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03/07/09
The Secret Sound of Plants - Sonic Charge Synplant: The Test
Since the dawn of synthesizers, there have been many types of synthesis to emerge. But the same can not be said about their approaches to work flow or interfaces. With Synplant, Sonic Charge has taken inspiration from the world of plants and their growth patterns in order to come up with a new way of creating sound. Marketing ploy or innovation?
03/01/09
The Parable of the Jazzmaster and the Jaguar - Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster & Jaguar: The Test
In the beginning, Leo created the Telecaster. Keith and Bruce were happy. On the second day, Leo created the Stratocaster. Jimi and Eric were in ecstasy. On the following days, Leo created the Jazzmaster and the Jaguar, which, although intended for jazz, found followers within the surf music scene of the 60s and the rock music scene of the...
02/28/09
Multifaceted Synthesis - Clavia Nord Wave: The Test
Integrating analog modeling, FM synthesis, digital waveforms, and sample playback, the Nord Wave positions itself as a versatile multi-synthesis specialist. Focusing on immediate programming as opposed to navigating through endless menu pages, does it have what it takes to stand out from the rest?
02/21/09
Sample Transfusion - Digidesign Transfuser: The Test
A.I.R., Digidesign’s virtual instrument division, continues to provide creative tools for users of their Pro Tools software. This time, it’s a sequencer within a sequencer, dedicated to loops of all kinds and their unlimited use. Let’s take a look…
02/14/09
WMD: Weapon of Mass DSPs - Universal Audio UAD-2: The Test
Universal Audio continues its arms race against other DSP card manufacturers, like TC Electronic (PowerCore) and SSL (Duende), by releasing the UAD-2, which comes in three models that dwarf the original in power. We tested the most powerful of all: the UAD-2 Quad.
01/31/09
In POD We Trust? - Line 6 POD X3 Pro: The Test
After releasing their POD X3 and X3 Live in 2008, worthy descendants in their own right of the Pod XT, Line 6 felt it necessary to update the POD Pro. So, it's no surprise they’ve come up with a POD in rack format, offering a plethora of inputs and outputs, called the POD X3 Pro.
01/16/09
Unidentified Musical Object - Yamaha Tenori-On: The Test
In the world of electronic instruments, when you think innovation, the name Yamaha rarely comes to mind! Yet this Japanese company was the creator of the first FM synthesizer, the DX7. So just to show you that they can still innovate, Yamaha has created the Tenori-On, a sort of UMO (Unidentified Musical Object) halfway between a musical instrume...
01/03/09
The Return of the King? - Pro Tools 8: The Test
The new Pro Tools has arrived armed with a bunch of new features: Elastic Pitch, thirty new plugins, five new virtual instruments - Boom (drum machine), Mini Grand (piano), DB-33 (tonewheel organ), Vacuum and Xpand!² (synthesizers), as well as Structure Free and Eleven. Let’s take a closer look at this latest release from DigiDesign...
01/03/09
Tube or not tube - Zoom Stack Package: The Test
Though the concept may not be original, Zoom has come out with an interesting interface that provides guitarists and bassists with an intuitive software/hardware setup, but with a twist: an integrated vacuum tube. In recent years there have been quite a few interface choices for guitarists and bassists, especially from line 6, but Zoom’s take on...
12/27/08
Deluxe with a plain price - M-Audio BX8a Deluxe: The Test
After having updated its entire range of audio interfaces, M-Audio now looks to update its monitors, especially in the wake of their excellent high-level EXS66 monitors. These updates have had great results on the small Studiophile AV40, so let’s see what’s happened to the BX8a, for which a Deluxe version was recently released.

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The Secret Sound of Plants - Sonic Charge Synplant: The Test

The Parable of the Jazzmaster and the Jaguar - Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster & Jaguar: The Test

Multifaceted Synthesis - Clavia Nord Wave: The Test

Sample Transfusion - Digidesign Transfuser: The Test

WMD: Weapon of Mass DSPs - Universal Audio UAD-2: The Test

In POD We Trust? - Line 6 POD X3 Pro: The Test

Unidentified Musical Object - Yamaha Tenori-On: The Test

The Return of the King? - Pro Tools 8: The Test

Tube or not tube - Zoom Stack Package: The Test

Deluxe with a plain price - M-Audio BX8a Deluxe: The Test