Ninety-nine tools, in order, then the full catalogue behind them. The Edit is AB.STUDIO’s quarterly magazine for music makers: 111 pages of professional software and hardware, considered selections, production ideas and conversations about the craft. Explore The Index, discover Supply’s 2,499 titles from 292 makers, and find The Drop at the back of the book. Q4/26 | November 2026. Toronto · New York · Miami.
IN CONVERSATION
W H A T D I D Y O U B U Y L A S T ?
A de-esser, which sounds boring, and it is, and it is also the thing I reach for on every vocal now. Boring is underrated.
W H A T D I D Y O U S T O P U S I N G ?
Anything that needed a dongle. Anything whose company stopped answering. A room full of outboard I loved and could not recall the sound of.
H O W D O Y O U L I S T E N T O W O R K T H A T I S N O T Y O U R S ?
On the same speakers, at the same level, with the meter off. If I reach for the volume knob it is telling me something about the mix, not the song.
02 OF 02
W H A T D O E S T H E N E X T F I V E Y E A R S C H A N G E ?
Less. The tools are good enough. What changes is who gets to use them, and that has been the story since the first interface that fit in a bag.
W H A T S H O U L D B E I N T H I S R A N K I N G T H A T I S N O T ?
Ask me next edition. The list is better than I expected and I would move two things. That is a good ranking.
P H O T O G R A P H
T H E R O O M , T H E D E S K , T H E H A N D S
T H E F I V E T H E Y W O U L D K E E P
A L L I N T H E 9 9
H E A R T H E W O R K
N E X T E D I T I O N
A M A S T E R I N G E N G I N E E R
A P H O T O G R A P H E R W H O E D I T S
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