October 2019 Magazine Contents

This app serves up four sequencer engines, each with its own fully-formed synth, a pattern-based drum machine, a compact mixing environment with effects, and plenty more!

A console manufacturer should know a thing or two about how to make a good monitor controller...

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. This ROMpler-based instrument for Kontakt offers some fairly classic-sounding pianos and keyboards.

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. Lap Harp features a sampled Eastern European zither-like instrument called a Perepyolochka.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. World-renowned and Grammy-nominated cellist Tina Guo returns to Cinesamples to create a valuable update to her industry-defining virtual instrument.

DPA's stage mics have long been held in high regard, but they've also been priced out of reach of many. Until now...

Taking advantage of the very latest design and manufacturing techniques, Dynaudio's new three-way monitors offer an uncompromisingly accurate window into your mixes.

Inside you're rewarded with a very good dose of common-sense advice for those just getting to grips with the world of film and TV music creation.

This compact effects pedal could help you inject creativity into all sorts of sources.

Conventional compressors or expanders are not always suitable for tackling issues that affect only one part of the frequency spectrum, which is where multiband solutions like Pompeii come in very useful.

This clever design rethinks many aspects of compressors that we've long taken for granted.

Though compact and affordable, IK's newest monitors manage to cram in a remarkable amount of tech — and the results speak for themselves.

Thanks to its multi-axis approach, Planar 2 offers much more than traditional joystick controller designs.

Based on the same technology, the Iso‑Puck Mini is basically a miniaturised version of the standard Iso‑Puck.

The latest model in Korg's unstoppable Volca range offers a typically idiosyncratic approach to drum synthesis.

The Quad Peak Animation System, aka QPAS, is a filter aimed primarily at stereo imaging and animation.

Measurement mics are necessarily neutral and accurate, and that's often just what you want when recording music too. Gefell's newest offering, based around a measurement capsule, has those characteristics in abundance.

This all-analogue processor is designed to massage, mangle and mutilate your audio.

Novation scale dizzying heights with their new flagship synthesizer.

The Squid is a sequencer with a mission: to unify your gear on stage and in the studio...

Prominy's bass instrument comes of age with a major version 2 overhaul.

Developed in conjunction with renowned recording engineer Tony Faulkner, Rode's new stereo miking kit is intended not just to compete with the established competition, but to better it. Have they succeeded?

Rating: ***** 4/5 Stars. While you wouldn't buy this Pianet T instrument to boast about its facilities, you might be tempted by its unique and rather charming sound.

This wireless system combines supreme ease of use with the quality for which Sennheiser are known.

We explore some alien soundscapes, courtesy of Slate + Ash's Auras...

Soniccouture's fabled loft yields further synth treasure...

Given its affordable price and compact format, is the Mini now the perfect choice tuner?

The US drum maestros take a decisive step into the world of orchestral percussion.

Universal Audio continue to tempt UAD2 owners with officially licensed recreations of classic equipment — and rooms!

Waves bring one of the world's most famous mix rooms into your DAW.

Submarine's role in life is to add natural-sounding sub-bass content by generating frequencies that are one octave and two octaves lower than the input signal.

We look at a different approach for creating rhythms in Live.

Get creative with Logic's new binaural panning options.

Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' became a band-defining track, but it started life in an Airstream trailer known as the Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio.

With some DIY Smart Controls for Cubase's Key Editor, you could become a MIDI-editing ninja.

However much studio trickery is considered 'normal' in a genre, the unwanted side-effects of processing can rob your mixes of impact. But it doesn't have to be that way

NF's The Search has revitalised hip-hop with its cinematic textures and arrangements. Longstanding producer Tommee Profitt was at the controls...

The frequency response of your headphones probably isn't neutral, but at least it's always the same. Or is it?

We continue our look at further ways to tailor Pro Tools to your tastes.

We explore Reason 10.4's new drum machine, Rytmik.

Studio One 4.5 boasts massively improved grouping functionality. Here's how it works.

A DIY approach to control room acoustics can go a long way, but sometimes it pays to get the professionals involved.

SOS's Paul White has been fascinated by guitar synthesizers ever since he first encountered one and has owned or tested most models over the decades. Here's his story...

I've replaced my RADAR II 24-channel multitrack recorder with a RADAR Studio model. Can I reuse the three original D25‑D25 cables on the new machine?

In the AEA RPQ2 ribbon mic pre review, what exactly did the reviewer mean by "Still has limited ability to remove unwanted subsonic components"?

The world's first and most successful specialist vocal producer tells SOS how he coaxes magical performances from star singers like Rihanna, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Mary J Blige and Beyoncé.

Acquiring the skill to mix a piece of music takes time and practice, and like playing an instrument, you’re never done...

Brush up on your listening skills as we examine the production of some recent hits from Avicii, Dave, Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, Fantastic Negrito and a classic mix from Procol Harum.

Verticality has been such a revelation that I now no longer own a beanbag!