Intel Core i3 shortage may drive up prices on budget music production laptops

Considering buying a new music production laptop this year? With CPU shortages expected to drive up prices on i3-based budget models, we offer some advice for planning your next purchase.

PSP HertzRider: A frequency shifter plug-in that can also modulate

PSP Audioware is back with HertzRider, a tuning plug-in for non-harmonic material like drums and percussion that can also be used and abused as a sound mangler for other material.

Softube Parallels: Dual source soft synth pulled from a Swedish synth emporium

Parallels uses two paths of multi-wave samples from a range of fabulous synthesizers and blends them together with effects and modulation to give you an engaging and colourful software synthesizer.

Dubler Studio Kit takes pitch-to-MIDI into the future

Grab a mic and start humming tunes into the Dubler Studio Kit to control synthesizers and make beats with just your voice. Has Vochlea found a cool use for pitch-to-MIDI technology?

Audio Damage Enso is a looper plug-in to make your head spin

Inspired by hardware looper pedals, Audio Damage has released Enso, a looper plug-in that brings creative looping to your DAW or iOS device and comes with all sorts of good ideas.

GOLY PQ2 – a boutique stereo EQ with a Pultec vibe

GOLY Devices of Denmark has added the PQ2 tube equalizer to its portfolio, a custom-built stereo EQ that has a strong Pultec vibe to it, but is not a clone, GOLY says.

Equinox Synth: cheap as chips Eurorack project on the way

Rob Spencer has a plan to bring down the price of Eurorack using modern manufacturing techniques and simple designs. Could the Equinox Synth be the entry into modular you've been waiting for?

Edit and control your Behringer DeepMind 12 from your DAW

Momo Müller has pulled out the insides of Behringer's DeepMind 12 and presented them as a VST editor and controller so that you can dig deep and save all tweaks with your project.

Burls Art River Guitar: And you thought coloured pencils were all he did…

Burls Art is at it again, this time no pencils were harmed during the construction of the guitar! Instead, we get an instrument with a river flowing through it and under the bridge!

Crazy Tubes Circuits Limelight pedal: Vintage fuzz tones beamed to the future

The new Limelight pedal is a fuzz/distortion effect that uses three NOS Germanium transistors at the heart of the circuit with a nicely tweakable Beam control at its centre.

Fredric Effects Verzerrer, Utility Perkolator MkII & Dresden Synth Fuzz MkII

A trio of strange and wonderful 'almost forgotten' dirt boxes form the UK's Frederic Effects. Each with its own unique twist on a classic rare fuzz/distortion circuit.

Relish Guitars Mary One: Aluminium core, distinctive looks and magnetic access

This Swiss-designed Mary One guitar uses a unique system of an aluminium body and industrial-strength magnets to allow possibly the easiest pickup swaps ever!

NUX Mighty 20BT guitar amp: A budget Bluetooth home practice amplifier

The NUX Mighty BT20 has four channels, each with four sound presets available, potentially making this a versatile little practice amp. An app controls the onboard tones via Bluetooth.

Weezer’s new album “Black” promoted by one-off Fender Black Stratocaster

To promote their new Black album, Weezer are giving away a limited-edition custom Black Album Fender Stratocaster. It's available via a sweepstake and there is only one guitar available!

G&L announces Fullerton Standard LB-100 and JB US-made basses

 The new G&L Fullerton Standard basses that are made in the US and offer players a cheaper alternative with two new models the LB-100 and JB Bass.

Fender officially unveils the new Alternate Reality Powercaster

The new Fender Powercaster is a hardtail offset model, part of its new Alternate Reality series for 2019. Love it or hard pass? This model will certainly divide opinion...

Kemper Profiler OS 5.7 upgrade adds 5 new studio-grade reverbs

Five new studio-quality reverbs are now available via the new OS 5.7 upgrade and they add Spring, Natural, Echo, Cirrus and Space reverbs to your Kemper Profiler.

STL Tones Ignite Amps new Emissary 2.0: Free amp and IR download available now

The new Ignite Amps Emissary 2.0 virtual guitar amp and it includes 6 free Impulse Responses. Designed by STL Tones this free download is perfect for clean, overdriven and heavy gain tones as well.

Joué add regular MIDI Out to their MPE controller with re-Connect

Joué has discovered that there's a world of fabulous MIDI hardware outside the computer that could do with their particular brand of expressive control. The re-connect cable gives it a useful MIDI Out

Gibson hires Mark Agnesi as Director of Brand Experience

Mark Agnesi has left Norm's Guitars to take on a new role of Director of Brand Experience for Gibson. Could he be the perfect fit for the iconic guitar brand?

Plankton SPICE modular distortion/saturation unit hits Kickstarter

SPICE is a desktop and Eurorack compatible saturator unit capable of a huge array of sounds and colours. It can produce anything from subtle tube warmth to extreme fuzz distortion - sounds like fun!

Raw Army Cases upcycled into limited edition Eurorack cases

GinkoSynthese and Error Instruments have come across one hundred 40-year-old army cases and are turning them into fabulous looking portable Eurorack cases.

PROCESS.AUDIO Sugar: A new all-in-one sweetener plug-in for your mixes?

PROCESS.AUDIO's Sugar is supposed to add that certain something to your mixes, and its maker boldly claims that their first product is a “secret weapon to hit the sweet spot on every mix”.

T-Rex Engineering Bankruptcy: The Official statement – and a brighter outlook

The original founders of T-Rex Engineering, Sebastian Jensen and Lars Dahl, have purchased back the brand and will reboot the boutique pedal company - giving some hope for fans of the Danish brand.