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“Bound to capture djent and thall-loving audiences because of the fine balance of brutality, customization, and ease-of-use”: Atlas DSP – Your Last Steps Review
By Phil Weller published
The new kid on the block delivers its first hard-hitting amp sim, which is tailor-made for brutal noise making and modern metal grit – just don’t call it the blues

“We’ll push the boat out here and say that this could be its finest synth plugin to date”: Cherry Audio ODC 2800 review
By Roland Schmidt published

“One of the most iconic synthesizers of all time, in a highly usable and great sounding piece of software”: GForce Software Oberheim TVS Pro review
By Roland Schmidt published
Introducing a software rebirth, based on a hardware reissue. GForce presents two seminal voices in a single legendary Oberheim

“Pigments is becoming so powerful it risks making the V Collection look obsolete”: Arturia Pigments review
By Si Truss published
With physical modelling and a vocoder among the additions for Pigments 6, we explore why Arturia’s flagship softsynth is very much worth your time in 2025

“Will definitely please those who are a fan of the sound already, but standalone price is expensive”: Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus plugin review
By Matt McCracken published
The world’s most famous solid-state amp finally gets an official amp model for your DAW

“Gracefully injects authentic grit and harmonic girth into our developing tracks”: Arturia Tape J-37 review
By Andy Price published
Harness the beloved character of a remarkable reel-to-reel via this faithful reproduction of Studer’s tube-driven legend

"A copy of Serum might be the smartest investment any budding producer makes": Xfer Serum 2 review
By Si Truss published
One of the greatest softsynths of all time gets a major update – is Serum 2 still the one to beat?

“It will drag out your inner Brian Eno with frightening ease”: Soundtoys SpaceBlender review
By Andy Jones published
And it will do it for free… if you're quick
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