Archives: Gear Reviews

Native Instruments lifted the covers off the ninth installment to their renowned Komplete mega package software series today. The Komplete 9 Ultimate tallies up to a whopping 370 GB of sound, packing 65 products…

Breaking news out of the labs of Native Instruments. The esteemed hardware and software developer has let out a teaser video along with some tasty samples for what looks to…

Last year the hardware meets software labs at Arturia presented us with their SPARK Creative Drum Machine. It was quite a standout as it combined your usual sample playback with their new…

Do I need to start a roll call of all the DJ's and producers using the Maschine by Native Instruments at the moment? It'd be a list that would cover this whole review with…

Big things are happening at NAMM as expected. Prior to the music tech showcase the legendary pioneers at Moog dropped a few naked teasers of the latest addition to their…

Sometimes less is more. In this day and age of controllerism, the first thought might be to complicate things, but Livid Instruments took the opposite approach to one of their…

One of the most exciting rumours stirring around before this year's NAMM was Korg unveiling a true analog reissue of their patchable 1970s hit, the MS-20. Having already released a…

If there's any piece of music tech that you share with the artist it's the only thing separating your ear from their bitter sweet sounds. Headphones have been around way…

 The world of DJ and studio tech is filled with all sorts of alien-like interfaces encasing wordy functions that sound like they've been ripped out of a scifi film. It's…

Ask anyone spinning on 1s and 2s a few years ago and they would have had a laugh if you told them that they'd be using touch screens in the…

If you call yourself a seasoned nightlifer I'm sure at least one of the units from Native Instruments' Kontrol series has caught your drunken gaze. Sitting on the sideline of…