November 2022 Magazine Contents

Arturia’s new distortion processor is good for much more than just a bit of dirt and fuzz!

Arturia’s mighty V Collection continues to grow and improve.

ASM expand their popular Hydrasynth range with two new options.

The past few years have seen sophisticated amp‑in‑a‑pedal products from several companies, so it comes as...

Want to learn about vintage studio effects units? This book is a great place to start.

Thanks to their innovative driver technology, these audiophile cans could prove a valuable tool in the studio.

Cat cabling is cheap and readily available — and there’s no reason you can’t use it to run balanced analogue audio signals all over the place!

The A‑126‑2 is a redesign of their long‑discontinued A‑126. It’s a slender 8HP module in Doepfer’s usual utilitarian design...

We try out the debut mic from a new boutique Australian manufacturer.

Rating: 4/5 Stars. Waverunner aims to replicate the sound of classic analogue synths from the ’80s and ’90s...

Tai Chi is an algorithmic reverb plug‑in with some very handy features that allow it to cover more ground than most...

More than 50 years after it was discontinued, Neumann have reissued one of the greatest mics of all time.

Archetype: Rabea is one of very few modellers to include guitar‑synth sounds, alongside the usual amps, cabs and stompbox effects.

Orchestral Tools expand their Berlin Series with a muted strings collection.

The discovery of a truly new sound — a reality‑shifting sonic experience — is the never‑ending goal of modular. It’s this very drive that constitutes the heart of Qu‑Bit’s Aurora.

Rating: 4/5 Stars. With its roots in a medieval Jewish vocal culture, this library comprises long songs arranged by musical key.

The Particle 2 brings powerful granular processing to your pedalboard.

Rating: 5/5 Stars. This library offers top‑notch acoustic drums with a dry(ish) sound that’s perfect for pop, hip‑hop, breakbeats or funk.

Sonokinetic’s new Kontakt library resurrects the sounds of the 1980s.

The idea of a harmonising plug‑in might not be new — but how about one with multi‑channel support and up to 100 voices?

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. In addition to reverberant clangs and monumental industrial noises, Mercury also excels at quiet, eerie and mysterious textures.

The Zelzah will take you to places conventional phasers can only dream of...

TC’s Monitor Pilot is a simple monitor controller with a small, wired remote control unit. The idea, of course, is...

Teenage Engineering’s OP‑1 Field is much more than a sequel.

UA’s Volt range welcomes two additional members, including a new flagship.

How close does Warm Audio’s FET 47 recreation get to the revered original?

This powerful 500‑series processor combines Wes Audio’s cutting‑edge digital control technology with the timeless sound of valve compression.

Don’t be deceived by the F3’s diminutive form — there’s a seriously useful recording device lurking in this box!

Once the preserve of academic and experimental music, granular synthesis is more accessible than ever and has a lot to offer in all sorts of genres.

Multi‑platinum mixer and engineer Richard Chycki details how he got Geddy Lee’s bass sound on ‘Caravan’.

In our exclusive video, Abbey Road's Mirek Stiles explains how EMI’s studio boffins developed their secret weapon, and puts it through its paces on drums, guitars, vocals and more.

Timofey Reznikov made a name for himself recreating tracks by famous producers. Now, he mixes their tracks!

Be bold and take full advantage of Logic’s incredible customisation features.

What does Melodyne ARA integration mean for you as a Pro Tools user?

Reason’s new Player device specialises in the often overlooked art of sequencing chords.

In part four of his recording series Mark Mynett details how to prepare a vocalist for studio recording and how to select and set up your recording equipment for optimal results.

Immersive audio is a massive opportunity — if you’re equipped to take it. Here’s what you’ll need to do to make your studio Atmos‑ready.

Cubase 12’s new MIDI Remote features make it easier than ever to get hands‑on with your plug‑in effects and virtual instruments.

MIDI is the universal language of the studio — and if you use hardware instruments, you need to understand it!

I’ve played with ‘out of phase’ parallel compression (where the compressed signal path is polarity inverted)  — but, honestly, I didn’t really understand what I was doing...

I gather Windows 10 doesn’t support FireWire after a certain update, and I have some legacy devices that I’d like to be able to use. Are there any risks in updating?

Electric Indigo is an Austrian music producer, Techno DJ and founder of female:pressure, an international network of women in the electronic music industry.

Immersive audio is helping Jean‑Michel Jarre implement a distinctly French musical vision, inspired by his own mentors.

Spatial audio needs to offer more than just an iterative improvement — and if that’s going to happen, producers and musicians are the people who need to make it happen.

Ricky Reed has worked with a multitude of artists across a huge range of genres, most recently delivering a string of huge hits for Lizzo.

Teno Afrika, aka Lutendo Raduvha, is one of South Africa’s fastest‑rising electronic music stars. 

Could live streaming open up fresh worlds for your music?