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Modal Electronics COBALT8
Modal’s latest is a virtual analogue poly that aspires to reinvent the aesthetic of traditional analogue sound.
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Wave Alchemy Revolution
Wave Alchemy’s latest instrument replicates some of the most sought-after vintage drum machines. Jonny Strinati puts it to…
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BeatSkillz Slam Pro
Slam Pro is the latest in a line of products from BeatSkillz aimed at electronic music producers. We investigate.…
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Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000
With the CDJ’s ubiquity in clubland, and at this price point, it was always going to create a stir…
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Korg Volca Sample2
Korg has updated its popular Volca Sample with USB sample import. But is it enough to justify the price bump?
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Korg Volca Sample
Greg Scarth checks out the latest addition to Korg’s Volca range: a unique sample sequencer with its own character…
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Akai iMPC Pro
Greg Scarth discovers that Akai’s latest app is a virtual MPC worthy of the name.…
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ASM Hydrasynth Desktop
ASM’s all-digital Hydrasynth is packed with features and is certainly impressive on paper but does it live up to its promise?
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Solid State Logic SSL 2+ Offers Analogue Warmth Appeals to Musicians and DJs alike
The iconic Solid State Logic has always been known for its incredible but pricey analogue and digital audio mixing consoles…
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ERM Midiclock
When working with MIDI hardware, a stable clock signal is the key to accurate timing. Greg Scarth checks out a…
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iZotope Nectar 2
Offering a total of 11 vocal processors including compression, EQ and reverb, Nectar 2 promises a lot for one plugin…
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Newfangled Audio Generate
Generate, from Newfangled Audio and Eventide Audio, combines chaos, physics, and West Coast synthesis. Is this synth plugin more than the sum of its parts?
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Output Thermal
Output has hit another one out of the park with Thermal, an intuitive and inspiring multiband distortion plugin.
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Roland AIRA VT-3 Voice Transformer
The VT-3 is the surprise package of the AIRA range. Greg Scarth finds out if it might become a…
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Ableton Push
Waiting to get your hands on Ableton’s innovative hardware controller? So did we. As supply finally catches up with…
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Akai Professional MPC Beats
Akai professional’s free MPC Beats DAW is great for beginners and experienced producers alike.
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Knif Audio Knifonium
Just when you think every worthwhile synthesizer has been emulated for the plugin domain, along comes Knif Audio’s Knifonium to prove you very, very wrong.
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KMI QuNeo & QuNexus
Keith McMillen Instruments’ unique MIDI controllers conceal incredibly deep features and unparalleled customisability.…
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ATC SCM25A Pro
Does the ultimate nearfield monitor exist? If it does, Greg Scarth thinks he might have found it.…
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Novation Launchkey 49 Mk3
Novation impresses with its latest controller, Launchkey 49 Mk3.
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FabFilter Saturn 2
FabFilter’s Saturn 2 is a great-sounding update to the multiband distortion plugin.
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Wavesfactory TrackSpacer 2.0
Could the second generation of Wavesfactory’s utility plugin solve the age-old problem of making space for all the…
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Apple Logic Pro X
Four years in the making, the latest version of Apple’s flagship DAW introduces an overhaul of the interface and…
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Ableton Live 9 Suite
The latest incarnation of Ableton’s game-changing DAW is one of the year’s most hotly anticipated software releases…
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iZotope Trash 2
Version 1 of iZotope’s Trash lasted ten years without a major update. We put the newly updated distortion plugin…
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Kilohearts Phase Plant
Kilohearts Phase Plant combines wavetable synthesis with samples and virtual analogue.
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Korg Nu:Tekt NTS-1
Korg’s NTS-1 puts the digital oscillator from the Prologue and effects section from the Minilogue XD in a small synth that you put together yourself.
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Sonic Charge Permut8
Sonic Charge’s Permut8 – a delay-based plugin that embraces the sounds of ‘primitive signal processing hardware’ has been the…
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