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Can hardware gains make up for software losses?

If you need a backpack-ready controller keyboard, there’s almost too much choice, but Akai's latest is pretty special

The retired super-stompbox line is rehired in virtual form, adding extras unavailable to the analogue ancestors. Let's get chained up with the plugin 'Foogers

Bored with your regular EQs? This new Minimal Audio EQ with its morphing design could be just what you need to spice things up

With some of the most expansive tone-shaping control we’ve ever handled, IK has augmented an already unparalleled drum workstation

Inspired by a lesser known, but respected analogue classic, UVI’s latest Mission visits the limits of Andromeda

An expansive odyssey of evolving sci-fi synth sounds, these ever-morphing sonics will delight all Earth-based shapers of new frontiers…

If you combine one of the UK’s leading sample library companies with a grand Dame, you are probably going to find something pretty special…

The latest vintage synth re-model to enter Cherry Audio’s lineup revisits an oft-forgotten European classic from the early 80s, the legendary Elka

Did this DC-coupled audio interface from Spain, hailed for its relative affordability, shake us all night long?