News Pro Audio Arturia MiniFreak V: A Perfect Emulation of the Hardware by Tim McArtney Legendary music company Arturia has dropped the MiniFreak V: A perfect emulation of their MiniFreak hybrid polysynth. Worlds of software and hardware collide with Arturia’s…
News Pro Audio UnitedPlugins Firesonic FireMaximizer: A New Generation of Loudness by Happy Coming forth from Firesonic at UnitedPlugins comes a hot new generation of loudness maximizer, the FireMaximizer! We reviewed it in the studio. Remember back a…
News Pro Audio Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road Orchestra: Low Percussion is a Treasure Chest of Deep Sounds by Tim McArtney When might we mere mortals have access to one of the world’s largest drums? Now! Purveyors of incredible sounding sample libraries, Spitfire Audio, have all…
News Pro Audio Korneff Audio Echoleffe Tape Delay: a Tube Tape Delay and Much More by Tim McArtney We fired up the brand new Korneff Audio Echoleffe Tape Delay only to find it’s selling itself short. It’s a Tube Tape Delay with a…
News Pro Audio Slate Digital FG-X 2: A Plugin Mastering Suite for Ready to Release Masters by Tim McArtney Peering behind the curtain of the dark art of mastering, Slate Digital has just released FG-X 2: a mastering suite with the tools you need…
News Pro Audio Arturia Pigments 4: Infinite Sound Possibilities Without The Complexity by Tim McArtney Be ready to start a musical journey as Arturia has done it again with Pigments 4: a highly creative and intuitive polychrome software synthesizer. Arturia’s…
News Pro Audio Black Rooster Audio TD-201: Why You Might Need This Vintage Tape Echo by Tim McArtney Black Rooster Audio released their version of the infamous Roland Space Echo the TD-201. But why do you need another Tape Echo? We tested it…
News Pro Audio Purafied VU Compressor: 4 of the Most Sought-After Units in 1 Plugin by Owen Penglis Direct from Purafied comes the brand new VU Compressor – 4 highly sought-after compressors modelled into one smart, easy unit. Whilst Purafied is a relative…
News Pro Audio Dear Reality EXOVERB: Bringing Spatial Audio to Stereo by Tim McArtney Dear Reality wants us to understand and use reverb in a thoughtful manner with their EXOVERB plugin. It brings the idea of spatial audio to…
News Pro Audio Arturia MiniLab 3: a MIDI Controller Packed With Software, Samples and Lessons by Tim McArtney We got our hands on the brand-new Arturia MiniLab 3 MIDI controller. Perfectly sized, it’s packed with free software from Arturia, Ableton, Native Instruments, UVI…
News Pro Audio Native Instruments Piano Colors: Not Just a Piano by Tim McArtney Native Instruments are up to Komplete 14 of their overwhelmingly huge software series of instruments and effects. We took a deep dive into one of…
News Pro Audio Yes, I’m A Moogerfooger 7-time User. Moog drops 7 new plugins. by Owen Penglis Fresh from the legendary music-machine makers Moog comes 7 digital recreations of their classic wood-panelled Moogerfooger pedals called the Moogerfooger S-series. For the last few…
News Pro Audio KIT Plugins release Smash: simple controls, complex sound by Tim McArtney Newcomers KIT Plugins has a new offering for you, Smash. Inspired by analog amplifier circuits, It brings saturation and character to your music. When one…