Fender tease an elite new guitar range with new Stratocaster and bass models

Fender ias teasing a new guitar line and with the tag line "Never Play A Fender The Same Way Again" it certainly looks like this new line of guitars could be an elite one.

Is Behringer about to launch Wing, a successor to the X32?

Analysing clues left by Behringer in the four teaser videos we think this is all about a successor to their massively successful X32 digital mixer, probably called Wing. Unless it's not.

Loupedeck CT: A compact alternative to Ableton Push?

Loupedeck CT isn't as full-fledged as Ableton Push, but it's fairly unique and discovering opportunities to put its controls into action should be a rewarding endeavour.

Massive X 1.1 update fixes the envelope visualisation and adds new skins

Native Instruments has released the 1.1 update to Massive X and addressed a couple of cosmetic issues that users have been moaning about and given us a bunch more presets.

Mooer Hornet White: A well-priced 15W desktop combo with 9 amp models

Mooer's new Hornet White is based on its existing Hornet amp, just in white and with different amp models. How will this well-priced 15W practise amp handle the competition from IK, Blackstar et al.?

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine is auctioning off signature guitars, prototypes and tour gear

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is auctioning off some of his guitar and tour equipment! Amongst this haul of over 150 pieces are some truly great instruments, one-offs, signature models and prototypes.

Clue #4 – It’s not a synth it’s the Behringer or maybe Midas WING

The latest tease video from Behringer dashes our hopes of an innovative synthesizer and gives us a glimpse of some kind of touch-screen mixing and pro-audio solution.

Stylophone Gen R-8 reinvents the touch-strip synthesizer

The new Stylophone Gen R-8 has made it to the street with the intention of shaking off old assumptions and muscling its way into our hearts with fat analogue sounds and room-shaking bass.

16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard changes hinted in Catalina 10.15.1

Rumors about Apple separating the Power key with TouchID sensor from the OLED Touch bar may turn out to be true. Oh and the physical Escape key may be making a return, too...

Old Blood Noise Endeavours MAW XLR, a multi-FX pedal for vocals, goes on sale

Hey, how about a stompbox-sized mic preamp with saturation and effects for the price of a good guitar pedal? MAW XLR is hitting the streets after debuting as a prototype at SNAMM. Check this out.

Cre8audio gets “Nifty” with an affordable powered Eurorack case and modules

The NiftyBundle consists of a NiftyCase, cables and 2 modules called Chipz and Cellz. It has built-in power, MIDI, USB, audio and some MIDI-to-CV outputs - could be the perfect Eurorack starter kit.

Tape and Microsound Music Machine stereo Eurorack system from Make Noise

The Tape and Microsound Music Machine from Make Noise is an exquisite modular synthesizer of animated time and tonal stereo sculpting in a single row of 104HP.

Behringer Crave cut-price semi-modular synth of the people makes it to the shops

10 months after it was revealed at NAMM the spunky little Crave mono-synth with 3340 oscillator and Moog ladder filter is now available to buy for £137.31

Mooer E7 Synth Micro Pedal: Synthesis for guitarists (with added trumpet)

Mooer's E7 Synth pedal lets you blast out synth tones via your guitar without any extra hardware. It's certainly cheap, but does it have enough usable sounds to win out over formidable competition?

Cheeze Machine Pro: the cheesiest string synth has matured

2getheraudio tells us it's time to gorge or the new and improved Pro version of the Cheeze Machine string synthesizer. Sounds good, smells good, tastes good.

Joyo R-10 Nascar Delay: An analogue BBD pedal for under EUR 60

Joyo releases the R-10 Nascar Delay effect pedal in its ongoing attempt to flood the guitar world with decent, cheap effects. It's a simple BBD delay, but at this price it could be a good deal.

Waves launches SuperRack, the heir apparent to MultiRack, SoundGrid and StudioRack

Predictably comprehensive, SuperRack handles up to 128 audio channels in an Audio-over-Ethernet network centred around a dedicated SoundGrid DSP server.

Gibson Smartphone Case: AAA Koa top for your phone, anyone?

You can now wrap your beloved smartphone in a case with either AAA Curly Hawaii Koa, Indian Rosewood or Santos Rosewood with a classic Gibson logo on the back.

Joyo R-14 Atmosphere: Reverbs galore in a budget pedal packed with features

Joyo's new R-14 Atmosphere reverb pedal manages to squeeze in a gaggle of reverbs into one budget pedal - and some are quite spectacular. Love verb sounds but short on cash? Check this one out.

UNION: witness the birth of the next-generation wavetable synthesizer

UNION is what happens when a couple of virtual analogue oscillators get it on and have a bunch of wavetable kids while under the influence of a load of effects - and it's only £5.99

Perceptron: spacious tabletop semi-modular analogue synthesizer

New in from Peru is the Perceptron semi-modular desktop synthesizer with a spacious layout and characterful analogue sounds coming off a single oscillator and16 in/out patch points

Blackhole is a free Soundflower replacement for current Mac users

Developer Existential Audio is building BlackHole, a free Soundflower alternative that works much in the same way, integrating software audio channels in a virtual device.

Sound Devices brings a 16-channel Dante recorder for filmmakers and sound designers

A downsized variant of the manufacturer's 32-channel Scorpio recorder, the 888 takes up Dante audio over Ethernet and doubles down on recording power for a flagship-class offering.

Apple AirPods Pro: In stores October 30, very techy and yes, very expensive.

Available October 30, the Pros push forward with active noise cancellation, improved sound quality and a lighter, shorter in-ear design with changeable eartips.