After 20+ years in professional audio: live sound engineering, studio technical direction (Deep Forest, Pierre Jacquot), head of digital marketing at Playback.fr. A first-hand witness to the analog-to-digital shift, I track the whole audio landscape and break it down here — no fluff.
The M-VAVE FM-1 packs a six-operator FM engine straight out of the Yamaha DX-7 playbook into a battery-powered pocket box selling for roughly $60 to $100. Twelve voices, 32 algorithms, SysEx patch import and a built-in speaker make classic FM more accessible than it has ever been.
With the IER-M500, Sony’s Pro Audio division delivers its first in-ear stage monitors: a single wide-range dynamic driver, strong passive isolation and a detachable cable, all for $119.99. It’s an entry-level-pro play that undercuts a segment that has historically been expensive.
Softube is offering a new version of its in-house mixing system in a housing that…
VRAC popularised the art of “drumifying” any source. Here are seven plugins, free and paid, that push the idea further — from Krotos Reformer Pro’s real-time resynthesis to kit builders XO, Atlas 2 and Battery 4, plus the pure synthesis of Waldorf Attack 3.
Novation crowns its Launchkey MK4 range with a large-format 88-key semi-weighted model. OLED screen, 16…
Freqport doubles its FreqInOut box. The FO1_2RK combines two FO1 units in a 1U rack…
Image-Line has released FL Studio 2026, its annual update, free for all licence holders. On…
Nine years after first showing a prototype as he came of age, Jacob Brashears is…
There are free software tools that you install out of curiosity and uninstall the next…
Soyuz is adding a third member to its 017 series, the brand’s flagship range. The…