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IK Multimedia's latest TONEX release provides users with the sound of two legendary Dumble amps that have been valued at over $300,000.
SOS For Artists has the sounds and tools you need to craft some deliciously chilled lo‑fi beats. Here's how...
Composer and producer Oscar Powell has spent the last decade or so at the experimental end of electronic music.
Our series concludes with the 10 most significant technological developments that have shaped — and continue to shape — everything we hear.
Bitwig Studio 6 significantly overhauls the automation system, introduces a new Clip Alias function that provides a new way to manage a track’s structure, and delivers some new editing tools while making improvements to some of the existing line-up.
The third edition of Spectrasonics’ flagship synth boasts a gargantuan sound library expansion, a standalone studio‑quality effects rack and a host of new synthesis features.
Sunset Sound Studio Reverb II is a new standalone and significantly expanded version of IK Multimedia’s popular T-Racks plug-in.
Wingman is a practical compositional aid that runs as a DAW plug‑in.
The OXI MkII is a sequencing powerhouse — could it be ‘the one true sequencer’ so many of us are looking for?
Spitfire’s collaboration with Mervyn Warren has produced a choral library that’s really very special indeed.
Is a genuine limiter just a compressor with a high ratio, or are there other differences, such as the attack times, or the nature of level detection?
ACE Studio 2 begins an ambitious expansion beyond its vocal synthesis roots.
Base 4 have rethought the design of the humble mic stand from the ground up. The results are quite something!
Is Elektron’s polyphonic sampling workstation their most musical device yet?
Rhodes have announced that their recently released Rhodes Wurli plug-in has been rebranded as Wurlitzer by Rhodes following official endorsement from Wurlitzer themselves.
Steinberg's virtual drum instrument has gained the ability to layer and replace kicks, snares and toms, along with a brand-new Punch Kit, additional acoustic kits, a new Pattern Editor and much more.
Nostalgia Reborn brings together more than 4500 samples drawn from over four decades of electronic instruments, delivering an all-in-one genre-spanning collection that promises to fit into just about any modern production.
Revealed at The NAMM Show 2026, Shure’s new KSM mic series promises to deliver “lifelike fidelity” in a thoughtfully engineered design that’s been crafted with musicians and studio professionals in mind.
Logic’s MIDI plug‑ins are your key to instant inspiration!
Your SOSFA subscription gives you access to some super plug‑ins by Audified. Let’s see what they can do...