Acustica Audio Sand3: SSL console emulation with two new EQs

Acustica Audio has released Sand3. The plug-in suite models components of various famous SSL consoles. They've also added two new equalizers to Sand3, for a total of six plug-ins. 

iZotope teases Ozone 9 and gives away Ozone 8 Elements for free

iZotope has announced that the Ozone 9 mastering suite is coming soon. And here's a treat: To celebrate this occasion, they're giving away Ozone 8 Elements for free, for a limited time!

Blind Noise: a touch-synthesizer that works on muscle memory

Out of the madness of Error Instruments comes Blind Noise, an experimental touchable synthesizer designed with the visually impaired in mind while being fun for everyone to play with.

AAS releases Ultra Analog VA-3 two-voice virtual analog synthesizer

Applied Acoustic Systems has updated their virtual analog synthesizer to Ultra Analog VA-3 by both streamlining the interface and doubling the power for two layers of split or stacked performance.

Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 FLOOR: An amp-in-a-pedal that packs in the features

The latest Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 FLOOR packs in a 200-Watt power amp, four channels, digital effects, FX loop, pre-FX loop, a built-in Red Box AE+ and an IEM mixer. Wow.

New MusicMan Mariposa model spotted at UK Guitar Show!

A new Ernie Ball MusicMan model turns up at a UK guitar show - could there be a signature model for Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In and Mars Volta in the works?

Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb and Twin Reverb: Digital recreations of classic tube amps

Fender's Tone Master Deluxe Reverb and Twin Reverb amplifiers are both digital recreations of classic valve amps from the Californian company's history. But will they sound like the originals?

Pulsar Audio Mu: this Manley emulation glues your mix together

Pulsar Audio has released Mu, a plug-in emulation of the legendary Manley Variable Mu compressor. The makers say that it's "the ultimate glue compressor" for mixing and mastering.

Yamaha birthday party reveals white Montage and OS 3.0

Yamaha is celebrating 45 years of synthesizer design, innovation and development. To show us that they still "got it" they've released a white version of the Montage and added a couple of features.

Mr Black Mini Tremolo, a handmade tremolo with a vintage vibe

The latest Mini Series pedal is the Mini Tremolo, with both vintage and harmonic tremolo effects in one tiny package. If other Mr Black mini pedals are anything to go by, this should be on your radar.

Walrus Audio EB-10 EQ/Boost pedal: The Defcon 4 Ryan Adams gets another chance!

The new Walrus Audio EB-10 EQ/Boost adds more EQ options and boost for a total of 700 EQ combinations - that's way more than the Ryan Adams signature Defcon 4 pedal it's based on.

Devious Machines Pitch Monster is a beast of a vocal processor plug-in

Devious Machines has released Pitch Monster, a pitch shifting and vocal processing plug-in. With granular, formant shifting and vocoder engines, Pitch Monster sends your vocals into another dimension.

StrikeFree Music may have the answer to YouTube copyright woes

Three copyright strikes on your account and YouTube disables your monetisation. StrikeFree Music generates artificially created copyright-free tunes so that you don't have to worry about it ever again.

REON Drift Box boutique synths now available from Korg UK

Hand-made in Japan these little REON Drift Box synths are analogue and designed to warp their way around the edges of synthesis and hands-on control - sounds like fun!

Zeus polyphonic analog synthesizer revealed by GS Music

Can Zeus from Argentina based GS Music be the god of all analog polysynths? Will we ever see it closer to home? And what could you do with a 12-voice multitimbral analog polyphonic synthesizer?

Sound Devices revises MixPre series II digital recorders for filmmakers and musicians

The MixPre-3 II, MixPre-6 II, and MixPre-10 II receive spec and functionality bumps like 32-bit audio engines, internal timecode generators, and adjustable limiters among other things.

Top 7 Free Reverbs: The best freeware plug-ins that sound as good as hardware

No matter what style of music you play or produce, reverb is an infinitely useful tool for any number of applications. Whether you need to add a little space to a dry track or throw on something to take your ...

SKnote MainEQ: a dynamic equalizer with powerful features

SKnote has released the MainEQ dynamic equalizer plug-in. With features like poly grouping of filters and inter-band / inter-track dynamic control, MainEQ looks quite powerful.

Reason Studios reveal Scenic cinematic dream instrument

The first piece of news we've had from the newly rebranded Reason Studios is to introduce Scenic. It's described as a cinematic hybrid instrument for tension, suspense, relief and joy.

KMA Audio Machines Cirrus: A mindbending Spatial-Temporal Modifier pedal

The new KMA Audio Machines Cirrus is billed as a Spatial-Temporal Modifier effect - to you and me that's a delay/reverb combo pedal, each with hidden modes and plenty of realtime control options.

Get some Eurorack modular action on your iPad with miRack

miRack brings the brilliance of VCV Rack virtual Eurorack to iOS with surprisingly good performance, a zoomable and touchable interface and all your favourite modules

A Netflix for analog studio gear: Can Access Analog revolutionize DAW mixing?

US startup Access Analog launches an innovative online service to let you run audio into a dream rack of hardware equipment and back into your DAW. And you control the knobs and buttons in real-time!

Zen Delay hybrid delay/filter/drive by Erica and Ninja Tune gets price and release date

The EUR 499 box looks like it's built like a tank and has 50sec multimode delay, resonant multimode filter, tube overdrive and extreme feedback settings to... We'll let your imagination do the rest.

UAD-2 Satellite DSP accelerator gets Thunderbolt 3 upgrade

Switching to Thunderbolt 3, the new UAD-2 Satellite doesn't require a TB3 to Legacy TB adapter and cables for connection to Type-C ports, which brings convenience and removes a considerable expense.