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Reviews

Explore our in-depth product reviews across all things studio. Whether you’re after the right studio equipment or music production software, we’ve tested and compared top tools to help you build the perfect setup.

The 8 best vocal plugins in 2025

Vocals can really make or break a song. There’s nothing like having a great singer on your track lending it the final sparkle it needs to become a hit, but it’s all too easy to overdo things and ruin a good take with effects.

Yamaha HS5 review: Not pretty, but precise

Back in the 1980s, Yamaha came out with the NS-10. These monitors sounded absolutely horrible, but it was that exact reason that Yamaha found great success through their release. The short of it all was that they were harsh, brittle, but extremely accurate at showing sore spots and weaknesses in any mix.

Yamaha’s newer line of monitors, the HS5, are often compared to the NS-10, and for the most part, that comparison is fairly accurate.

Adam Audio T7V review: Great, with some minor faults

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Adam Audio monitors, and for good reason. Years ago, when the company was less well-known, their speakers were overpriced and didn’t sound nearly as good.

Today, however, 25 years later, the company has perfected their craft of churning out quality products at affordable prices, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that.

Shure SM58 review: Mic that needs no introduction

If you were to simply Google image search the word “microphone”, the first thing to appear would be a picture of the Shure SM58. This particular microphone is so iconic, so reliable, and so versatile that it has become the Mickey Mouse of audio gear.

In this article, I’ll be reviewing it for anybody who has yet to be acquainted.