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Review: Arturia Pigments 4 Polychrome Synth

Arturia update their impressive polychrome soft synth, Pigments, to version 4. How have Arturia improved on this highly regarded instrument?

First Look: Warm Audio Warmdrive and Centavo Overdrive Pedals

First Look! We take the Warm Audio Warmdrive and Centavo overdrive pedals for a spin. How do they compare against the prized originals?

First Look: Ableton Note is a sketchbook for Live as an iOS App

Ableton Note takes Ableton Live on the road! Mobile music production with the iOS App makes beats and sound on the go a breeze - our first look!

Review: UDO Audio Super 6 Desktop Synthesizer

The UDO Audio Super 6 is a 12-voice analog-digital hybrid synth with mind-blowing binaural capabilities. Here’s our review of the desktop version.

Cre8audio NiftyKEYZ review: The Ultimate Eurorack Keyboard Controller?

The Cre8audio NiftyKEYZ is a USB/MIDI keyboard controller with space for 112 HP worth of Eurorack modules and up to four voices. Pretty nifty indeed!

Review: Isla Instruments S2400 performance sampler

The Isla Instruments S2400 is a beast of a performance sampler that takes clues from the legendary SP1200. We’ve taken it for a spin in our review.

Review: Casio CT-S1000V Keyboard and Vocal Synthesizer

Casio says that the CT-S1000V keyboard contains a revolutionary vocal synthesizer. We've tried it for ourselves to find out what the hype is all about.

Review: UAD Spark – Native UAD plug-ins for USD 20 per month

Spark is UAD going full Native with its renowned plug-in effects and instruments on a USD 20 / mo subscription basis. It's shaping up well!

First look review: Universal Audio SD-1 Standard Dynamic Microphone

The Universal Audio SD-1 is UA's version of an SM7B-style dynamic microphone for podcasting, broadcasting and recording. Here's our first look review!

Cubase 12 First Look & Review: a masterclass in steady evolution

Cubase 12 makes me want to jump in and start editing some drums like it's the early 2010s and I'm just dipping into advanced production...

First Look & Review: Arturia Efx FRAGMENTS frees granular effects from obscurity

With Efx FRAGMENTS, Arturia applies the same forces of innovation behind its PIGMENTS synthesizer to a granular effects plug-in.

First look review: Clipmode DRoOM! – the DIY Drum FX System

Clipmode DRoOM! is a unique beat construction kit that invites you to layer samples recorded in different rooms. We've tried DRoOM! for ourselves.

First look review: 1010music Nanobox Fireball – the smallest wavetable synth ever?

Inside the tiny, bright red 1010music nanobox fireball is a full-blown wavetable synth with eight voices. Let’s find out what it can do!

First Look Review: 1010music Nanobox Lemondrop, a pocket-sized granular synth

The 1010music nanobox lemondrop is a tiny granular synth that fits in your pocket. We've taken it for a spin in our first look review.

First Look Review: Universal Audio Volt 2 and Volt 276 audio interfaces

The new Volt series audio interfaces from Universal Audio are an exciting new option in the budget interface segment. Do they live up to the expectations?

First Look Review: PWM Malevolent – semi-modular analog synthesizer

The PWM Malevolent was one of the biggest surprises at last year's Superbooth. We've taken the semi-modular synth for a spin in our First Look Review.

First Look & Review: Samplab lets you change individual notes and tempos in loops

Samplab gives you the essential audio warping and re-pitching tools to quickly edit and transpose harmonic and percussive loops. Also, it's cheap.

First Look Review: Twisted Electrons’ Blast Beats

Twisted Electrons turned FM chips from 90s SoundBlaster audio cards into the Blast Beats groove box. We put a prototype through its paces.

Review: Dual Spring Reverb and Dynamic Plate Reverb by Physical Audio

Physical Audio had its reverbs rewritten and souped up with new Physical Audio Optimisation Engines. We are taking them for a spin...

Review: Design sounds by drawing with Tsugi DSP Action and DSP Motion

Tsugi DSP Action and Motion let you ditch your MIDI controller for drawing to generate cinematic sound effects like the industry's best libraries.

Arturia SQ 80 V First Look Review: A modern salute to 8-bit Ensoniq grit

For their first Ensoniq emulation, Arturia chose a crowd favorite - the SQ-80. Expectations are understandably high, but does the SQ 80 V rule?

First Look Review: Analogue Solutions Leipzig v3, analog in its purest form

As the successor to the Leipzig-S, the Analogue Solutions Leipzig v3 offers analog synthesis in its purest form. We've given it a good test run.

First Look Review: Minimal Audio’s Rift pushes the creative distortion envelope

Rift splits waveforms in two, destroying each half in more ways than you could possibly imagine. Our verdict: No distortion plug-in comes close.

First Look Review: Plug in and go with Fender’s Mustang Micro headphone amp

Does the Fender Mustang Micro - a €99 headphone amp - have the chops to impress experienced tone hounds? Jef Stone took it through its paces.