Music Radar Team

The eagerly awaited Artisan series doesn't disappoint...

8-track mixer, USB audio interface and iPod recording station - Alesis' multi-faceted hardware is all of these things and more...

If you can afford them, Meinl's Mb20s let metal drummers go 'all the way up to 11'

The B12 alloy used for Meinl's super shiny Soundcaster Customs makes for a versatile set of cymbals

Play and tweak seven classic analogue synths from one devlishly handsome keyboard controller

A handy, affordable mic set for many, but by no means all, drum set-ups

Danish FX specialist updates its analogue multi-FX

Cockos is proving that you don't need to spend megabucks to get your hands on a powerful DAW.

Powered by what Tone2 is calling a brand new type of synthesis, Gladiator is a fine-sounding instrument with plenty of depth.

With the third update of its post-production software, Steinberg is hoping to eat into Pro Tools' market share

Three classic amps in plug-in form

There's more to convolution technology than reverb - here we have a plug-in that can give you the sound of just about any kind of speaker

Buddy's daughter Cathy Rich is behind this well-made, good-looking tribute kit to her father

Roland has upped the ante with more features and Loop Capture

A cutdown version of the full-on Micro Q, the Phoenix has a charm all of its own.

Arguably the best acrylic drums ever made, they look and sound fantastic as long as you can handle the plastic

Alan Gilby's vented shell snares create a dry, punchy response and the everyday prices make them worth investigating

The snares made famous by Krupa are still going strong, and the priceless tone makes these worthy successors to the Radio King title

It's one thing to create a plug-in that generates vocal harmonies, but quite another to make these harmonies sound realistic...

For the price, it's hard to find fault with the Adder kit, and the snare's not half bad for a beginner's kit either

Pro-Mark celebrates its half century with a fabulously expensive, ultra-limited edition snare drum

A welcome retouching has transformed what was previously just a good synth into a great one.

This is a Chinese-made Leedy set-up with hardware quality far beyond the kit's beginner status

Despite the obvious 'natural' benefits of convolution reverbs, quality artificial models are a more flexible choice. Cue Breverb…

It's hardly groundbreaking, but this sound module, audio interface and music file player is a solid, versatile performer.