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Roland Jupiter-4 $199 PC MAC

When great plugins come around, the very best stay in a perpetual orbit of use. We revisit the reincarnation of Roland’s original planetary gas

BARGAIN BEATS

Over the next 20 pages we’re going big on drum machines: programming, sounds, the best plugins and more. And for less cash too!

15 questions with… AmyElle

With an upbringing during which she enjoyed her parents’ “stupidly big” CD collection, AmyElle’s influences include everything from classical music to Detroit techno. But it’s her house tracks that have given her millions of streams and support from Radio 1, and helped launch a DJ career that’s seen her play live at Amnesia, Tomorrowland and across the States

IK Multimedia MODO Bass 2 €299.99 PC MAC

Refining their low-end generator with new tones and stylistic options, IK Multimedia affirm their brilliance for making virtual session players

Audient EVO 16 £399.99 PC MAC

Good value is hard to come by right now, but if you want to tickle your bargain sensors look no further than Audient’s new EVO 16

Karanyi Sounds Poly Space $49 PC MAC

This latest reverb plugin will take you to outer space, but only has a couple of controls to get you there. Can ‘simple’ really sound ‘great’?

15 questions with... The Maghreban

With three decades of production in many different genres under his belt, Ayman Rostom's latest album, Connection, could be described as a bit of a melting pot' of different styles. But with praise from Pitchfork, The Quietus and Resident Advisor, plus fans including Ben UFO, Benji B and The Horrors, it might well be a candidate for dance album of 2022...

HyperDrive Thunderbolt 4 Power Hub

Declutter with a combined high speed hub and GaN charger

Sony WH-1000XM5

Block out external sound while piping sweet music to your ears

M2 MacBook Air is hot stuff

Some reviewers have claimed the laptop overheats in use

GET INTO CODING!

Code monkey Jonni Bidwell's firmware has glitched out, so he must teach himself to code again. He hopes you'll join him for the adventure...

ANALOG ZERO: Get to grips with analog electronic control

Les Pounder "cranks that dial" to relive his youth of soldering irons and 1980s electronics, when a 'bit' was a relatively unknown concept.

Total War: Warhammer 3

Management thought the Realm of Chaos was its hot-desking floor, but Fraser Brown knows better and is perma-working from home...

Porteus 5.0

Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for portable distros, and wonders if the latest Porteus can wean him away from his all-time favourite, Slax.

Organise your fonts and create new ones

Nick Peers reveals how to manage your font collection as well as design new typefaces from scratch using a collection of open source tools.

FEATHER-LIGHT WEATHER MONITOR

Jonni Bidwell doesn't fake it till he makes it. Makes a Pi-powered environment monitor, that is...

Logitech Lift Vertical

Reduce strain with an ergonomic mouse

JBL Link Music Wireless Speaker

A compact smart speaker with voice control

Arlo Go 2

Versatile 1080p security camera with Wi-Fi and 4G LTE support

Relive the days of BeOS

Michael Reed wonders if he's met the 90s-style desktop of his dreams with Haiku, an open source re-creation of the BeOS operating system.

Flirc Pi 4 Case

Les Pounder settles down to watch a film, blast some aliens and does a spot of low-power computing while his Raspberry Pi 4 stays cool.

W5100S-EVB-Pico

Les Pounder wants to add another device to the Internet of Things. "Just a 'pico'-sized project from WIZnet," he promises...

AmOs 22.08.02

Mayank Sharma always falls for beautiful-looking Arch distros, but he wonders if this one does enough to appeal to others...

Klipsch ProMedia Heritage 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System

A modern audio system with retro feel

iPhone 14 could be Apple’s most divisive range yet

Big splits in the Pro and non-Pro line-up

Apple has filed 248 carrelated patents since 2000

The Apple Car project has been driving on for a while…

Apple Under Pressure

Apple is facing pressure from courts, parliaments, regulators and protestors. But how is it responding?

Run a modern, focused, alternative to Vim

While Shashank Sharma is quite fond of the text editor Vim, he realises that it can overwhelm new users. Thankfully, a simplified variant is on offer...

Samsung MUF-256DA

Ganesh T S has never had such a fast thumb... drive!

1More Piston Buds Pro

Affordable wireless earbuds with noise cancelling