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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Kepler is inspired by the sounds and moods of film scores such as Dune, Tenet and Oppenheimer, and the aim is to give you a complete scoring toolkit.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Tonal Drums is a Kontakt instrument that focuses on the pitch and tuning of a meticulously sampled Canopus Yaiba drum kit.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Native Instruments are back with another gorgeous piano library, and this time, it’s Claire — a Fazioli‑based Kontakt instrument.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. Strezov Sampling bring the world of sample libraries one step closer to the twin goals of expressiveness and realism.
Shure’s latest USB mic features a built‑in audio interface.
If the classic side‑chain pumping effect is your thing, Submerge can do that — and a whole lot more!
Softube’s Console 1 system reaches its third iteration, refining and improving the popular DAW controller.
Fancy composing a symphony on your commute? Steinberg have got you...
Take your music off‑grid with Studio One’s powerful tempo tools.
Mixer and engineer Tobin Jones has worked with a raft of boundary‑pushing artists from electronic powerhouse Powell to Japanese psych‑rockers Bo Ningen.
The ET‑5 may have its roots deep in electronic musical history, but it’s very much a modern instrument.
Torso’s ambitious ‘sculpting sampler’ may be a work in progress, but it promises to be something very special indeed.
UA apply their considerable modelling expertise to a trio of moving‑coil microphones.
Room‑correction pioneers Trinnov were already a step ahead of the competition. Now they’ve taken things further.
What’s the biggest insight I’ve learned from working as a mix engineer and a music production lecturer? You can’t really teach people mixing.
If controlling your own foldback mix appeals but you’d rather not invest in a digital setup, the PX System might be just what you need.
Windows‑based musicians have long been asking for better support at the operating system level — and it seems to be very much on its way, with native low‑latency ASIO drivers and full support for MIDI 2.0. We reached out to Microsoft to find out more.
Get your vocal levels just right in Pro Tools with these handy tips.
Audio examples to accompany March 2025's Cubase workshop.
These audio examples accompany our March 2025 UA microphones test.