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Toontrack's Superior Drummer 3 set the bar for acoustic drum samples. Their Rooms Of Hansa expansion has raised it.
Need a single amp to cover all your home–recording and gigging duties? Vox have got you covered!
Kyra's FPGA-based synth engine is technologically innovative, but what's it like as an instrument?
When you use chance operations correctly, you end up challenging yourself constantly...
Reason version 11.2 now lets you drag MIDI clips into Live from three of Reason's MIDI-based devices: the Redrum drum machine, the Matrix step sequencer and the Dr Octo Rex Rex-file player.
ADAM's new sub is an affordable way to add serious bass to your monitoring system.
With battery power and built-in speakers, the MPC Live II is ready to rock some blocks.
What more can this plug‑in offer than the hardware that inspired it?
Audio-Technica's popular ATM350a mic is now available with a dedicated acoustic guitar mount. We put it to the test!
BFA's Momentum combines samples and loop manipulation with an irresistible price tag.
These audio examples accompany the review of Black Lion Audio’s Bluey FET compressor in SOS June 2020
Black Lion's Bluey recreates an 1176 that has made more hits than most!
If you like looking to effects for musical ideas, this plug‑in's worth checking out.
It's not every day you find a channel-strip plug‑in that offers out-there features such as pitch and formant shifting!
Dynaudio's premium Core series grows apace with the launch of a new three-way model and a powerful subwoofer.
Fame's homage to a German classic gives you vintage vibe on a budget.
How did a teenager from Kazakhstan, armed only with an ageing laptop and a copy of Fruity Loops, conquer the charts?
Manley's well-liked optical compressor gets a makeover in time for its 30th birthday!
Retro‑Flyer adds an impedance-matched preamplifier and a mid-range EQ, plus stereo tremolo, to 73-note and 88-note Mk1 and Mk2 Rhodes pianos.