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The aim of most reverb plug-ins is to emulate something else, whether that be the sound of a real acoustic space, a vintage...
Audinate's Dante AoIP (audio over IP) format is fast becoming the de facto standard for large-scale multichannel...
The TC 2290-DT is part plug-in, part hardware: the bus-powered USB 2 device acts as both dongle and control surface...
Intellijel's Steppy is a four-track programmable gate sequencer that combines an impressive feature set with a tiny footprint.
Little Mikey is a classic preamp in a sturdy 8HP module, designed to get your instrument and live microphone signals into the modular as cleanly as possible.
Tiptop are back again with one of those unglamorous modules you're going to end up using in every patch, a 10HP utility...
The S88 MkII offers a high-quality weighted keyboard and even tighter computer integration.
One of the best-selling albums of all time was mixed on a long-forgotten experimental hi-fi speaker. Forty years later, are Philips' innovations finally catching on?
The iLok system is here to stay, but there are now more alternatives to a physical dongle.
I want to run two balanced microphone signals down one four-core screened cable, using five-pin XLRs at both ends, with short dual-XLR3-to-XLR5 splitter leads at each end. Are there any inherent disadvantages of doing this?
How do you differentiate between the following terms: saturation, harmonics, distortion, overdrive? Are all of these just similar terms with different names?
For years I've noticed crossfades between two audio files don't behave predictably. I always thought the logarithmic shape was fool-proof, but is it programme-dependent?
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Noire is the result of composer and pianist Nils Frahm's quest to recreate his signature piano sound as a virtual instrument.
This column PA system from RCF incorporates a digital mixer plus Softube guitar-amp modelling. Could it be all you need to take with you for small gigs?
We show you how to get Reason and your hardware or software modular synths speaking the same language.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Modern Animated Percussion represents a collaboration between two well-established sample library/virtual instrument developers: Sample Logic and Soundiron.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. British Drama Toolkit consists of eight solo string and woodwind instruments separately recorded from two mic positions in a purpose-built dry stage at Spitfire's HQ.
Listen to these audio examples which accompany this month's Session Notes workshop.
FM synthesis, virtual analogue synthesis, 8-bit wavetable synthesis, noise synthesis, granular synthesis... The Sonicware ELZ‑1 has got it all!