Reviews
I rarely spend time with drum machines since I usually synthesize my own drums and percussion, but for a good long while, I’ve been…
I know what you’re thinking: “Do I really need another reverb plugin right now?” Yes, it’s true, we all have at least half a…
Edifier R1850DB stereo speakers promise great sound quality and excellent features at a budget price. Considering the company’s previous success with similar budget speakers,…
A few weeks ago, Melda Production pre-released a brand new and extremely capable super synth called MSoundFactory. While the regular price is 299 EUR,…
KHORDS is a sample-based virtual instrument powered by Loopmasters and sold exclusively at Pluginboutique. Find out more about the latest Loopmasters plugin in our…
Metropolis by Sonic Underworld is a sound bank containing 150 presets for the Repro-5 virtual synthesizer by U-He.
Vocaloid 5 is the latest version of Yamaha’s famous singing synthesizer. I reviewed the previous iteration of the instrument two years ago (check out…
There are two synths everyone should have in their recording studio: The Minimoog and the Prophet 5. Fortunately, there are affordable software emulations, such…
FabFilter Pro-L2 is a limiter plugin, the revised and improved version of its Pro-L predecessor. FabFilter has gone from strength to strength over recent…
Bass Master is a bass-oriented virtual instrument powered by Loopmasters and sold exclusively at Pluginboutique. Let’s take a closer look at this modern bass…
Okay, so it’s been several months since Ableton Live 10 was first announced earlier this year, and I’m just now reviewing it because it…
The Spitfire LABS line has returned! Many of our readers probably remember that this was Spitfire Audio’s line of small, experimental libraries which cost…
That Sound Hangar is a drum sample library featuring the sounds of an acoustic drum kit recorded in an airplane hangar. Wait, what?!
Wave Alchemy has recently released Evolution, a feature-packed virtual drum machine for Native Instruments Kontakt and fully compatible with the free Kontakt Player. The …
I normally don’t review preset libraries since I pretty much invest the majority of my time making my own, but on occasion, something really…
In the crowded market for NI Kontakt libraries, Output manages to stand out as a sample provider known for putting a modern twist to traditional…
Every so often, something wonderfully original emerges out of a market oversaturated with virtual analog instruments and effects. It doesn’t happen very often, but…
Reformer Pro ($238) is the most interesting effects plugin I’ve ever tried. Sure, there are plenty of plugins which can mangle a sound in unrecognizable…
AG12 is a sample-based acoustic guitar virtual instrument, developed and released by Ample Sound. It features the sounds of a Taylor 956ce 12-string acoustic guitar.
There are many volume modulator effect plugins available on the VST market, but they often produce undesirable results. Sudden DC offsets (amplitude displacements that…
Pluginboutique’s Scaler is a MIDI utility plugin which, to be blunt, understands the music theory of chord progressions so you don’t have to. Is…
When U-He first unleashed their analog modeled software emulation of the coveted Sequential Circuits Pro One monophonic synthesizer, analog purist everywhere collectively lost their…
Orbit and Eclipse are two Kontakt synth engines from the ‘Planetary’ line of products by Wide Blue Sound. They are Kontakt Player libraries which…
Edifier R1800BT is an affordable (£119.99 at Amazon.uk) pair of Bluetooth speakers that is widely considered as one of the best-buy options in its…