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Winter Plankton's DassBrum module does a lot more than mimic a bass drum.
Synthesist and producer Julien Guillot started his project Stazma the Junglechrist back in 2008, in his words at “the super violent and punk end” of the breakcore scene, before breaking out into more experimental territory.
Can just a small handful of controls give you the power to shape a range of sounds?
Native Instruments put the pedal to the very modern metal with their latest Session Guitarist title.
Hitherto better known in hi‑fi circles, NuPrime make converters of a quality that could appeal to pro audio users.
The new album by Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, features familiar collaborators pulling in a very different musical direction.
It’s a synth called Synth!
There’s creative potential lurking in every filter plug‑in, but in Filterverse the possibilities are almost boundless!
With their latest Quantum interface range, PreSonus have swapped Thunderbolt for USB. Do they still maintain the same advantages?
There are many great virtual drum instruments around, but sometimes it’s best to create your own!
In Reaper, I matched the fader levels and flipped the polarity of the new track. I should hear nothing when both tracks play, right? But I don’t. Why not?
Can SOS recommend a good first microphone for a student studying music?
Powerful, creative tools lurk beneath these plug‑ins’ playful graphical interfaces...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. While the original Poiesis Cello was impressive, Poiesis Cello 2 takes things further while retaining the ethos of the original and still remaining affordable.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Vessels presents a broad range of hardware synth‑based timbres alongside variously patinated and ‘distressed’ re‑amped and re‑recorded sounds.
A hit movie about the world’s greatest rock band turns conventional ideas of audio restoration on their head.
This modern take on a vintage germanium preamp offers bucketloads of character.
Impact XT is now right at home in Studio One's MIDI editor.
Colombian‑born Ela Minus was studying jazz performance as a drummer at Berklee College Of Music when she got a taste for electronic music.
Problem solving seems to find its way into so many of the things I do, and I’ve come to realise that rather than being a burden, it gives me a huge amount of pleasure.