Apple April 20 launch event: “Spring Loaded” with new iPads and announcements

What's Apple planning for 2021? Mark your calendar for 20 April! We're expecting new iPads and other news of interest to musicians and producers.

The Hagerman Amplification One Watter – A tube pedal amp with a pure, clean tone

The new Hagerman Amplification One Watter is a lean, mean and green 1 Watt all-tube amp in a pedal, designed to give you a pure clean tone.

Mooer’s L6 MKII Pedal Controller keeps your stompboxes in order

Mooer updates its Loop 6 Pedal Controller to MKII, adding useful buffers to what was already functionally a good package given the price point.

Sound Particles Brightness Panner is a frequency-dependent motion effect

Sound Particles Brightness Panner is a creative panning plug-in that moves your audio tracks around in space depending on their pitch or frequency content.

Eventide’s mighty new UltraTap Delay shipping now

The new Eventide UltraTap Delay pedal comes rushing onto the market a dotted quaver after the MicroPitch Delay, adding more modulation into the mix.

Fender Silverface ’68 Custom Pro Reverb and Vibro Champ Reverb shipping

Fender's new Silverface amps, '68 Vibro Champ Reverb and ‘68 Custom Pro Reverb, both emulate classic late-1960s combos, but with a few modern twists.

Kemper Power Kabinet hits the market, with 19 classic speaker imprints

It took a while, but Kemper's new active Power Kabinet is finally available, with 200 Watts of power and the ability to mimic famous speaker cones.

AudioThing Things Tilt: Tilt EQ plug-in for €9, plus loads of anniversary deals

AudioThing Things Tilt is a tilt EQ that lets you make quick frequency adjustments. And during the company's anniversary sale, it's just €9 – or even free!

AMSynths teases The Prague: Dual Oscillator Analog Mono Synth

Launching in May AMSynths reveals the first details of their forthcoming analog Eurorack compatible monosynth they are calling The Prague.

Plugin Alliance introduces Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak

Plugin Alliance has released Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak. The developer says that the new plug-in avoids many of the problems that plague traditional true peak limiters.

Slammer: Virtual Drum Instrument full of fun and playability

Klevgrand has compiled multi-samples of 30 different percussive instruments to create the fun and finger-drumming-tastic Slammer.

Check out Fender Master Builder Ron Thorn’s new Acoustasonic called The Trees

Ron Thorn has crafted a Fender Master Built offset Acoustasonic called The Trees using some woods that are special, even by Custom Shop standards...

KHDK launches My Big Fatt Rawk, a ‘dickstortion’ pedal

A guitar pedal based on penis jokes, KHDK's My Big Fatt Rawk is the brainchild of Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman and comedian Brian Posehn.

The ESP used by Kirk Hammett in Metallica’s One music video sells at auction for 6 figures!

Want to own a piece of Metallica history? Kirk Hammett's ESP 400 Series S-Type, as used on the band's famous One music video, is up for auction.

Heritage Custom Shop Core Collection H-150 Artisan Aged – Aged to perfection?

Heritage Guitars' new H-150 Artisan Aged is still the company's flagship premium model, but now with a worn-in, aged feel and look.

XILS-Lab KaoX: Takes on the GS1 and evolves it in chaotic hybrid directions

KaoX is a virtual instrument inspired by a classic piano-like FM synthesizer wrapped up in virtual analog and pushed through chaotic algorithms.

Wavefonix releases 3340 Dual VCO and 2140 LPF

New releases include the CEM3340 based 3340 Dual VCO with parallel oscillators and the 2140 Low-Pass Filter with overdrive and dual compensated FM modulation.

Sassy Audio Spreadsheet: Is this the nerdiest synth yet?

Enter the ordered, organised and accounted world of the Sassy Audio Spreadsheet - it Excels (!) as a virtual modular synthesizer and actually sounds really good.

Orobas: Eurorack Tube distortion and VCA now available

Fresh from Animal Factory Amplification is the Orobas Vacuum Tube VCA, Saturator and Distortion in one complex and fierce-looking module.

Review: Walrus Audio’s ACS1 Amp and Cab Simulator pedal

Walrus Audio's latest MAKO Series pedal, the ACS1 amp and cab simulator, was released earlier this year. Did it meet our expectations? Mostly...

Moog Sound Studio: The Review

The Moog Sound Studio offers all you need to start making music with Moog semi-modular synths. We check out this pricy but fabulous bundle of noise.

K-Devices Shaper 2: Modular multi FX plug-in destroys your audio

K-Devices Shaper 2 is a modular multi FX plug-in that attacks your audio with waveshaper, transform, glitch gate and resonator modules. Turn your tracks into a digital pile of rubble!

Circuit Happy ML:2 is an Ableton Link-infused clock generator in just 2HP

From the company that brought us the Missing Link desktop Ableton Link box comes a Link infused Eurorack clock generator in just 2HP.

TASCAM TM-250U: USB-C microphone for recordists and content creators

TASCAM is about to release a new USB microphone called the TM-250U. Does it have what it takes to stand out among the fierce competition?