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Microsoft Surface Pro 9 on a music desk

Microsoft Surface Pro 9 review

By Matt McCracken published 22 March 23

Microsoft’s hybrid tablet-slash-laptop packs some serious power, but can it level up your music production?

Recording
Noise Engineering Jam Jam

Noise Engineering Jam Jam review

By Rob Redman published 21 March 23

  • £228

Jam Jam is more than the sum of its parts

Tech
Warm Audio Centavo

Warm Audio Centavo Professional Overdrive Pedal review

By Jonathan Horsley published 20 March 23

  • £199
  • €209
  • $179

As replicas of the world's most mythologically adjacent overdrive pedal go, they don't get much more exacting. But is that enough for the Centavo to create its own legend?

Pedals
KRK GoAux series

KRK GoAux 3 and 4 review

By Jon Musgrave published 17 March 23

  • £349 upward

Need to take your monitors with you? We check out a new solution from KRK

Monitors
Slate + Ash Choreographs

Slate + Ash Choreographs review

By Computer Music published 16 March 23

  • £249

What happens if you apply step movement and choreography to software synthesis? Slate + Ash hopes to enlighten and surprise you

Tech
AKG Ara microphone in a studio setting

AKG Ara review

By Chris Corfield published 16 March 23

  • £99
  • $99

This budget USB mic aims to stand out in a crowded market

Tech
Donner B1 Analog Bass Sequencer

Donner B1 Analog Bass Sequencer review

By Si Truss published 15 March 23

  • £185

Donner enters the analogue synth realm with a 303 clone that sounds the part – even if it doesn’t look it

Synthesisers
Orchestral Tools Drones

Orchestral Tools Drones review

By Computer Music published 14 March 23

  • €189 + VAT

If you thought drones were merely functional, you need a better sound library. OT’s new suite takes the drone to a higher level

Virtual Instruments
Warm Audio Warmdrive

Warm Audio Warmdrive review

By Jonathan Horsley published 13 March 23

  • £165
  • €179
  • $149

This is not just another ‘amp-in-a-box’ overdrive, this is a “super-expensive-amp-in-a-box’ overdrive at high-street prices to give your ears and bank balance a sense of Zen

Pedals
Eventide H90 Harmonizer

Eventide H90 Harmonizer review

By Simon Arblaster published 13 March 23

  • £999

Is the Eventide H90 just two H9s stuck together? We go on a sonic journey to find out

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