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Steinberg Cubase Pro 14
DAW Software
Cubase 14 introduces a wide selection of new features while refining old ones.
Published January 2025
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Mark Wherry
Mark Wherry has been a contributor to Sound On Sound for around two decades and was formerly SOS Reviews Editor.
Since 2003, Mark has worked as Director of Music Technology for Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions in Santa Monica, California. In this capacity he’s contributed to over 50 feature film scores, from the Dark Knight trilogy to Frost/Nixon, Dunkirk, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, as well as developing the first 64-bit, multi-core sampler to be used on such projects.
After studying the organ whilst growing up in England, Mark was finally able to put the lessons to good use performing as the hands of Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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Steinberg Cubase Pro 13
Digital Audio Workstation
Cubase Pro 13 may be light on headline features, but its raft of small improvements makes it a worthwhile upgrade.
Published December 2023
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Apple Logic Pro For iPad
Digital Audio Workstation Software
With their iPad version of Logic Pro, have Apple succeeded in implementing a touch‑first user interface without sacrificing pro features?
Published November 2023
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Apple M2 MacBook Pro & Mac mini: Part 2
Personal Computers
We put the latest M2‑based Macs through their paces with music benchmarks.
Published July 2023
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Apple M2 MacBook Pro & Mac mini: Part 1
Personal Computers
We begin an in‑depth, two‑part examination of Apple’s M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, and the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers that house them.
Published June 2023
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Apple Mac Studio
Desktop Computer
Is Apple’s Mac Studio the perfect computer for the studio?
Published May 2022
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Apple MacBook Pro: M1 Pro & Max
Laptop Computer
Apple’s most powerful laptop computer ever has been explicitly designed with music in mind.
Published January 2022
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M1 For Music
What Do Apple’s New Computers Offer For Musicians?
We undertake the most comprehensive look at Apple’s M1‑based Macs from a musician and audio engineer’s perspective.
Published August 2021
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Roland JD-800
Software Synthesizer
The JD‑800 is the latest instrument to join the Roland Cloud.
Published July 2021
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Apple iPad Air
Tablet Computer
Is Apple’s new iPad Air the pick of the bunch?
Published March 2021