Band Industries Roadie 3 - "An Accurate Tuner now with a Metronome and Winder/Unwinder"
OVERVIEW: Anyone who likes tech gadgets will enjoy Roadie 3. Although any other tuner will do the job, the mechanics of Roadie 3 is pretty cool (like the Chase Bliss Preamp MKII), but there’s a lot …
PreSonus Studio 24c - "Easy to use, install and with excellent sound/dependability & $1000 worth of software"
Well, I was using the Stealth Pedal (IK Multimedia) as an interface, and then it no longer was supported. Then I turned to the Line 6 Tone Port UX8, and although those drivers worked (in Windows 10),…
PreSonus Ampire - "Sounds Good and is Easy to Use"
Ampire is a VST plug-in developed by PreSonus. The basic program (with add-ons available separately, see demo at end of review) provides five key amplifiers, four of which are for guitar and one for …
Audified Linda RockStack - "Three-channel, easy-to-use Guitar amp/cab for clean, dirty and hi-gain"
Here is a simple-to-use VST plug-in that enables you to go from clean, to crunch, to rock and to hi-gain/metal. A three channel highly-tweakable amp with two perfectly matched cabs that can be blende…
Antelope Audio Discrete 4 Synergy Core - "Great Value and professional features"
I bought the Discrete 4 synergy core interface two weeks ago. After performing intensive testing and professional recording (also to catch one of the great antelope audio's offers) I decided to publi…
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 Pro - "Improved Sound and a Plethora of Effects & Tools"
Guitar Rig 6 is a software package that allows for stand-alone playing (connect a computer to a speaker system for live playing) or within a DAW for recording. Easy to download and install, the stand…
Luftrum Lunaris - "The Most Impressive Pad Instrument"
LUNARIS is no ordinary collection of pad samples; it is a 4-layer pad instrument that will take your creative abilities to the next level. I’ve always been a fan of pads, since they work in so many g…
Luftrum Bioscape - "Incredible Sounds and a Flexible Editing Platform"
Bioscape is a Kontakt and Komplete platform-based sampler, with over 320 presets in the categories of pads, textures, ASMR, drones, pulses, playables and effects. Designed by Luftrum Sound Design (an…
Native Instruments Kontakt 6 - "The Industry Standard in Sampler Platforms"
Native Instruments has been around for some time, leading the music software industry with sample profiles and effects. In order to best use the software a platform had to be developed, similar to re…
PulseSetter-Sounds Dystopian Guitars - "Modern and Edgy Cinematic/Soundscape composition software"
This sampler package is so awesome, it’s unfortunate that it’s not a direct plug-in/soft-synth, but that you require Kontakt by Native Instruments (which will double your investment if you don’t alre…
Roland MKB-300 - "Best keybed in my opinion"
I am old school and like the old vintage synthesizers and midi controllers. I came across the MK-300 years ago and bought it, to be used with the Muse Research Receptor and was pleased with them unti…
Roland A-880 - "Excellent unit, despite its age"
In my setup I have two A880 units that distribute 6 MIDI outputs from the computer interfaces to all my gear. Also they collect the input from various keyboards and send it to the interfaces. Mind y…
Edirol UM-880 - "THE MIDI patchbay"
I use a mixed USB (i.e. PC-based) and old-school MIDI rig: at a certain moment I had the need of a reliable patchbay. The UM-880 (as well its lesser incarnation, the UM-550) offers the best of both w…
Deplike Deplike - "Guitar fx pedal & amp sim app makes life easier for guitarists with iOS and Android phones/tablets"
I came across this app while I was on the verge of buying a Mooer GE150 processor after years of despising fx and amp sim processors. Now that times have changed, I’m just a tired ex-analogue geek fr…
Focusrite Saffire MixControl v2 - "Fewer audio interfaces offer more features or value"
These might appear to some as old almost an obsolete audio interface but you would be fooling yourself. With 16 inputs (8 XLR and 8 TRS) 8 outputs (including 7.1 or just split the instruments int…