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August 11, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Most drum instruments are built to make a kit sound more convincing. Majetone Dream Kit: Zenith takes the opposite direction: it treats the physical components of a drum kit as raw material for a playable, heavily sampled instrument. Shells, heads, cymbals, hardware and other drum components become chromatic sources for basses, percussion, textures and synthetic-sounding […]
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August 11, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
TBProAudio LAxLimit V (LAxLimit5) is a wideband look-ahead mastering limiter designed for peak control, loudness management, and final-stage dynamics processing. This review looks at its two independent limiter engines, serial and parallel operation, ISP/true-peak detection, oversampling, transient control, clipping, and monitoring tools to determine where LAxLimit V actually makes sense in a professional mastering workflow. […]
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August 10, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
The Asparion D700 Rack is a 19-inch rackmount control surface built around 16 touch-sensitive 100 mm motorized faders, 17 RGB rotary encoders, 76 programmable buttons, and support for MIDI, Mackie Control, HUI, OSC, and MQTT. Unlike a conventional desktop DAW controller, it is designed to become part of a larger production system—whether that means a […]
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August 9, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Sonuscore The Sculpture review comes down to one practical question: does its unusual source material offer something genuinely useful once it enters a real production, or is it simply another cinematic Kontakt library with a good story behind it? Built entirely from recordings of a single handmade metal sculpture, The Sculpture combines four microphone perspectives […]
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August 9, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
IK Multimedia’s TONEX 2.0 is not a new amp-modeling platform. The core capture-based technology remains the foundation of TONEX, while this release substantially redesigns the Player around search, library management, ToneNET integration and signal-chain workflow. For users with a large collection of Tone Models, that distinction matters more than the new version number. TONEX has […]
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August 8, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Creating believable distance has always been one of the more time-consuming parts of audio production. Traditional room simulation relies on a combination of EQ, level automation, stereo imaging, and reverb to convince the listener that a sound is coming from another room, behind a wall, or farther down a hallway. The result can be convincing, […]
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August 8, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Last updated: August 2026 Tested on: Version 2 Distortion has become one of the most crowded categories in audio production. Between analog console emulations, tape processors, tube saturators, multiband distortion, soft clippers, and harmonic enhancers, most engineers already have more options than they regularly use. The challenge is no longer finding another saturation plugin—it’s finding […]
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August 7, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Algorithmic reverb has been part of professional production for decades. Most new releases focus on workflow refinements, expanded preset libraries, or interface updates while leaving the underlying DSP largely unchanged. DEVPROAUDIO REVERSIDE takes a different path. Instead of treating reverb as a self-contained effect, it combines independently controlled Early and Late Reflection engines with a […]
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August 7, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Transparent analog EQs occupy a very different role today than they did a decade ago. Precision corrections, dynamic equalization, and loudness management now happen almost entirely inside the DAW, leaving analog hardware to handle the broad tonal adjustments that often prove easier to judge by ear than by measurement. That shift has made mastering equalizers […]
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