Latest Software Apps Reviews
“It’s dreamy, evocative and incredibly emotive, but there’s so much you can do to sounds as well”: Sonora Cinematic Panorama Guitars review
Panorama Guitars will have you crying into your DAWs as you create emotive shoegaze and post rock atmosphere
“A flexible and impressive compendium that extends way beyond just jazz”: Toontrack SDX The Jazz Sessions review
Combine a legendary engineer with a background in jazz, with an equally legendary studio, and the results could be the rebirth of the Cool. We hit the jazz pocket
“Delivers a compelling mix of features for music production, mastering, editing and audio restoration”: Magix Sequoia Pro 17 review
If your work incorporates editing, mastering and audio post, this PC-only DAW should definitely be on your radar. We check out the latest version
“It sounds just like an original, while being simple to use, and easy to control from within your DAW”: Roland Space Echo RE-201 Plugin review
If you want to send your mixes to the outer limits, we’ve got the perfect plugin for you. Listen out for echoes from Space
“A pretty addictive set of effects, with use that ranges from the more commonplace to experimental and avant-garde”: UVI Tape Suite review
If you go loopy for tape-based effects, UVI has something new that’ll get your capstans whirring. We dust off our VHS and Cassette collection
“It feels incredibly authentic at the base-sample level, and provides vast potential which extends way beyond its original use by rock bands”: Cherry Audio Wurlybird 140B review
If you’re after an iconoclastic electric piano, Cherry Audio has a new vintage classic in store. We take off with the new Wurlybird!
“A great combination of classic plugins – we’re surprised by how much we like the preamp”: Universal Audio LA-6176 review
UA has bundled three of its classic emulations into one channel strip. Is this analogue dream your ideal plugin team?
“A combo of powerful, flexible, multi-layered spectral audio editing with cutting edge AI-based neural networks”: Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 11 review
SpectraLayers has come a long way since Steinberg first acquired it, but in our view this may be the biggest step up yet
“A hugely versatile and impressive package at the sonic level… But the player may put professionals off”: Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra Symphonic Strings Professional review
After much anticipation, a full symphonic string section finally gets the professional Spitfire treatment, courtesy of Abbey Road Studios. We head for the famous zebra crossing
