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The UCX II packs 25 years’ interface design experience into half a rack space.
Sample Logic’s first plug‑in can bring your samples and music to life.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This library leans more towards percussion but there are still plenty of drum sounds included to provide a complete sound palette for creating ethnic rhythms.
Rating: 5/5 Stars. This deep-sampled, pristine sound library focuses on more traditional tuned percussion: tubular bells, crotales and glockenspiel.
Rating: 5/5 Stars. Saxophone Explorations is not your traditional instrumental sample library, but an eclectic and diverse set of samples, which take the instrument to the outer edges of its technical and tonal capabilities.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Based on evocative female vocal sounds performed by soprano Roksana Korban, this vocal library is more about texture and ambience than creating realistic lead melodies.
Slate + Ash take a different approach to the orchestral sample library.
Steinberg are on a mission with SpectraLayers. So, what’s new with Pro 8?
Automation helps you realise your creative vision by baking in those movements, changes and layering that you couldn’t manage to pull off in your performance. It also lets you resuscitate a dying mix and breathe new life into your tracks.
The producer behind an array of South African stars such as Nasty C, Sho Madjozi and Cassper Nyovest answers our quick-fire questions.
VSL’s new hall‑recorded brass collection aims for maximum grandeur.
Not everyone can play keys or guitar, so how about contolling virtual instruments with nothing but your voice?
Described by its creator as a “weirding module”, the Atreides doesn’t do things by halves!
Woott is described as a ‘dynamic hype enhancer’ , which suggests we are in for a bit of not‑so‑subtle compression...
3D‑printing has made it practical for designers to manufacture all manner of specialised microphone mounting brackets at relatively low cost.
When it comes to dynamics processing, we’ve never had it so good. Once upon a time, even the largest studios had only basic...
Giving yourself plenty of headroom when recording will help you get the most out of your plug‑ins and give you greater flexibility when mixing.
Find out how to create custom control mappings with EuCon when using Pro Tools.
Voxessor provides a user‑friendly toolkit for improving the sound of spoken voice. It’s intended to appeal to anyone doing podcasts or voiceovers.
Does your guitar sound dull and lacklustre through your pedalboard? Here’s how to side‑step the tone‑suck trap.