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Neil Peart called him 'the Wood Whisperer' and now he's blended metal and timber in DW's new SonicPly shells
By Daniel Griffiths published
Fusing up to 12 plies of wood with two plies of aluminum they promise presence and power like no other

“A highly flexible yet portable unit that is easy to use but can also be configured to taste”: Zoom H6 Essential review
By Jon Musgrave published
Compact location recorders with six inputs are a rarity. Let’s see what this latest Zoom design has to offer

“A good-looking kit which won’t break the bank”: DrumCraft Urban Beats review
By Tom Bradley published
DrumCraft adds a one-size-fits-all three-piece kit to its remarkably affordable drum lineup

Get a genuine taste of old-school tape recording with We Are Rewind's new cassette boombox
By Ben Rogerson published
Bust out your old C90s, because there’s a new portable hi-fi system on the way that looks a lot like the ones we grew up with

Marshall’s Heston 120 promises to bring "rock 'n' roll flair to the world of soundbars"
By Daniel Griffiths published
It’s so retro that The Darkness have been resurrected to help roll it out

Roland's V-Drums go wireless for new simple and seamless WT-10 sensor and DH-10 hub DrumLink system
By Daniel Griffiths published
Adding digital elements to your analogue kit (with zero trailing wires) has never been faster or easier

“It replaced three plugins on my vocal bus - I love it!ˮ: Meet Velvet, iZotope’s new smart vocal smoothing tool
By Daniel Griffiths published
As part of the affordable Catalyst series, Velvet aims to zap the bugs in your most vexatious vocals

Arturia embraces NKS - and offers hardware owners free access to Native Instruments' Komplete 15 Select
By Daniel Griffiths published
Superbooth 25: With KeyLab mk3, KeyLab Essential mk3, and MiniLab soon able to browse NKS libraries, is the sound-tagging format now too big to fail?

Bastl Instruments' Kastle 2 Wave Bard is a cute, patchable and experimental groovebox that fits in your pocket
By Daniel Griffiths published
Get hands-on and let the Wave Bard’s pattern-generating brain take the creative strain

With the same mesh-head playability and powerful new Strata module as its bigger brothers, Alesis Strata Club brings a new compact form to its best-selling range
By Daniel Griffiths last updated
Want the power and playability of Strata but don’t have the room to manoeuvre? The join the Club
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