Latest articles by Ronan Macdonald
With its RGB pads, new Master section and cosmetic customising options, does NI's new hardware warrant an upgrade?
The Dutch master's latest plug-in takes saturation and distortion to new heights
Marking a return to electronic percussion, Clavia's new drum synth is aimed at actual drummers as well as studio rats. We pull the trigger…
Has the five years since the last Altiverb update been time well spent?
Can this iOS-friendly pad controller find its groove?
Chinese guitar ROMpler developers par excellence Ample Sound have released their first virtual bass instrument: Ample Bass P, an emulation of the classic Fender Precision
Deep synthesis on your Apple fondleslab
Groove Agent has expanded far beyond its original ultra-simple (and not hugely impressive) premise with every new iteration since v1, and the latest looks to be the biggest single leap forward yet,
Amazing Noises have released their first iOS app, GliderVerb, a reverb expanding on a Supercollider 2 algorithm by James McCartney
If you're a proud owner of any or all of Roland's AIRA Series of boxes, you'll want to head over to the website and download the spanking new v1.10 firmware for it/them posthaste
With over 4000 sample-based instruments onboard, IK's long-awaited latest certainly has numbers on its side
This new hybrid virtual synth combines two seemingly disparate forms of synthesis
New plugin said to be the "Swiss Army Knife of Stereo Tools"
How does this Indiegogo-funded Wi-FI device shape up?
An emulation of an effects box that never existed, this retro-style delay generates far more than just echoes.
Step sequencing and multiband filtering come together brilliantly in this modestly priced Mac-only plug-in
