
Can this ring modulator live up to the standards of the old MoogerFooger?
Looking for an all‑in‑one playing and sequencing solution? Look no further...
Neve’s latest 1073 variant bridges the gap between microphone and computer.
With a Transient Designer, a de‑esser and an unusually versatile input section, there’s more to SPL’s recording channel than most.
Have Lewitt invented the cure for poor mic technique?
UA’s digitally modelled version of the Boss CE‑1 analogue Chorus Ensemble now appears as part of the UAFX compact pedal range.
Gauge’s affordable ECM‑87 has a virtual dimension.
Westwood re‑imagine some classic instruments to take familiar sounds to new places.
The drum machine has progressed massively since the days of the home organ player. Here Oli Freke takes us through a brief history, with lots of audio examples.
Alan Moulder, 2024 recipient of the Icon Of The Year Award from the Music Producers Guild, talks to Kevin Paul about his early years at Trident Studios and finding his specialist areas.
Electronic Music artist Jlin talks about her processes for creating a new work, being ready to tour straight from the studio, and staying grounded and focused when your work gains recognition.
Sam Boydell talks us through selecting an orchestral sound library, creating a simple string motif and incorporating more realism into the finished piece.