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Teletone Audio’s Tone Architect combines three key processing sections called Saturator, Tone Shaping and Compressor.
The Archaea Exchange falls into what is possibly the author's favourite category of modules: essentially very simple but with massive scope.
The Lublin 1957 from XAOC Devices is a two‑channel pingable VCA module with three ping responses and a gain limiting circuit to prevent peaking or distortion.
One of the central figures behind XAOC Devices' success is Maciek Bartkowiak, a veritable heavyweight in electronic instrument design and a charming fellow to boot.
The unsettlingly named Seventh Summoner is a really simple sequencer, and as with the Arp Of Darkness, it does just enough to make itself fabulously useful.
With four stages to play with, Articulate offers a little more control over the attack and sustain of a sound than most other transient shapers.
Playlists are the key to managing takes, comping, and much more! Let's explore...
Are passive systems better than active ones, and does this apply to studio monitors as well as the hi‑fi world?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Damage Guitars 2 continues the metal mayhem with a collection of leads, riffs, grooves, motifs, shredding licks and a host of extras.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. Unique, but designed to fit together, Westwood Instruments’ Novella series provides diverse toolkits for scoring and songwriting.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. Void & Vista’s latest release is framed as “an exploration of experimental sounds, prepared instruments and extended techniques”.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Friends is a Kontakt‑based sample library that provides a collection of fairly conventional piano, keyboard, guitar, bass and drum options.
We explore the key features and benefits of the exciting new SOS For Artists ecosystem for music creation and distribution, launched on 19 June 2025.
New Soundtoys plug‑ins don’t come around that often, but when they do, they’re usually well worth checking out. This one’s no exception...
Soundpaint’s affordable wind instruments contain some hidden treasures.
In the first part of a new short series about stereo recording techniques, we start by exploring the most important tools of all: your brain and your ears!
Is your synth collection spiralling out of control? These multi‑keyboard stands could help you keep your studio in order!
We explore the new Cinematic Lights virtual instrument, introduced with Studio One Pro v7.1 back in January.
Disiniblud are producers, composers and multi‑instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, whose self‑titled debut LP is released this July on Domino imprint Smuggler’s Way.
This diminutive device promises instant polish when recording dialogue.