Holiday Season Raffle, Part 4: Win a Harley Benton Guitar Bundle (closed)

It's Week 4 of our big Holiday Season Raffle: Win a Harley Benton Guitar Bundle with ST-62 VW guitar, HB-40R combo amp a Vintage Overdrive pedal!

Novo Guitars adds two new models to its 2021 lineup – Voltur and Solus H2

Novo Guitars announces two new models, the Voltur and Solus H2, as well as a new Select Program ordering system that considerably cuts down waiting times.

Iced Audio AudioCortex: Have AI organize your sample library for you

Can't find what you need in your huge sample library? AudioCortex uses AI to categorize and label your sounds. Let neural networks do the job for you!

Will Yamaha’s new Pacifica 612 HSS guitars reinvigorate the Pacifica series?

Will the new Pacifica 612 models, the 612VIIFMX and 612VIIX, breathe new life into the Pacifica series? Both feature nice hardware and sweet finishes.

Steinberg Nuendo 11: Dolby Atmos rendering, advanced metering and more

Steinberg debuts Nuendo 11! New features like Dolby Atmos authoring and Netflix loudness metering strengthen the DAW's focus on post production.

Is Mutable Instruments Clouds 2 imminent?

Does the new Blades dual filter promotional image have a glimpse of the long-awaited Clouds 2 softly focused in the background?

Mutable Instruments Blades: Blissfully edgy duelling filters

Blades features dual multi-mode filters with overdrive and wavefolding that fall on a continuum of filtering lows, highs and everything in between.

The Mattoverse Bad Passenger Fuzz MKII – now with even more filth

The new Mattoverse Bad Passenger Fuzz MKII is a simple one-knob affair, with an added character switch that toggles between bright and dark fuzz tones.

Blackstar teams up with Gordon Smith Guitars on its new Carry-on travel guitar

The new Carry-on travel guitar is a collaboration between Blackstar amps and UK guitar manufacturer Gordon Smith, and arrives just in time for Christmas.

Patch: The Card Game that modifies your modular

Discover Oblique Strategies for modular in this beautifully realised pack of cards full of modular patching ideas and playful progression.

KHDK Electronics launches SGT D boost/preamp for Scott Ian of Anthrax!

Cigar-chomping skeletons, threats about getting stabbed in the liver: it must be KHDK Electronics' SGT D boost/preamp pedal for Scott Ian of Anthrax!

Waves Abbey Road RS124 Tube Compressor plug-in: More Altec for your money!

Waves is ending 2020 with a headline-worthy release, an emulation of the Altec RS124 tube compressor unit from the Abbey Road golden years. Groovy!

Red Witch conjures up the Pristina, its new germanium dual boost pedal

The new Red Witch Pristina is a hand-wired, limited edition dual-boost pedal that uses two hand-picked NOS germanium transistors for a super glassy tone.

Apple readying 32-core ARM chip for late 2021 Mac, 2022 Mac Pro?

Apple is toiling away at new ARM-based silicon designs featuring 16 and 32 high-performance CPU cores which may debut next year. Yes, that's 32 cores.

Riffer 3.0: Smart riff and sequence generator reaches the next level

Riffer takes the boring old piano roll and stuffs it full of probability and possibility in the best MIDI sequencer your DAW doesn't have.

Vendaval: Atmospheric wind generator for game and sound design

Vendaval a synthesizer that models the sound of wind built by composer and sound designer Caio M. Jiacomini (@caiojmini)

Need chords? Call the Chordmonger

Over 100 chords at your fingertips with the buttonised Chordmonger MIDI Chord Controller complete with arpeggiator and chord sequencer.

CHAOS: Six Channel Aleatoric Brain of hyper-Turing moods and oblivion

Chaos is a Turing machine on steroids while being force-fed probability both globally and individually for uncontrollable controllability - it's rather good.

Best Sample Packs This Week: EDM vocals, ambient techno, free industrial loops

This week: A vocal set from Sri Lanka, an ancient instrument crafted from an apricot tree, ambient techno loops, laid back hip-hop samples and free industrial samples.

Optimize Windows 10 for music production with these hidden power tweaks!

Optimize your Windows 10 computer for music production - including power user tweaks Microsoft removed in the 2004 & 20H2 updates!

LOOPEREYE: A new and smarter way to loop?

If you're a fan of looper pedals, check out the new LOOPEREYE, a smart looper system powered by an app and combined with a configurable stompbox interface.

Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve: Sparkle for the festive season!

Ernie Ball Music Man ends 2020 on a high with the December Ball Family Reserve, comprising two stunning Majestys, an Axis and a two StingRays.

Toybox Nano Pack creates a massive modular playground in Reaktor Blocks

The Toybox Nano Pack comes with a ridiculous amount of modules for Reaktor Blocks with every conceivable function converted in high-quality, low-CPU simplicity.

Say hello to Eddy, a new analogue bucket brigade chorus/vibrato from Electro-Harmonix

Looking for a new chorus/vibrato? The new Electro-Harmonix Eddy offers analogue bucket brigade chorus and vibrato effects with external expression control.