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"If you close your eyes, you'd almost forget you're playing a digital piano": Yamaha Arius YDP-165 digital piano review
By Quentin Lachapèle published
The popular mid-range digital piano that packs Yamaha's premium features into a more affordable price - you may not even need a Clavinova after all

“It’s a mighty emulation of an emulation of an emulation”: GForce Novation Bass Station review
By Andy Jones published
Fancy some 16-voice 303 acid lines? Of course you do

"An excellent stomp box compressor that’s equally at home across a stereo mix": Polyend Press review
By Jon Musgrave published
Combining a stomp box compressor and stereo mix compressor in one unit may seem slightly odd, but that’s exactly what this latest design does

"An upgrade that’s all about creativity": PreSonus Studio One Pro 7 review
By James Russell published
Splice integration, stem separation, clip launching, sort-of-new instruments and more on the test bench

"A painstaking facsimile of the original in software form": Waldorf Microwave 1 Plugin
By Roland Schmidt published
Described as the ‘return of a legend’ in software, we reheat some wavetables with Waldorf’s reincarnated classic

"An enormous amount of fun with a side helping of inspiration": Kiviak Instruments WoFi review
By Andy Jones published
Start saving for some instant sonic mayhem…

“Even a complete beginner could get the 18i20 set up and start making multi-mic recordings”: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 4th Gen review
By Matt McCracken published
We put the latest iteration of Focusrite’s 8-channel interface to the test

"Light enough to mount with a camera and small enough to stick in your pocket”: Zoom H1 XLR review
By Jon Musgrave published
Like the idea of a compact stereo recorder but don’t want the integrated mics? Then this could be for you

“A brilliant piece of kit that’s more than a match for the demands of the modern producer/engineer”: Universal Audio Apollo x4 Gen 2 review
By Matt McCracken last updated
The next generation of Universal Audio Apollo is here, and we got hands-on ahead of launch to put it through its paces
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