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It might give off dbx vibes, but this plug‑in offers even more control than the hardware that inspired it.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. The latest instalment in VSL’s symphonic odyssey adds six new solo woodwinds to the company’s hall‑recorded Synchron series.
Rating: 4.5 Stars. Westwood Instruments’ Alt Choir provides a collection of sounds perfect for human, intimate and tense vocal writing.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Glow Worm's sample packs are all based on analogue synths.
Generate synthesized drum patterns with a single click.
UDO’s ribbon controller puts Super Gemini‑style expression at your fingertips.
My early introductions to electric guitar came via the big‑box VHS cassettes we rented from the video store for our family movie nights.
These audio files accompany my article titled The Drum Squash Mic Trick, published in SOS September 2025, and demonstrate the potential benefits of adding a fifth ‘squash’ mic to a basic four-mic setup on acoustic drum kits.
Audio Examples to accompany the Cubase bass workshop in SOS September 2025.
Bethia Beadman has toured with Courtney Love and worked on Nigel Godrich’s ‘From The Basement’ sessions with guests including Radiohead, PJ Harvey, and The Stooges. She's also a formidable artist in her own right, with the excellent Tchad Blake‑mixed track ‘Kitten Feel’ just released as we go to press.
The third wave of the 3rd Wave reduces both size and price, but retains the sound that made us love it in the first place.
Made using real alpaca wool, this quirky microphone filter aims to solve a number of recording problems.
Eddie Bazil explores advanced vocal processing techniques to achieve a clean, professional vocal track.
Mercury-nominated vocalist, composer and producer ESKA talks about her favourite studio gear and how her background as a live jazz musician shapes her approach to writing and recording.
As well as giving you access to a vast range of loops and one‑shot samples, SOS For Artists offers some cool tools for finding, auditioning and manipulating them.
What I’m wrestling with here is whether the finished recording should be a document of what it was (via the stereo mic with the narrow stereo image), or the enhanced larger experience with the spaced mics.
AIAIAI’s latest wireless cans make cable‑free headphone monitoring a reality.
Warm Audio escalate their mission to make vintage gear affordable with a recreation of a classic stereo mic.
MPE has made electronic instruments more expressive than ever, and there are options out there to suit almost everyone.