Dave Smith announces new Sequential Synthesizer

Dave Smith of Sequential released a video thanking people for their birthday wishes and casually mentions how he's working on a new synthesizer for the summer. What do we think that might be?

ToneBoosters Dual VCF: An attractive filter plug-in for EUR 19.

Dual VCF gives you dozens of modelled analog filters, envelope following and LFO for modulation, for the price of a home-delivered meal. We think this could be a neat little addition to your arsenal.

Sonible Balancer AI-driven mixing plug-in is free until April 13!

sonible's Balancer spectral balance plug-in is free to download and own for life until April 13! So here's a free alternative to oZone Mastering Assistant.

Mazetools Mutant fuses music through Tesseract manipulation in hyperspace

Mutant is a visually interactive compositional space of cross-platform musical experimentation and transformation - or messing about with sounds in cubes with your mates.

Sixty Four Pixels Noodlebox 4-part CV/Gate and MIDI desktop Serendipity Sequencer

The Noodlebox from Sixty Four Pixels offers 4 channels of CV/Gate and MIDI sequencing in a neat desktop box with a huge LED matrix screen that revels in accidental and hopefully happy accidents.

Amped ROOTS free amp sim by Riffs, Beards & Gear blasts through the 5034 Fluff

Amped: ROOTS is a new signature guitar amp sim by ML Sound Lab and Ryan "Fluff" Bruce, with tight, modern high-gain guitar tones - there's a free and well-priced bundle set on offer.

GibsonTV: Mark Agnesi giving away a new Epiphone guitar every day

GibsonTV is giving away free Epiphone guitars all this month and you can also donate money to charity to be in with a chance to win some of Mark’s Music Rig, including some top gear, too!

Overdrive meets Treble Booster with the Orion Effects Black and White pedal

"Discover your own grey area with the Orion Effects Black and White"! The German boutique pedal maker mashes up an overdrive with a booster circuit into a nice-sounding if pricey new pedal.

Tone Projects Unisum: a highly tweakable mastering compressor

Tone Projects has released Unisum, an impressive new mastering compressor plug-in. Unisum is a highly tweakable compressor designed to give engineers precise control. Let's see what it can do.

Molecular Boost: A micro boost and utility pedal that crams in the features

Tsakalis Audio Works has launched the Molecular Boost, a devastatingly useful mini pedal combining at least three effects into its dinky little case. A mini powerhouse packs some serious punch!

Critter & Guitari EYESY Video Synthesizer makes music for the eyes

Boutique electronic instrument makers Critter & Guitari has a new visual box of tricks that will generate fabulously dynamic video projections in response to your music.

Give your Behringer Crave some juicy low end with this DIY Sub-Oscillator project

Carmelo Azzarello of Analog Lab has put together a circuit that adds a square wave sub-oscillator to the Behringer Crave for some really beefy tones. Can work on other synths and Eurorack too!

SPL Crescendo duo: a new hi-end dual-channel German mic pre

The Crescendo duo features two mic pres with the same sonic and technical specifications as the flagship 8-channel Crescendo mic pre, the one that's "impossible to overdrive."

Fender Tom Morello Soul Power Stratocaster – Will you sticker yours?

The Audioslave-era heavily modded Fender Strat wielded by Tom Morello is now available officially as the Soul Power Stratocaster. It comes complete with a kill switch, Floyd Rose and optional sticker!

Audio Simplified Pedal Pusher integrates your pedals into your DAW or mixer

The new Audio Simplified Pedal Pusher is a 19" rack mount solution that helps you work with effects pedals within your recording or live setup. A new Swiss Army knife for pedal-heavy guitar setups?

Steel Panther’s Satchel announces new Butthole Burner distortion pedal

Steel Panther's Satchel has just announced his new Butthole Burner overdrive pedal and essentially this is the infamous Pussy Melter pedal, back and this time ready to kick some doors in.

Gibson debuts Abort Nacho ’59 Les Paul series of 7lb tone monsters!

Gibson debuts a new line of Custom Shop '59 Les Pauls, the Abort Nacho series. Recreating the classic 1959 Les Paul, they weigh only 7lbs each - without weight relief. But how has Gibson done it?

API introduces the 2500+ bus compressor with parallel compression

API has introduced the 2500+ stereo bus compressor. It retains all the signature features of the classic 2500, but adds a blend/mix circuit for parallel compression.

ADDAC System 106 T-Noiseworks snare and hi-hat generator

Finishing off their T-Networks series of modules based on vintage drum machine technology the ADDAC106 pumps 4-channels of noise into the circuit for some snare and hi-hat action.

Endlesss: online jamming app released with a whole day of celebrity jams

Developer and musical collaboration visionary Tim Exile has released Endlesss his online jamming app for iOS that'll have you making music with friends and musicians all over the world.

Try Ableton Live 10 Suite for free for 90 days without restrictions

Ableton has joined the list of companies offering extended trial periods to help you stay creative. You can now try Ableton Live 10 Suite for free for 90 days, with no feature restrictions.

Grid from Birdkids is a handheld, wireless, haptic controller for audiovisual apps

Birdkids collaborate with Formlabs to introduce Grid, the first in a series of handheld, wireless, haptic controllers for creative audiovisual apps. Now on Kickstarter.

Undertow FX box: dub it out with saturation, tape echo, phasing & LFO

From saturation to lo-fi flavoured with extreme echo and rhythmic modulation, it looks like there's plenty of fun to be had with Undertow, an absorbing new plug-in by Psychic Modulation.

Catalinbread pledges to donate 100% of Blood Donor pedal profits to American Red Cross

Catalinbread's latest pedal, the Blood Donor, is designed to raise awareness and funds for the American Red Cross, with 100% of the profits going to the charity.