Orange TH30 Combo

Something’s happening in the boardrooms of amp-builders everywhere. Years of chiropractic bills and hearing tests have taken their toll, spurring designers into coming up with smaller, quieter valve-driven amps that are still up to the rigours of today’s gigging circuit. Small valve amps are nothing…

Randall RT503

Many folks associate Randall with its artists. Dimebag was a long-time user of the company’s solid-state amps and co-designed the Warhead. Likewise, Kurt Cobain used a solid-state Commander to record Nirvana’s debut, Bleach. But Randall knows a thing or two about valves, too (take Kirk Hammet’…

Solid State Logic X-Patch

The X-Patch is a very straightforward 16-by-16 analogue routing matrix, with abundant little additional features to satisfy most needs straight out of the box. Outwardly it’s deceptively simple. The front panel sports a ability switch, inputs for channels 1 and 2 (either jack or XLR) and outp…

Maxon AD-999 Delay pedal

Building on the legacy of the respected AD-900, the AD-999 Analogue Delay offers a massive 900ms of true analogue delay delivered via eight BBD chips. Like all of the vintage series, it has a 4PDT mechanical switch for noise-free bypass operation and runs on 9V DC for easy integration into standard …

Maxon CS-550 Stereo Chorus Pro pedal

Designed from a brief that stipulated true analogue circuitry, low noise and versatility, the CS-550 has a built-in compander to eliminate unwanted noise and features four-knob operation. Sounds Adjustable delay instance (which changes the shifted frequency) combined with standard speed and depth …

Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master pedal

The DS-830 is a distortion pedal that additionally features adjustable bass and treble controls. The Distortion Master has a claimed 59dB of boost available via its gain and level controls. It’s a large, very solidly built pedal like the rest of the series, but Maxon says that the …

Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro pedal

Maxon was responsible for the design and manufacture of many Ibanez products until early 2002, including the original TS-808 and TS-9 Tube Screamers. The Overdrive Pro features a similar overdrive circuit, but can additionally be used as a clean boost, outputting clean signal only when the drive kno…

Propellerhead Software Record 1.5

Reason 5 might be grabbing all the headlines, but its sibling, Record, is no slouch either. Whereas Reason is aimed primarily at electronic music styles, Record is more akin to a traditional DAW, with full-on audio recording, superb real-time timestretching and a mixer that’s modelled on an SSL cons…

Wallander Instruments Brass and Wind collections

The world is awash with orchestral string collections, with all formed of mammoth sampled libraries. Other orchestral sections aren’t represented in the marketplace to the same extent, but Swedish company Wallander Instruments is addressing that balance with its WIVI Instrument libraries. Rather tha…

Adam Audio A3X Monitors

Adam speakers have garnered a great reputation among studio bods by the past few years and, never one to rest on its laurels, the company are continually seeking to improve their designs wherever possible. The A3X is no exception. Straight out of the box, the compact design is a thing of utilitarian…

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