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South Korean dramas Parasite and Squid Game have been worldwide hits — and Jung Jae‑il’s scores have played a key role in their success.
Updated for a new generation, can the microKORG2 live up to the huge success of its predecessor?
Thoughts from our Leader on the launch on 19 June 2025 of SOS FOR ARTISTS.
Live’s Drum Rack remains an extremely creative feature, with depths that may be hidden...
While most reverb devices and plug‑ins either take an algorithmic or convolution approach, Utopia can dynamically reshape the spectrum of the reverb to remove elements that might clash harmonically with the input signal.
Electro-Harmonix have created the LPB‑3 Linear Power Booster, which incorporates an active EQ, complete with a parametric mid control.
Lake People’s no‑nonsense, engineering‑led design of headphone amps has previously impressed us. Will the Dante version do likewise?
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.