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Merging Anubis+ Music Mission The new Music Mission transforms Merging’s desktop device into a powerful recording mixer and Ethernet audio interface. Introduced early last year, Merging’s Anubis is an ambitious and hugely flexible product. But what kind of product? That depends. The Anubis’ functionality is almost uniquely adaptable, courtesy of an internal field‑programmable gate array (FPGA) that is used to load different Missions. These configure the unit for different roles within ...

Pro Tools 2021.3 The 2021.3 update brings limited Big Sur compatibility, and more besides. At the end of March, Avid released Pro Tools version 2021.3. While the preceding 2020.12 update brought with it some really significant new features, particularly Audio to MIDI and the integration of Melodyne, 2021.3 is more focused on OS compatibility for Mac users, bringing as it does limited support for Big Sur. Unlike most OS releases where ‘support’ means exactly that, in the case of Big Sur some...

PreSonus Sphere We take a look at what’s included with PreSonus Sphere. At first glance, the PreSonus Sphere looks a lot like one of those increasingly common subscription services where, for a monthly charge, you get more software than you need for less than you thought and are left feeling that you don’t actually own anything. Subscriptions have their pros and cons, but with Sphere, once you’ve waded through the software bundle, you’ll find that there’s a lot more to it than tha...

Accusonus ERA 5 Bundle Pro Audio Restoration Plug-ins When cleaning up dialogue, speed, quality and ease of use are all important — and Accusonus aim to tick all those boxes with their flagship bundle. Comprising 13 plug‑ins, Accusonus’ ERA Bundle Pro is designed to tackle common audio problems, but particularly those affecting speech and vocals, with as little as possible in the way of operational complexity or unwanted side‑effects. The company have good form in this area �...

Affordable, reliable and unexpectedly small, Beyer’s ribbon mics have been studio staples since the mid‑’60s.

Antelope Audio VEQ-432C Antelope Audio recreate a cult mastering equaliser for their unique AFX platform. Outboard gear intended for high‑end mastering has to meet particularly stringent design criteria. It must be entirely free from unwanted distortion and noise. It must be optimised for stereo use, with both channels perfectly matched. It should have switched or stepped controls, for precise recall, with ranges appropriate to the job in hand. And, of course, it needs to sound amazing. The...

Acustica Audio Sienna What can the dynamic convolution experts bring to the world of headphone monitoring? I use a lot of Acustica’s ‘dynamic convolution’ plug‑ins, but my interest was piqued when they told me of their plans to launch a filter‑based headphone correction system with dynamic convolution emulations of monitor speakers in real studio control rooms. Called Sienna, this suite of four related plug‑ins (AAX, VST 2 and 3 and AU, Mac OS 10.9 onwards and Windows 64‑bit) a...

Norand Mono Masses of modulation and an innovative sequencer make the Mono much more than just another monosynth. The 303 paradigm is so well established now, one glance at the familiar synth‑up‑top, sequencer‑down‑below table‑top cigar‑box is enough to conjure memories of smiley faces, warehouse raves, dungarees, bucket hats, and... wait was that really 35 years ago? Anyway, Mono, from the new French company Norand, certainly doesn’t hide its influences. But neither does it attem...

iZotope Spire Studio 2nd Generation Portable Digital Multitrack Recorder iZotope’s clever Spire Studio is back and better than ever! In the June 2018 issue of SOS we took our first look at iZotope’s Spire Studio, a gadget used in conjunction with an iOS/Android tablet or phone to drag the Portastudio concept into the 21st Century. Spire Studio is a portable eight‑track digital recording system, complete with effects, and you can record via its built‑in omni microphone or via a p...

Logic Pro | Advanced MIDI Manipulation: Part 1 Apple Logic Pro X Tips & Techniques We demonstrate how flexible Logic Pro’s MIDI processing tools can be. In 1983, the second most successful computer networking protocol was born. Unlike those that underpin the Internet, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) was not created by an academic offshoot of the military wing of the United States, but by a consortium of synthesizer manufacturing companies led by Dave Smith of Sequential...