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“Great-sounding, comfortable and stylish headphones with a neutral delivery”: Ollo Audio X1 review
By Jon Musgrave published
Ollo Audio’s latest headphones could be the perfect solution for mixing and mastering

“$199 for a synth that retreads the well-worn VA path is a big ask”: Universal Audio Anthem review
By Andy Jones published
This new softsynth makes UA's Spark subscription even more tempting, but is it worth its high asking price as a standalone purchase?

“Quite neutral sounding and one of the more comfortable over-ear open-back designs we’ve tried”: Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa review
By Jon Musgrave published
If you’re regularly mixing and mastering you should definitely check out this latest open-back headphone from Audio-Technica

“Unlocks a new layer of compositional creativity that was absent from previous versions”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review
By Si Truss published
With the arrival of Live 12.2, we revisit and update our review for 2025

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 were even encouraged to dig out some particularly gnarly old stuff that hadn’t seen the light of day in years”: Freqport FreqInOut FO1 review
By Andy Price published
We take a look at Freeport’s latest in/out box which promises to morph your hardware into plugin form without breaking a sweat

"An honest pair of compact, affordable monitors that are easy to set up": KRK Systems Kreate 5 review
By Jon Musgrave published
KRK have a new affordable monitor range designed to help you create

“It took 400 audio tracks for me to get it to throw an error, which is frankly insane”: Asus ProArt P16 review
By Matt McCracken published
Looking for an alternative to a MacBook? Asus might have just provided the answer for musicians everywhere
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