Neural DSP releases the Fortin Cali Suite – a hot rodded British amp plugin

The new Neural DSP Fortin Cali Suite plugin promises to deliver everything from clean vintage tones to classic hot rod British styles, with rich high gain distortion.

13-inch MacBook Pro 2020: THE powerful portable laptop for music producers?

Apple upgrades the 13-inch MacBook Pro! The smaller Mac stays at 13 inches but gets up to 32GB of RAM and up to 4TB of SSD storage space, along with 10-gen Intel processors.

Melodya generates, edits and transforms melodies and rhythms

Struggling to come up with a decent hook? Melodya is dedicated to generating and editing melodies and motifs and is available on an introductory offer - USD 39 until May 15.

Best Sample Packs This Week: 70s Keys, 80s Synths and traditional Asian strings

This week we have 70s keyboard sounds, a full-on 80s synth sample set, a big collection for midtempo productions and some traditional Indian and Chinese stringed instruments. Check 'em out!

Red Witch conjures up Seraphina, a flexible 4-diode fuzz octave pedal

Hand-built in New Zealand, the Red Witch Seraphina is an flexible new limited edition Fuzz Octave up pedal featuring 4 germanium diodes. Definitely one to check out.

Yaeltex: design your own kick-ass MIDI controller

The latest attempt at the design-your-own-MIDI-controller gambit is Yaeltex with a fabulously creative vibe and a magnificent range of options.

Striso Board: a knobbly and musical new multidimensional MIDI controller

Over on Kickstarter the Striso Board is offering multidimensional expressive MIDI control in the form of an array of isomorphically placed squishy buttons. Check it out.

8 best electric guitars under £500: Stratocaster, Telecaster, Les Paul and SG shapes

Looking for a quality guitar with an ST, TE, LP or SG shape in the £300-500 range? These quality, affordable guitars with either single coils or humbuckers should be on your radar!

Make Noise is about to make a special announcement

Make Noise is a regular at Superbooth and yet they didn't appear in any of the virtual Home Edition coverage last week. It seems now that they have a special announcement to make this Tuesday.

Is Moog about the release the Subharmonicon?

The Subharmonicon is an odd semi-modular harmonic kaleidoscope that was the VIP Engineers build project at Moogfest 2018. A couple of images reveal that an updated version might be ready for release.

The Erica Synths Black Sequencer is about to be released

The Erica Synths Black Sequencer is finally about to be released. Announced at Superbooth 2019, the Black Sequencer combines straight-forward knob sequencing with modern functionality.

PRS announces an ultra-limited run of S2 Studio models

PRS just announced a seriously limited run of S2 Studio models, but only for the European market. Only 50 of these exclusive instruments will be made.

World’s largest Zakk Wylde collection up for sale on eBay for $110k

This is insane! The Zakk Wylde Guitar Gallery is up for sale on eBay, a vertigo-inducing collection of guitars and merchandise that will leave a whopping $110k hole in your bank balance!

Project Element: vote and help Aston design its next microphone!

Between May and July, Aston is inviting all producers (aged 16+) to listen to test recordings and direct the Element's development through their votes. The hive mind rules!

MP MIDI Controller: the ultimate controller for your plug-ins?

Could the MP MIDI Controller be the ultimate hardware controller for plug-ins and VSTis? With a large screen, 32 encoders and support for any VST3 or AU plug-in, it looks very promising.

Erica Synths Pico Drum 2: algorithmic percussion in 3HP

Erica Synths has announced a new drum module for their Pico range. It's called the Pico Drum 2 and features 8 drum algorithms for synthesising a wide range of drums and percussive noises.

Deal: Up to 80% off Soundtoys plug-ins!

Plugin Boutique has launched a spring sale on all Soundtoys products - still some of the finest effects money can buy - with some pretty steep discounts that we think are worth checking out.

Fender Japan drops an eye-popping Evangelion Asuka Telecaster!

Celebrating the release of Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 this limited edition Fender Japan Evangelion Asuka Telecaster looks pretty amazing and comes loaded with set of Alumitone pickups.

Meng Qi Wing Pinger adventures-in-chaos synthesizer

First shown at Superbooth last year the Wing Pinger is a unique synthesizer that uses self-resonating filters as oscillators and offers an adventure in sound discovery. It's evolved and ready to go.

Behringer shares new photos of prototype Solina String Ensemble

Through the magic of 3D printing Behringer has put together the first hardware prototype of their forthcoming Solina String Ensemble and posted some photos.

waveTracing SP950: The sound of the SP-1200 and S950 in one plug-in

SP950 by waveTracing is a unique effect plug-in that recreates the sound of the E-mu SP-1200, specifically the detuning technique associated with it. And they've added an AKAI S950 Butterworth filter!

MeldaProduction MSuperLooper: Live looping on 16 tracks

MeldaProduction has released MSuperLooper, a looper plug-in for creative live performances. MSuperLooper lets you layer loops on up to 16 tracks and run them through modular effects chains.

Facebook Live: Cashing in on Pay-Per-View Video Events?

Facebook introduces the ability to charge access to Facebook Live video events. Is this a great new income stream for artists? Or will artists once again be leveraged for corporate profits?

Play a game of Retro Pong right inside your DAW – it’s free!

Retro Pong by Lunatic Audio is a plug-in that recreates the classic 80's game of Pong. And for the time being, it's completely free! Now that's a nice way to waste some time....