Klevgrand brings Stark, a sleek budget amp sim package, to PC, Mac and iPad

Stark is a cross-platform virtual guitar amp and effects bundle with a sleek, minimalist GUI design that does without all the glitzy graphics so common in virtual guitar amp packages these days.

Mojotone BlackOut Select guitar amp: A limited edition combo in blacked out Tweed

Mojotone promises that its new hand-wired, boutique combo, the BlackOut Select, will deliver some classic 1950s Fender Tweed tones and has given it a sleek, sleathy look that we like. A lot.

Nektar debuts the SE49 and SE25 controller keyboards

Nektar is launching the SE49 and SE25 USB MIDI controller keyboards. The entry-level controllers feature Nektar's signature DAW integration in a very compact package.

Merging launches Missions for its Anubis networking audio interface

Anubus is a high-end networking-enaled audio interface designed to handle several fields of application through proprietary software. Anubis has serious conversion mojo with sample rates up to 384kHz.

Dino Park digs up some old CreamWare DSP synths and puts them in a DIY kit

MakeProAudio is resurrecting the CreamWare virtual synthesizers with a single SHARC DSP inside a neat little box that you build yourself. Dino Park is surprisingly affordable and open-ended.

Jimmy Page lends his ‘Stairway’ guitar to the Met in New York

A major new rock and roll gear show at the Met in NYC called "Play It Loud: Instruments Of Rock And Roll" will include equipment owned by Page, Moon, Clapton, Emerson and EVH.

Matt Heafy and Richter launch the Double Strap on April 1st – turns out its legit!

Trivium guitarist Matt Heafy has launched a double guitar strap, unfortunately someone chose April 1st to launch the product and now everyone thinks it was a massive joke.

Softube captures the Buchla 296e Spectral Processor for Modular

16 bands of complex spectral analysis that offers filtering, EQ, vocoding and transformative resynthesis. Buchla 296e is one of the most complex and expensive hardware modules. Get it in Softube Modular.

Stompai lets you play drums with your feet – on your phone!

Now here’s a genius idea for all of you cash-strapped buskers out there. Stompai is an app that plays drum sounds, controlled by the movements of your foot.

G&L Fullerton Deluxe Doheny HH: 60 years after the Fender Jazzmaster

The new 2019 G&L Fullerton Deluxe Doheny HH model carries on from where Leo Fender's 1959 Fender Jazzmaster design left off, including some nifty features that extend the range of tones available.

4MS legendarily overdue Spherical Wavetable Navigator gets a release date

Just when you thought it had disappeared into myth and legend it pops up again with a release date and some demo clips. This could be the year of the Spherical Wavetable Navigator.

Soundforce SFC-1 controller turns U-He Repro-1 VSTi into a hardware synth

SFC-1 is a beautifully realised hardware controller for the U-He Repro-1 software emulation of the Sequential Pro-One. Is that a better hardware experience than the forthcoming Behringer Pro-1?

Eventide Instant Flanger MkII: A hardware classic returns as a plug-in

Eventide has released the Instant Flanger MkII plug-in, resurrecting its famed 1975 hardware unit in digital form to recreate the classic sound of tape flanging.

Arturia releases “3 Compressors you’ll actually use”

Arturia has released "3 Compressors you'll actually use". The plug-in bundle contains software emulations of three classic analog compressors: Gates STA-Level, UREI 1176, and dbx 165A.

Fender Limited Mahogany Blacktop Stratocaster with triple humbuckers!

Yikes! A Fender Limited Mahogany Blacktop Stratocaster with three humbuckers! Will this model be exclusive to the European market? Sure looks like it will add some grunt to the typical Strat tone....

MeeBlip return with the geodo raw and digital, dirty and analog mini-synth

Geode is a fierce and furious dual digital oscillator synthesizer with a 70's analog stompbox filter and bags of modulation. It's compact, good value and leaves it all out on the front panel.

Kurzweil sneak an FM engine into their new PC4 production station

Kurzweil mixes the Forte into their PC range of production workstations and comes up with the PC4 with loads of sample library, 1000's of presets, virtual analogue and now 6-operator FM built in.

Nord Grand: huge weighted Kawai hammer action piano with a vintage vibe

In a stunning change of direction Clavia produce the gorgeous looking Nord Grand which could easily become a cool piece of furniture as well as an awesome piano and sample synth.

Polyverse Comet morphing reverb goes for sale at reduced beta price

With so many convolution reverbs and emulations of ancient gear out there, maybe we need an unabashedly digital reverb right now! Enter the Comet, a morphing reverb that synthesizes sound trails.

TBProAudio AMM is an automatic microphone mixer plug-in for speech recordings

TBProAudio has released AMM (Automatic Microphone Mixer), an automatic mixing tool for speech. It comes with some good ideas, including a moderator mode and background noise suppression.

Vertigo Sound VSC-3 analog VCA compressor plug-in: Smash your DAW drums!

Vertigo Sound has come up with a virtual replica of its VSC-3 hardware compressor. VSC-3 is a quad discrete VCA comp that Vertigo says can level, tame, glue - or even smash.

It’s April Fools and it’s epic: how the audio industry is having a laugh

It's April Fools today and the pro audio industry has been joking around like its making it money. We are diligently gathering the best pro audio humor from today in a single post.

Expert Sleepers Little Mikey: plug your mic and guitar into your little Eurorack

Little Mikey will bring your voice, instrument or guitars into your Eurorack for whatever weird and twisted moments of deep and modulated sound design you can think of.

1010Music Blackbox: Compact touchscreen desktop sampler

They say Blackbox is a next-gen sampling studio that'll sample in anything you want to throw at it and then slice, sync and build things from one-shots, loops and sequences through to full songs.