New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (March 2015)
Build your own iPad amps
PositiveGrid BIAS iPad
Another month, another collection of the best independent reviews of plugins, DAWS, interfaces, synths and other music-making gear, courtesy of our sister magazines Future Music and Computer Music.
All of the reviews published here originally featured in issue Future Music and Computer Music, starting with Positive Grid's excellent amp-building BIAS iPad app...
iPad amp fun or guitarists
db Audioware Flying Haggis
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Newcomer to the market that stacks up
Yonac ToneStack
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Bulletproof monitor mixer
Drawmer MC2.1 Monitor Controller
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The Doepfer MS-404 goes soft
Eisenberg Vier
MusicRadar’s verdict:
A new, affordable wireless mic
Samson Concert 88 Handheld
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Affordable coaxial monitors
Fluid Audio FX8
MusicRadar’s verdict:
UAD's updated system software
UAD 7.11 plugins
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The budget condenser you're looking for? Perhaps not...
Prodipe ST-USB Lanen Mic
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Bonham's onboard for this rocking library
Spitfire Audio HZ02 Hans Zimmer Percussion Los Angeles
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Clever cable for modular synth users
KOMA Attenuator Cable
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The eagerly awaited modular plugin suite
Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The revered synth emulation gets a major upgrade
GForce Software Oddity2
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The fine brush to Spitfire's cinematic percussion series
Spitfire Audio HZ03 Hans Zimmer Percussion London Solos
MusicRadar’s verdict:
DJ-focussed laptop stand
UDG Creator Laptop Stand
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Keys-focussed iPad instrument
Korg Module
MusicRadar’s verdict:
A new plugin pack from the German samplehaus
Vengeance Sound Essential FX Bundle 2
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The MPX8's sampler sibling
Akai MPX16
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Alesis have a new flagship USB keyboard controller series
Alesis VI61 Keyboard Controller
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Racking up the 'affordable' Thunderbolt interface
Zoom TAC-2R
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Essential hardware, or hardly worth it?
Korg Electribe Music Production Station
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Plug-in for amp creation
Positive Grid BIAS Professional
MusicRadar’s verdict:
Run down by the pack?
Akai Rhythm Wolf
MusicRadar’s verdict:
EastWest's most detailed sample sets yet
EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Diamond Edition
MusicRadar’s verdict:
The less-than-mellow yellow synth returns