Gear Of The Year 2025

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns pick their software and hardware highlights from the gear they've reviewed in the last 12 months. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:14 - Cranborne Audio Brick Lane Compressor 03:56 - Soundtoys SpaceBlender 05:40 - Braingasm Ocula 08:18 - Sub51 And Soundtrax Drop Pad 09:16 - Red Panda Radius Ring Modulator 10:40 - Source Audio Encounter Delay+Reverb 11:45 - Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss 13:05 - Sound Devices Astral ARX16 Receiver 15:23 - Sound Devices Astral HH Transmitter 16:31 - Sound Devices Astral TX Transmitter 17:17 - RME ADI-2/4 Pro Converter 18:34 - Newfangled Audio Articulate Audio ADSR 19:54 - Overloud THU v2 Guitar Amp Simulator 20:37 - Grace Design m701 Audio Interface Gear4Music (affiliate link UK/EU only) Red Panda Radius EHX Oceans Abyss Sweetwater (affiliate link North America only) Cranborne Brick Lane 500 Red Panda Radius Source Audio Encounter EHX Oceans Abyss Sound Devices Astral ARX16 Sound Devices Astral HH Sound Devices Astral TX RME ADI-2-4 Pro SE Grace Design m701 Paul White Biog Paul White initially trained in electronics at The Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern then went on to work with Malvern Instruments, a company specialising in laser analysis equipment, before moving into technical writing. He joined the Sound On Sound team in 1991 where he became Editor In Chief, a position he held for many years before recently becoming Executive Editor. Paul has written more than 20 recording and music technology textbooks, the latest being The Producer’s Manual. Having established his own multitrack home studio in the 1980s he’s worked with many notable names including Bert Jansch and Gordon Giltrap. He’s played in various bands over the years and currently collaborates with Malvern musician Mark Soden, under the name of Cydonia Collective. Paul still performs live claiming that as he has suffered for his music he doesn’t see why everyone else shouldn’t too! Hugh Robjohns Biog Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound´s Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC´s technical training centre. He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too! Catch more shows on our other podcast channels:

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This episode was published on Nov 21, 2025.

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