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Get the most out of Logic's Amp Designer plug-in.
Now boasting Mackie's highly regarded Onyx preamps, the newest mixers in the ProFX range offer much to tempt musicians on a budget.
Riffer is a randomising MIDI melody generator plug-in from AudioModern and is available as a VST/VST3/AU & AAX plug-in for Mac OS, Windows and as an iOS app.
If your music-making workflow is centred on an iOS device, you can now pick up FabFilter's plug-in suite in app form for a fraction of the price of their desktop counterparts.
Origin Effects have distilled the essential features of their wonderfully versatile RevivalDrive into this single-channel Compact version.
Front DAW is a very affordable analogue console emulation plug-in for Mac and Windows, compatible with VST, VST3, AAX and AU hosts.
Check out these audio files which accompany our SOS November 2019 Mix Rescue article about Stem-Mixing-Mastering.
X-PAN is a voltage-controlled mixer with crossfading, monophonic inputs and a stereo output.
The Crucible is described as a ‘curved metal and cymbal synthesizer’ and although it is entirely digital, the sound may have you believing otherwise.
NI's Massive X isn't just an update, it's a whole new synth!
You probably already have one of the best Pro Tools compressors around — but you might not know it!
Swiss speaker gurus PSI have never failed to impress us with their technical innovations, and their latest model is no exception!
What's the difference between using bell boosts and using a good old-fashioned high-shelving EQ?
Has anyone at SOS had any success fixing Auralex LENRD bass traps to a soundproof plasterboard wall/ceiling?
We get to grips with Reason's versatile new monosynth.
Emerging from the mists of time comes the rejuvenated Fantom, Roland's new flagship workstation synthesizer. Available in three models: Fantom 6 (61 keys), Fantom 7 (76 keys) and the 88-key Fantom 8.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Ostinato Woodwinds delivers a much more focused vocabulary of less than a dozen motifs, ideal for minimalist rhythmic beds and pads.
Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. To create Randy's Prepared Piano, various objects and materials were used to alter the sound of the source instrument before it was recorded.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. It's perhaps not surprising that electronic keyboard sounds are a big part of the underlying sound set. However, these also include synths, ambient noises, attack sounds and various drones.
Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. Nearly 10,000 samples of a modern 10-string E9 pedal steel were taken for this appealing virtual instrument...