With a whole world of competition online, how does MusicGurus Creative Sampling & Creative Composition hold up? Jonny Strinati goes…

IK Multimedia supercharges its budget UNO Synth into a powerhouse paraphonic instrument. Is it worth your pennies?

Novation adds Rhythm, a sampling drum machine, to its popular Circuit line. Is it the groovebox you’ve been waiting for?

There are plenty of mixing plugins that claim to be “secret weapons” but how many of them deserve that title? DrMS from Mathew Lane does and here are five reasons why.

Arturia beefs up its effects package, adding seven plugins including three brand-new bus processors. How does it stack up against rather intense competition?

Arturia update Pigments to version 3. Can this colourful plugin hold its own in a very crowded soft synth market?

Korg’s hardware sequencer seems to have it all but how does it perform in the studio?

Korg’s latest synth promises ‘altered’ FM synthesis. But is it more than just an overblown Volca FM?

To those who have been turning a blind eye to ROLI because of their pricey hardware, the time has come to take them very, very seriously as software synth developers. Equator2 is nothing short of astonishing.

Is it really possible to get the coveted Moog sound for around £200? Darren Selement investigates the Werkstatt-01 and finds out.

Novation’s Bass Station II gets a new name and new look. Is it more than just the Analord’s New Clothes?

Does UDO’s Super 6 hybrid polyphonic synthesizer live up to the hype? Bruce Aisher finds out.

Waves’ latest effects plugin combines four delays with four reverbs. Is more necessarily better?

Korg finally release the full-size version of their classic monosynth, the MS-20. Can it still hold its own amidst the clones and competition?

Modal’s latest is a virtual analogue poly that aspires to reinvent the aesthetic of traditional analogue sound.

With Maschine +, Native Instruments cut the computer tether to offer a premium DAWless beat-making experience—but is it worth the price?