TC Electronic Flashback 2 X4 Delay pedal: Now with MASH and TonePrint

TC Electronic's Flashback 2 X4 Delay adds a new Crystal delay and dual delay algorithms, six TonePrint slots and three MASH footswitches for on-the-fly messing about with parameters. Phew!

Aliens invade Reason with Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer

The Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer Rack Extension fuses synthesized waveforms with real instrument waveforms to crossbreed hybrid alien/human sounds controlled by a very dark interface.

Frederic Effects Regent 150 pedal: Rock the Bloc with a vintage East German preamp

Frederic Effects has designed their new Regent 150 preamp using NOS transistors and based it on the old East German made Vermona Regent amp circuit.

Noise Engineering gets melodic with three new pitch CV modules

Noise Engineering offers up some pitch focused modules with the Vox Digitalis sequencer, Quantus Pax 4-channel CV prescision adder/transposer and Quant Gemi octave switcher.

Watch Billie Joe Armstrong demo the new MXR Dookie Drive pedal

Green Day's album "Dookie" is 25 years old this year - and MXR has just released a video of Billie Joe Armstrong demoing the new signature "Dookie Drive" pedal.

SoundForge 13 Pro Suite gears up MAGIX’s audio editor for professionals

SoundForge 13 Pro Suite is here with a slew of upgrades and enhancements, including cosmetic touch-ups, new effects, ARA 2 support, and many tools aimed at professional audio editing and restoration.

Behringer Odyssey synthesizer sets sail for music shops

No news on the Behringer Odyssey for months and then suddenly it's in a box and on its way to your local store. Here comes the first batch of another classic synthesizer.

The Sweeper by denise.io: A flexible envelope filter with many uses

The Sweeper by denise.io is a very cool envelope filter plug-in with a sidechain input. The filter reacts dynamically to the source signal or a sidechain signal for many creative filtering effects.

Etsy buys Reverb for $275 million, CEO David Kalt to step down

Reverb, the online auction site for musicians set up by Chicago Music Exchange owner David Kalt., has been sold to Etsy for a reported $275 million. Kalt will step down as CEO, the site announced.

Behringer renames the MS-101 the MS-1: Bowing to pressure from Roland?

We saw recently how the forthcoming RD-808 has become the RD-8, now the MS-101 has followed to become the MS-1. Has Roland sent the heavies round to Uli Behringer's place?

Fender Custom Shop Mid-Year Collection with models for Phil Lynott and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Fender Custom Shop has revealed all their mid year releases including two new signature models. One for Steve Ray Vaughan and the other for Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy

Joué introduces the Grand Fretboard for all your MIDI fingering needs

Joué has produced the not unexpected Grand Fretboard. It transforms their Joué Board MPE/MIDI controller into a squishy guitar fretboard controller for playing licks and chords over a greater range.

Gamechanger Audio and Jack White’s Third Man Records debut Plasma Coil octave fuzz

Gamechanger Audio has teamed up with Jack White's Third Man Records to release a new signature Plasma Coil fuzz pedal that adds in a handy octaver circuit for fattening up your fuzz even more.

Synthmata: free Volca Drum patch editor and kit sharing system

Synth YouTuber and musician Oscillatorsink has released an online editor for the Korg Volca Drum digital percussion machine. It reveals all the parameters of this little box and is completely free.

Kemper Profiler Stage multi-FX modelling floorboard officially launched!

Kemper debuts its new Profiler Stage floor pedal unit, aimed at gigging musicians and melding the Remote controller with Profiler Rack. Will Profiler Stage shake up the floorboard FX market?

Summer NAMM 2019: Fishman TriplePlay MIDI controller for guitar

Fishman launches the TriplePlay MIDI controller system to turn your guitar noodling into MIDI data - and it comes with a rather handy app for the Apple iPad. The best thing: it's non-invasive.

Travel with Tracktion through granular space aboard Delta-V’s Spacecraft

Delta-V Audio's SpaceCraft granular synth has been orbiting iOS for about a year but now with the help of Tracktion it's being brought into land on the planet of desktop so we can all have a ride.

LEAK! New Kemper Profiler Floorboard Effect spotted on Instagram

Kemper's new floor unit was spotted on Instagram today, and it looks like a full-on Profiler in a floorboard format! We managed to grab the image before it was pulled, presumably at Kemper's behest.

Gibson show their soft side by returning the Oberheim name to Tom Oberheim

In a gesture of good will Gibson has returned the Oberheim brand and trademark back to the company founder Tom Oberheim who says he's thrilled!

Summer NAMM 2019: D’Angelico announces Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer Atlantic Signature

The new Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer Atlantic Signature is based on the single-cutaway solid body Atlantic, the signature model comes with retro styling and a custom Sonic Blue finish.

Tangible Waves AE Modular system gets drums

Tangible Waves introduces a whole drum kit in a module, an analogue kick drum and clone of the Mutable Instruments Grids to sequence it - all for peanuts in terms of modular money.

Percussa SSP update features multichannel USB audio and CV support

A new update to the Percussa SSP will give it multi channel USB audio for routing audio and CV to and from your MacOS or Windows computer. All will be revealed in a live stream.

Summer NAMM 2019: Squier Starcaster officially announced

Last month US dealer sites leaked news of new Squier Starcaster models - now the Classic Vibe, Contemporary Active and Affinity Series models have been announced by Fender at Summer NAMM 2019.

Summer NAMM 2019: Line 6 Powercab 212 Plus announced

The new Powercab 212 Plus is Line 6's attempt colure pro players to using their FRFR active speaker system and it certainly packs some punch with an active 500 watts of stereo power.