BEST STUDIO SOFTWARE
TECH
LOGIC AUDIO 7 STEINBERG
£600
CUBASE 4 £649
Hype
Hype
The effects and instruments are
Comes with an expanded and
incredible.
improved set of VST effects and four
Gripe
new virtual instruments,
Logic’s learning curve is still
Gripe
steeper than most other
No more support for Direct X
sequencers.
plug-ins. Still no side-chaining
Definitely a package to
within the native mixing
environment.
strongly consider although
it’s not for the faint-
The new Cubase shows
hearted.
some useful improvements
DJM
AG
’S
over SX3 with many more on
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
TO
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the way.
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CE
TeCH VerDiCT 4.0
PROPELLER- CAKEWALK
ABLETON HEADS SONAR 6 £299
LIVE 6 £329 REASON 3
Hype
Hype
£299 Excellent sound quality, good
Great new EQ and sampler. Powerful
Hype
freeze function, track layers,
instrument effect racks with macro
control of plug-ins from mixer.
Fun and educational route into
controllers.
music production offering a great Gripe
Gripe
range of instruments and effects. Included synths and effects could
The mixer could be enhanced with a
Gripe
be better, some options unavailable
proper ‘solo’ function
during playback, interface slightly
Let down by its clunky arrangement
cluttered.
features and some questions raised
about its trademark ‘Reason sound’.
Live keeps building on its
With unique features,
solid foundation with some
A fantastic stable and amazing sound quality and
tasty new features.
self-contained virtual good selection of plug-ins,
studio. inspirational. Sonar 6 is hard to ignore.
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
TeCH VerDiCT 5.0
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
BEST STUDIO CONTROLLERS
M-AUDIO CME NOVATION
TRIGGER BITSTREAM 3X REMOTE ZERO
FINGER £129
£220
SL £229
Hype
Hype
Hype
Velocity and pressure sensitive,
Joystick, crossfader and ribbon are
Huge range of controllers,
plenty of controls, plug-and-play
fun additions. Motion sequencing
innovative Automap feature and
and easy to programme.
gives it a groove-box feel.
easy set-up.
Gripe
Gripe
Gripe
No Midi ‘learn’ feature in the
Buttons feel cheap and wobbly.
Knobs and some build aspects could
included Ableton Live Lite 4
Crossfader width could be larger
be higher quality.
software.
and the knob is a bit too small.
perfect for Ableton Live
A well-designed controller
A powerful Midi controller
craziness.
for Ableton Live DJs and
with a huge number of
drum performance.
programmable options.
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
TeCH VerDiCT 4.0
KORG
AKAI MPD24 PADKONTROL
£149 £139
Hype Hype
The pads are very responsive and Loads of hands-on fun, this is
the whole thing is built to high versatile and easy to use and the
standards.. software package is outstanding.
Gripe Gripe
Not much to moan about except Would be nice if the touchpad had
that there’s no PSU supplied. ‘range’ setting and if the editing
software was realtime.
The real deal for producers
DJM
AG
’S who want that MpC feel A beautifully responsive and
TO
P
alongside proper Midi control.
inspirational hands-on tool.
CH
OI
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TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
TeCH VerDiCT 4.5
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