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Sounds and Presets: Alicia’s Electric Keys, Ambient MiniFreak Patches & Great Peak Presets

31 Jul in Synths

Following on from the hugely successful and brilliantly named, 'Alicia's Keys', we get Alicia's Electric Keys. We also check out some Peak and MiniFreak Patches.

Digital Designs: The Best Wavetable Synthesizers

14 Mar in Synths

Wavetable synthesis has made a huge comeback and the selection of synths is wider than ever. Here’s our list of the best wavetable synthesizers.

Novation turns 30: Their 5 best Synths – plus a chance to win!

06 Oct 2022 in Synths

Novation turns 30 and celebrates the event with a huge giveaway: Win a bundle of eight Novation products! We look back at 5 of their best synths.

KIT Plugins Core EQ: Analog workflow meets digital precision

19 Jan 2022 in Studio

Kit Plugins has released Core EQ, a new 4-band equalizer plug-in designed for a familiar, analog-style workflow and quick and easy results.

Eventide SplitEQ: A new breed of transient-focused equalizer

09 Nov 2021 in Studio

Eventide SplitEQ is an 8-band parametric equalizer that lets you process the transients and tonal body of the signal independently. Interesting stuff!

Best free plug-ins this week: Warrior, Britpressor and dpMeter5

29 Nov 2020 in Studio

In this week’s collection of the best free plug-ins: a synth hard electronic music, a vintage compressor and an indispensable mastering tool.

NAMM 2020: Death By Audio ROOMS stereo digital reverb pedal

20 Jan 2020 in Guitar

The Death By Audio ROOMS stereo digital reverb pedal has been teased on Instagram and was seen on display at Winter NAMM. But when will it actually be released?

Stereo Dipole Quad Multi-Mode VCF is more filter than you can handle

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

The Stereo Dipole from SSF offers four resonant peaks through two filter sections of multi-mode harmonic tampering in series, parallel or everything all at once.

NAMM 2019: Pigtronix Resotron Pitch Following Envelope Filter Synthesizer

23 Jan 2019 in Guitar

The new Pigtronix Resotron pedal uses the SSM2040 chip found in the classic Prophet 5 and Octave CAT synthesizers and lets you get funky with them.

TBProAudio launches FinalLoud loudness and True Peak finalizer tool

05 Feb 2018 in Studio

TBProAudio released FinalLoud, a loudness and True Peak finalizer tool designed to help you reach a specific target loudness level during the mastering stage - and it's very reasonably priced.

Top 5 Synthesizers of 2017

24 Dec 2017 in Synths

Was 2017 a classic year for synthesizers? Which synths captured the imagination, the sonic excitement and hands-on controllability that make for an awesome creative sound machine? Here are my thoughts on that.

Beatskillz MAX-1 compressor – user interface

BeatSkillz’s free “intelligent” MAX-1 compressor could easily have cost 30 bucks

24 May 2017 in Studio

Surprisingly, BeatSkillz has decided to release its new MAX-1 "intelligent" compressor for free, even though the functionality on offer would be appropriate for a $30 price tag.

Gurus Amps Sexydrive MkII overdrive pedal

Gurus Amps SexyDrive MkII: An Italian overdrive pedal gets updated

04 May 2017 in Guitar

An update to its Sexydrive drive pedal, the Gurus Amps Sexydrive MkII adds a blend feature allowing you to add the clean signal to your drive tone.

Superbooth 2017 Leak! Novation Peak: 8 Voice polyphonic Synthesizer

19 Apr 2017 in Synths

A day before Superbooth is due to open images of the Novation Peak leak onto a couple of music store websites and the front cover of next months Sound On Sound magazine. Now with video preview!