
Simon Arblaster
I take care of the reviews on MusicRadar and Future Music magazine, though can sometimes be spotted in front of a camera talking little sense in the presence of real musicians. For the past 30 years, I have been unable to decide on which instrument to master, so haven't bothered. Currently, a lover of all things high-gain in the guitar stakes and never one to resist churning out sub-standard funky breaks, the likes of which you'll never hear.
Latest articles by Simon Arblaster

Black Corporation is bringing back the Jupiter-8 and with extra features
By Simon Arblaster last updated
The ISE-NIN will land by the end of the year
Instamic wireless microphone released through crowdfunding campaign
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Instamic is a new small wireless microphone aimed at videographers, musicians and sound designers, or anyone needing to record sound anywhere.

It looks like Røde Microphones has created the smallest wireless mic system ever
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Wireless GO could be a vloggers dream

Blue Microphones Raspberry USB mic aims to deliver studio quality sound anywhere
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Blue Microphones has announced a new member to its USB mic family, the Raspberry.

Has Waves just eliminated live PA feedback for good?
By Simon Arblaster last updated
X-FDBK Feedback Eliminator plugin available now

Nonlinear Labs C15 synth gets an internal audio recorder
By Simon Arblaster published
... plus USB MIDI connectivity in latest update

Nektar's slim new SE61 controller still manages to pack in the features
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Larger model joins the 25- and 49-key versions

You can pay what you want for the Invader 2 softsynth from E-Phonic
By Simon Arblaster published
8-voice virtual analogue looks and sounds the business

F.'em is touted as one of the most powerful FM synths ever
By Simon Arblaster published
Tracktion's new 11-operator FM monster promises much versatility

If Behringer doesn’t snap up the Positron16 synth concept, then someone else must
By Simon Arblaster published
Cast your vote and help this morphing analogue polysynth become a reality

Get ready, Behringer has announced the RD-9 is finally shipping
By Simon Arblaster published
909 clone will be hitting stores very soon

Yamaha is replacing the PSR-S range with the new generation workstation keyboard, the PSR-SX
By Simon Arblaster last updated
More voices, more styles and a new design

Production tips: how to funk like Prince
By Simon Arblaster published
Create Prince-like '80s synth-funk in your DAW

Erica Synths adds 3 new filters to the Black range that can combine for a mega modular filter
By Simon Arblaster published
Low pass VCF, high pass VCF and coupler modules

Teenage Engineering's OP-1 is 10 years old, but is it as relevant today as it was a decade ago?
By Simon Arblaster last updated
New accessories and merch available to buy and win

Did you know your music could make more money in a three-hour session on Twitch, than from one million streams?
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Take a leaf out of the gaming industry's book

Klevgrand Slammer is fun, filthy and eminently playable
By Simon Arblaster published
New drum plugin promises something a little different from the norm and you might not want to put it down

XILS-lab KaoX takes a classic FM synth and mixes things up with a little extra chaos
By Simon Arblaster published
FM and subtractive synthesis combined with Chaotic algorithms

Sassy Audio Spreadsheet is part modular softsynth, part spreadsheet and all business
By Simon Arblaster last updated
A winning formula for computer music

Summer NAMM 2019: Line 6’s Powercab 212 Plus could be the pro rig amp modellers are looking for
By Simon Arblaster last updated
FRFR speaker with onboard cab modelling

Røde’s new TF-5 condenser microphones promise to take your breath away
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Developed in collaboration with Tony Faulkner

IK Multimedia iRig Pre HD promises to bridge the world of portable devices and professional microphones
By Simon Arblaster last updated
IK Multimedia has launched a new small preamp for iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC, going by the name of the iRig Pre HD.

RØDE’s new RØDECaster Pro is “the world’s first fully integrated podcast production studio”
By Simon Arblaster last updated
Live streaming studio centrepiece
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