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With some great sounding amps and effects, integrated audio interfacing and an external effects loop, there’s plenty to admire in this compact Boss floor unit.
Some software amp sims can struggle with clean guitar tones — is Cubase’s stock VST Amp Rack up to the challenge?
Tom Rhea’s colourful, comprehensive and insightful history of electrical and electronic music machines includes CDs with audio examples.
One of the most influential plug‑ins of our time receives an impressive makeover.
Did you think all DI boxes were created equal? If so, you may need to think again...
Steve Hackett rose to fame as guitarist with prog‑rock legends Genesis, but his sonic calling card is a guitar tone he created in 1979 on his album Spectral Mornings.
Virtuoso pianist Rogét Chahayed has found a unique niche as a classically trained hip‑hop producer.
Can the improved, AI‑based Mix Assistant make iZotope’s already powerful collection of mixing plug‑ins more useful?
With polyphonic aftertouch, MPE and MIDI 2.0, Korg’s Keystage has a lot to offer.
For as long as I can remember, British musicians have been indignantly complaining about the high prices of gear imported from the USA...
Live 12’s new Tunings system is your invitation to explore alternative tunings and microtones.
We go beyond the headlines to explore Logic 11’s less obvious new features.
There are quite a few plug‑ins that emulate the famous Fairchild 660 and 670 compressors, but KIT Plugins have based theirs on specific units in John McBride’s Blackbird Studios in Nashville.
Having acquired the Rockman brand, Jim Dunlop set about recreating the Rockman X100 under their MXR brand, but this time in pedal form and with a bypass footswitch.
JMG’s DarkFire is a harmonic enhancer plug-in whose added harmonics can be shaped by a three‑band EQ to put them precisely where you want them.
The puntastic name and the faders on the GUI of Poseidon leave you in little doubt as to which famous console EQ it sets out to emulate...
The Vector is a digital sequencer with eight parts assignable as quantised mono or chord tracks, or four‑lane drum tracks.
The Mutant Machine is a little like its own miniature modular system for drums...
Jake Knight founded RYK Modular back in 2009, hitting the scene with the excellent M185 sequencer.
Want to take your valve amp sounds on stage without breaking your back? The Nano Cortex makes capturing and delivering those tones quick and easy.