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The first major update for Genome adds five new Components that offer a mixture of new amp and effects pedal models.
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The first major update for Genome adds five new Components that offer a mixture of new amp and effects pedal models.

DW have introduced a new virtual drum platform, along with a new drum kit series that can be converted from acoustic to electronic.

In the first of a two-part series, Eddie Bazil explains how some simple adjustments in your DAW will help you achieve more bounce in your drum beats, by adding syncopation, swing and dynamism.

No room for a drum kit? No problem! Try one of these Virtual Drum apps.

With an array of different modelled devices and controls you won’t find on the original hardware, have Pulsar breathed new life into the humble spring reverb?

This year’s SOS Awards once again place the emphasis on innovation and contemporary design, with the nominations being limited...


Erica Synths' latest release began as a quest to create a rich-sounding snare drum module to complement the Mutant Drums series originally made by Hexinverter Électronique.

Pulsar Audio's new spring reverb plug-in is based on modelling rather than sampling, allowing it to offer a greater degree of control than convolution-based alternatives

UA’s digitally modelled version of the Boss CE‑1 analogue Chorus Ensemble now appears as part of the UAFX compact pedal range.

David Bottrill’s vast credit list includes Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins and Tool to Muse, Silverchair, Rush and many others. When asked to pick a favourite sound from that catalogue, he chose the drone that underpins ‘Passion’ by Peter Gabriel.

Howard Jones burst onto the scene in the early 1980s with a collection of era‑defining synth‑pop hits such as ‘What Is Love’, ‘No One Is To Blame’ and ‘Things Can Only Get Better’. Asked to select a favourite sound, he circles back to the first of these.

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns pick their software and hardware highlights from the last 12 months.

Rating 4.5/5 Stars. UK producer Trevor Horn was a dominant force in 1980s pop, and this collaboration with Spitfire Audio gives users instant access to the maestro’s sound world.
Yamaha's alternative to Roland's GS system for enhancing the General MIDI protocol so as to provide additional banks of patches and further editing facilities.

Song Athletics' second sample pack contains a range of acoustic and electric instrument samples all captured in the same key.

Polyend’s Play gets a major + upgrade.

When Focusrite’s Scarlett interfaces reached their fourth iteration with the launch of the Gen‑4 models in August 2023,...

Steinberg's latest HALion instrument offers a classic electric piano captured with a DI, vintage preamp and thorugh a Space Echo.

The new MPC Key 37 packs much of the functionality of its larger sibling into a more compact footprint.