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The unsettlingly named Seventh Summoner is a really simple sequencer, and as with the Arp Of Darkness, it does just enough to make itself fabulously useful.
With four stages to play with, Articulate offers a little more control over the attack and sustain of a sound than most other transient shapers.
Are passive systems better than active ones, and does this apply to studio monitors as well as the hi‑fi world?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Damage Guitars 2 continues the metal mayhem with a collection of leads, riffs, grooves, motifs, shredding licks and a host of extras.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. Unique, but designed to fit together, Westwood Instruments’ Novella series provides diverse toolkits for scoring and songwriting.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. Void & Vista’s latest release is framed as “an exploration of experimental sounds, prepared instruments and extended techniques”.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Friends is a Kontakt‑based sample library that provides a collection of fairly conventional piano, keyboard, guitar, bass and drum options.
New Soundtoys plug‑ins don’t come around that often, but when they do, they’re usually well worth checking out. This one’s no exception...
Is your synth collection spiralling out of control? These multi‑keyboard stands could help you keep your studio in order!
Disiniblud are producers, composers and multi‑instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, whose self‑titled debut LP is released this July on Domino imprint Smuggler’s Way.
We check out the newest addition to UJAM’s UFX effects range of plug-ins.
I need to clean the volume and tone controls on a Quad 33 preamp to try and cure ‘scratchiness’. I have a can of Servisol for contact cleaning, but would Deoxit do a better job?
Offering all the essential facilities at a lower price point, could the new Core version of the Tube Amp Expander be a serious competitor to the original flagship model?
My early musical experiences included a university course in electronic music as well as playing guitar in various garage...
Thoughts from our Leader on the launch on 19 June 2025 of SOS FOR ARTISTS.
Paul White explores the creative potential of using 'found' sounds, demonstrating how items found within your surroundings can be sampled, manipulated and transformed.
The Anchoress joins Caro C to discuss her preferred recording methods, her obsession with vintage synthesizers, the decision to invest in her own studio and receiving three consecutive MPG Award nominations.
Trinnov Audio, established in 2003, is a French company renowned for its pioneering work in audio processing and room-acoustics correction technologies across a number of different domains, including professional studios, commercial cinemas, high-end hi-fi and home theatre systems.
In updating their classic M Series, Dynaudio Acoustics show that passive doesn’t need to mean low‑tech.
Analogue Solutions’ AS500‑Seq is defiantly old‑school, eschewing quantisation, MIDI and encoders...