Every month, MusicRadar’s industry-leading sister magazines - Guitarist, Computer Music, Total Guitar, Rhythm and Future Music - publish the best independent and in-depth music-making gear reviews.

We’ve collated the latest DAWs, plug-ins, keyboards, and outboard gear to have fallen under the watchful eyes of Computer Music, Future Music, Rhythm Total Guitar and Guitarist’s test teams. All the gear on show here was originally reviewed in Computer Music issues 181/182, Future Music issues 256, and Guitarist issue 358.

Scroll on for this month’s top picks and click through to read each product’s full review. First up: Propellerhead Software Reason 6.5

MusicRadar’s verdict:

“Conceptually controversial, Reason 6.5 is nevertheless a technical masterpiece and a pivotal update.”

FULL REVIEW:Propellerhead Reason 6.5

(Reviewed in Computer Music magazine issue 181)

BUY Propellerhead Reason 6.5 currently available from:
UK/Europe: Thomann
USA: Sweetwater