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Lauten’s classy new capacitor microphones are purpose‑made for toms and snare drums.
Arthur C Clarke famously opined that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But when do we start to take incredible technological achievements for granted?
Logic’s virtual drummer now has a full band to play with! We find out what it can do...
Ditched your console but still have a thirst for analogue EQ? Maybe the Equate can quench it...
McDSP’s analogue plug‑in platform can now replicate the complex dynamic behaviour of tape.
This 1972 dual‑channel mic, line and instrument preamplifier puts two identical channels of what appear to be the same preamp design as in the 1977 into a 2U 19‑inch rackmount case.
IK’s Tonex software works using a bespoke analysis procedure to capture the behaviour of real guitar or bass amplifiers...
Based on the vintage SPL Machine Head hardware digital rack unit, which was an early attempt to replicate the effects of recording to analogue tape, MBS MixHead plug‑in aims to capture the subtle sound‑massaging capabilities of the original.
Origin Effects’ original Cali76 compressor, launched in 2013, offered something significantly different from the compressor...
Universal Audio’s vast plug‑in range majors on licensed emulations of hardware products. Many of these represent...
Australian company Cycle Instruments have burst on to the scene with a very interesting and highly ambitious debut, the Tetrachords sequencer.
The Oct Tone is an eight‑step sequencer, a reimagining of the Octone, originally designed by Instruo’s Jason Lim back in 2016.
Here Josh shares his own favourite modules, the story of Cycle Instruments and their impressive debut module: Tetrachords.
The Berlin samplemeisters link up with a Hollywood film composer to create two major string collections.
Updates to the Pro Tools Session file format have made the Import Session Data window even more powerful.
A Cat5/Cat6 stagebox is a much cheaper option than a Dante stagebox — but does this really work, at least for fairly short runs, at mic level?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Drumbada samples a rare form of Andean bass drum that has apparently remained unsampled. At least until now!
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. With Rosette Mandolin, Impact Soundworks have brought a touch of American folk music to their Rosette engine.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. The new Pan Drums II adds further content, bringing the instrument count up to seven including the original pair featured in Hang Drum.