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It’s fairly common knowledge that Softube’s plug-ins are world-class, picking up awards across the industry – including some from us. Two new plug-ins are now available from the developer, both emulating Marshall amplifiers. Those who are using software from Universal Audio‘s UAD platform may have come across Softube’s emulation of the Marshall Plexi Super Lead […]
Price £2,700 Contact Thermionic Culture Thermionic Culture‘s Snow Petrel is the company’s newest two-channel microphone preamplifier. It joins the original Early Bird and Rooster 2 mic preamps (both of which we have in our review studio), however this new model is a high-gain, low-noise amplifier designed to work particularly well with insensitive ribbon mics. Like […]
It’s fairly common knowledge that Softube’s plug-ins are world-class, picking up awards across the industry – including some from us. Those who are using software from Universal Audio‘s UAD platform may have come across Softube’s amp emulations of the Marshall Plexi. The amp plug-in is an exact model on the original, and guitar players will […]
NAMM 2020: Drawmer has launched the 1970 Dual FET Compressor And Pre-amplifier, which builds on the UK brand’s 1960 unit. Billed as “one of the most adaptable” devices of its type around, the 1970 is designed to sound vintage at an affordable price. It expands on its predecessor’s feature set, tweaks the control panel layout, […]
NAMM 2020: Next week, Korg will have two new valve Nu:Tekt devices on show: OD-S Nutube Overdrive and HA-S Nutube Headphone Amplifier. Korg’s Nu:Tekt collection started with the NTS-1 digital synthesiser and requires you to assemble it yourself out the box. Following suit, the HA-S and OD-S effect units will come as a DIY kit […]
WINNER: Black Lion Audio Seventeen When it comes to classic studio outboard like 1176, there have been plenty of remakes and clones over recent years. This versatile solid-state compressor/limiters can be used for everything from unobtrusive levelling of vocals and bass to dramatic dynamic compression. Black Lion Audio’s Seventeen is in no way a clone […]
As much as the software world dominates modern music production, we can’t help but still pine for the practical benefits of outboard hardware – not least for its aesthetic appeal! But which of the following will you crown king this year? Scroll to the bottom of this article to cast your vote. Black Lion Audio […]
Price £299 Contact Cranborne Audio A relatively new name to the pro-audio world, British company Cranborne Audio is committed to producing excellent gear at affordable prices. The Camden 500 on test here is a transformerless microphone preamplifier offering both ultra-clean, transparent mic gain and two flavours of ‘Mojo’. However, the 500 is not just a […]
Price £569 Contact RØDE Podcasting has been with us for many a year, and after what seemed like a lull in popularity, it now seems to be here to stay, with many a pod being cast by the famous and not so famous. Anyone with anything to say can do it – just get a […]
Ask any number of recording engineers to name a classic make of mixing console and chances are the top answer will be – give or take the odd SSL – Neve. Push them further to identify the company’s most revered design and the reply will almost certainly be as simple as four numbers, the 1073. […]