Dark Arcade: earthy and cybernetic low cost hybrid hardware synthesizer

Wave blending digital oscillators running 4 voices through an analog filter, VCA and envelope and a Karplus-Strong synthesis mode the Dark Arcade has a lot of cool things to play with for only $120.

Sequential Prophet XL revealed in magazine review of Prophet X

The as yet unannounced Prophet XL will have a 76 keyed piano-style keyboard and 32 voice polyphony along with other new features. The voice expansion and features will also be an update for the Prophet X.

Grayscale’s Supercell Eurorack module breathes new life into Clouds

We've been without Mutable Instruments Clouds for a year now so can the Grayscale Supercell expanded reboot fill the granular and texture shaped hole in your Eurorack?

AES 2018: TC Electronic TC8210-DT & TC1210-DT bite-sized hardware/software combos

The TC8210-DT reverb and TC1210 spatial expander are both small-format units which honor the original hardware's layout, modernizing it for the studios and producers of today.

JX-3P now available as a software synthesizer in Roland’s Cloud

The 1980's classic preset polyphonic synthesizer, the JX-3P has arrived in the RolandCloud via its Plug-Out experience with the System-8. Comes with the iconic soundset and the PG-200 programmer for deeper ...

DiMarzio Richie Kotzen signature Strat replacement pickguard available at last!

Want some bona fide Richie Kotzen tones but can't be bothered tracking down one of those rare Kotzen signature Strats? DiMarzio have a proposition for you that's surprisingly affordable.

Behringer approve the PRO-1 for production and price it at $299

The Behringer Pro-1 based upon the Sequential Circuits Pro-One monosynth is good to go! It's been signed off and is heading for mass production. No news on availability but the price has been pegged at $299.

AES 2018: Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain brings the utmost in vintage mastering

Created with Abbey Road Studios, this is a modular mastering chain which recreates the EMI TG12410's mastering processors, in use at the legendary facility's mastering suites since the early '70s right to this ...

AES 2018: Acustica Audio team up with Grammy producer Greg Wells for vintage comp

At AES 2018, plug-in developer Acustica Audio and producer Greg Wells revealed their latest creation: the 'El Rey', a virtual analogue Greg Wells signature compressor plug-in that certainly looks the part.

Carr Amps Telstar combo amplifier: 17 Watts of organic boutique vintage tone

The Telstar combo uses a 6L6 and EL84 in a push-pull Class A circuit. With two different voicings and plenty of rich, vintage tones, could this be all the boutique amp you'll ever need?

AES 2018: iZotope Nectar 3 automates vocal production with machine learning

Improvements and changes are aplenty, starting with an user interface facelift and moving through five new modules and an AI-powered assistant. Coming next month, N3 will be a free upgrade if you purchase N2 ...

AES 2018: SSL FlexVerb is a brand new reverb plug-in coming in SSL Native v6.1

SSL describes FlexVerb as a versatile reverb that's intuitive. Of note is the split early-late reflection interface, which lets you dial in the natural body and tone of different early room reflections.

Roland VT-4 Voice Processor messes with your voice

Sound like a robot, sing through a megaphone, vocode and harmonise your voice with MIDI controlled chords. The Roland VT-4 is a one-stop vocal messing machine.

AnalogFusion: a dual engine analog and digital polyphonic synthesizer

AnlogFusion is a rather tasty looking polyphonic synthesizer. It fuses two separate synthesizer engines, one analog and one digital making it less of a hybrid and more of a megasynth!

AES 2018: Rupert Neve Designs 5211 2-channel mic pre

The AES goodness has officially began with the announcement of RND's 5211 Two Channel Microphone Preamplifier. Each channel has a generous 72dB of gain on tap, enough to cover even gain-hungry microphones.

D16 Redoptor 2: A revamped, retooled and restyled tube distortion plug-in

Version 2 of Redoptor adds a lot of new functions to D16's distortion plug-in and promises a lot of phat tube goodness (as well as a sleek if busy GUI) in what looks like a stellar release.

Accusonus ERA Voice Leveler: A one-knob cure for your vocal volume woes?

Accusonus' new ERA Voice Leveler is a plug-in to automatically detect level differences in voice recordings and fix them using patent-pending algorithms while presenting a super-simple GUI.

Pipes: 64 voice hardware sample player hits Kickstarter

Pipes holds up to 128GB of sample library in memory for instant, low latency multi-instrument and multi-controller access. It's open source and touchscreen controlled and looking for preorders.

Audio Coach: A free mix training app for your smartphone or tablet

Mix engineer Max Montanez and producer Chizzy Stephens (JLo, Bieber, Chris Brown, and more) released Audio Coach - a free mix and ear training app that's pretty much the first of its kind.

Heritage Audio HA-73 EQX2 dual mic amp/equalizer: two for the price of one?

Two for the price of one and posh audio - these are the HA-73's main selling points. And at around EUR 1500 (excl. VAT), it makes for a fine deal, considering it's built with components like Carnhill ...

MINI.MU: a sewable, codeable, gesture-controlled musical instrument for kids

The MINI.MU is a simplified gesture-controlled musical instrument based on the MI.MU glove developed by Imogen Heap. But this one you get to sew the gloves and write the code yourself.

RectangularThing: a limited edition complete synthesizer voice for Eurorack

This is Not Rocket Science was playing with some Curtis chips and came up with the RectangularThing, a dual oscillator synth voice with some very interesting sync and "Rambler" waveform generation.

Synclavier V2: Arturia brings sampling and resynthesis to their emulation

The original additive, FM and timeslice synthesis emulation of the Synclavier has been expanded to include sampling and the resynthesis of samples as Arturia complete their Synclavier V journey.

Osaka Mix EQ lets you drift into analogue non-linearity

The equalizer stands out with the DRIFT+ feature - an additional preamp stage where the custom circuitry's reaction to component temperature changes over time is modeled, and you have hands-on control over it!