REVIEWS: Expressive E Osmose polysynth [front cover] • Warm Audio WA-MPX & WA-2MPX tube tape machine preamps • Korg Drumlogue • Universal Audio Sphere LX & DLX mics • DPA Ultimate Recording Kit mic collection • Arturia MiniFreak V • Arturia Pigments 4 • Sonarworks SoundID Reference For Multichannel • Tokyo Dawn Records SimuLathe • Lauten Audio LA-220 v2 mic • Zoom AMS-22, 24 & 44 interfaces • IK Multimedia iRig Stream Mic Pro • Locomotive Audio WT-Comp • sE Electronics DCM3 & DCM6 mics • Hit’n’Mix RipX DeepCreate • OM System LS-P5 recorder • RYK Modular Vector Wave • Strymon Cloudburst • Latest sample libraries — and lots more!

TECHNIQUES & PEOPLE: • Ian Shepherd On Loudness & Dynamics • Do You Need A Subwoofer? • Sleaford Mods: Recording ‘UK Grim’ • Inside Track: Metro Boomin ‘Heroes & Villains’ • Dying To Work In Music • How I Got That Sound: Leo Abrahams ‘Harm Organ’ • Modular Profile: Lisa Bella Donna • Talkback: Mikado Koko • DAW workshops: Cubase, Studio One, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Logic Pro — and plenty more!