Best Waves plugins 2020: our guide to essential Waves effects, from compressors to ambience plugins By Joe Rossitter Stock up your hard drive with our choice picks from Waves’ vast range of VST/AU/AAX mixing effects
Akai Professional Force review By Joe Rossitter £1299 €1490 $1499 Is Akai’s next-gen standalone production system a Force to be reckoned with?
NAMM 2019 HANDS-ON: Kilohearts’ Phase Plant is an impressive modular synth that even beginners will be able to use By Joe Rossitter Powerful patching potential in a single-screen interface
NAMM 2019 HANDS-ON: Bitwig Studio 3’s Grid is a winner for modular beginners and experts By Joe Rossitter Instrument and effect design made straightforward and fun
Superbooth 2018 first look: u-he Colour Copy and Spring Reverb By Joe Rossitter Two new effect plugins from Urs Heckmann
Superbooth 2018 first look: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 By Joe Rossitter We test the new Hardware Synth integration feature
The beginner’s guide to Ableton Live 9: Session View vs Arrangement View By Joe Rossitter Understand the relationship between these two creative environments
The 16 best software samplers in the world today By Joe Rossitter Plugin and DAW-specific software samplers for those who want to keep things in the box
5 reasons why the Pioneer Toraiz SP-16 could be a gamechanger for DJs and producers By Joe Rossitter Could this be the product that unites the clans?
NAMM 2015: Hands-on with Rane's MP2015 DJ mixer By Joe Rossitter A luxurious mixer that progressive DJs will love
NAMM 2015 VIDEO: Demo and hands-on with Launchpad Pro By Joe Rossitter Novation's reinvigorated Live controller gets a good going over
NAMM 2015: Hands-on with Logic Pro X 10.1 By Joe Rossitter What do the new features feel like in use?
