Soft power

Over the past decade or so, there’s been something of

Is Softube’s Model 72 plugin the perfect Minimoog synth emulation?

> We think it’s fair to say that no synth

deadmau5 gets his own signature Subpac strap-on subwoofer

> Subpac, creators of wearable bass products, have announced a

Teenage Engineering’s “magical” new product is the OB-4, a $599 radio and “media instrument”

Back in early September, Teenage Engineering set everyone’s pulses racing

Moog go back to black with new Dark Series Grandmother and Matriarch

Moog’s Grandmother and Matriarch are excellent semi-modular synths, but we

IK Multimedia’s MixBox channel strip plugin promises “all the FX you need in one rack”

IK Multimedia have cherry-picked some of their finest effects from

Elektron’s Analog Four and Analog Rytm have been “refined, rewrought, and reborn”

When a company says that two of their products have

Add wireless MIDI to your synths, drum machines and PC with Roland’s new Bluetooth adapters

Roland are the latest company to offer a wireless MIDI

Reason’s Europa synth is the first third-party plugin for Amped Studio, the online DAW

Slowly but surely, web-based music production platforms are maturing, and

AOM’s Nu Compressor is 56 dynamics processors in one

It’s amazing how many different spins have been put on

Sequential announce a new Prophet-5, a faithful reboot of one of the greatest synths of all time

After months of what’s being described as “clandestine development”, Sequential

Native Instruments Maschine+ £1,099

Workflow is generally slick and isn’t hindered by the lack

Roland Zenology Pro From $9.99/month

CONTACT WHO: Roland WEB: rolandcloud.com KEY FEATURES PCM and virtual

Hit’n’Mix Infinity £299

CONTACT WHO: Hit’n’Mix WEB: www.hitnmix.com/ KEY FEATURES ‘Atomic audio editor’

Instruo Harmonàig £300 & Saich £469

Although these two modules are completely standalone I’ll review them

KONTAKT VOCAL INSTRUMENTS

A huge selection of vocal phrases - with a separate

iZotope RX 8 Advanced $1199

CONTACT WHO: iZotope WEB: izotope.com KEY FEATURES Guitar De-noise including

Akai MPK mini mk3 £90

CONTACT WHO: Akai Professional WEB: akaipro.com KEY FEATURES 25 velocity

DiscoDSP OB-Xd 2

> Oberheim OB-X synth emulation plugins are coming thick and

ValhallaDSP Supermassive

> After launching ValhallaDelay last year, and, you could argue,

Toontrack Superior Drummer - Legacy of Rock SDX £129

Toontrack are clearly on a roll with their SDX expansion

Audiotent - Curve €43

> More fuller-figure flavours from the phat boys and girls

Looptone - Future Analogue Synth £24.95

> We’re told the sounds in this pack come exclusively

Car Sounds - Field & Foley $7.99/mo

> Have you ever popped on your car seat belt

Splice - Mystic Soul with The Love Experiment $7.99/mo

> The Love Experiment is a New York-based future-soul collective,

Loopmasters - Lowrider Trap £29.95

> A fine collection of street beats so tough it’ll

Ólafur Arnalds

Given his ambient approach to music-making, it’s hard to believe

Maxim Lany

Belgian beat boffin Maxim Lany has made waves in the

Kingdom

As Kingdom, Ezra Rubin has shown that visionary ideas can

MOOG ONE

The Moog sound is one that almost anybody with a

Shlohmo

LA-based Henry Laufer began making homemade remixes in the late

Roland drop a trio of new 606-inspired drum machines

> If you assumed that there wasn’t enough room in

Dynamite MC World Of Dynamite

When it came time for the quintessential drum & bass

THE 10 BEST SOFTWARE SYNTHS

Music production’s shift into the software realm over the past