With just a USB port built-in it is arguably, in this first incarnation, of limited use – although more devices than ever, from phones to radios to toothbrushes, are now powered by USB cables, these are situations where portability may not be the prime consideration. The MU Tablet USB Adapter has been tested by recognised certification organisations and has the full pre-requisite approvals for CE certification, ensuring safe use. Amp charger, unimaginatively named the Mu Tablet, that has “an embedded auto-detect chip enabling the Mu to identify the device being connected and, in turn, deliver the device-optimum charge.

When folded, the live and neutral pins are covered by the housing of the charger, while the plastic earth pin sticks out just a few millimetres.

Pulsar Mu can quickly create the “glue” needed for cohesive drum buss processing, while still respecting transients – even those of a kick drum. This Mu will be ‘one production run only,’ with a signature printed design on the case, and then the Mu brand will be put out to pasture forever. Acoustic guitar: On an acoustic guitar, with a relatively low gain reduction setting, Pulsar Mu creates a nice organic groove, while respecting the transients of the instrument. I joined the kickstarter for the two but they folded before that could be delivered - they'd promised a reworked One as part of that but that didn't materialise and backers ended up with a 20W USBC charger instead. A check of their site indicated that they had released the a tablet version of the product, charging at 2.

Because of the various voltages etc involved, it’s not easy to ramp it up to charge anything – the current plug (with regular USB socket) will charge phones, but they are working on a tablet version, and ultimately, a laptop charging cord too.

The most faithful emulation of a modern yet legendary tube compressor/limiter – perfect glue for mixing and mastering.

Maybe I’m over stating the problem but, I have to admit, when I bought my first Apple Mac, I couldn’t help but feel a little jealous of the neat folding pins on the US model that slipped easily into my laptop bag, versus the UK equivalent. A gold standard among mixing and mastering engineers, the Variable Mu adds clarity and cohesion to stereo buses or your entire mix.This innovative feature enables to shift the timing of the gain reduction signal with respect to the input. That’s essential for getting the plug-in to distort and saturate like its real-world counterpart without clipping the channel in your DAW. Another addition is the possibility of advancing (look-ahead) or delaying (look-behind) the sidechain signal.