Will CITES II free up trade in music instruments using rosewood in 2019?

The move to extend CITES regulations to all rosewood species caused headaches for instrument makers and buyers alike. Now a proposed rule change may see rosewood exempted from CITES in 2019.

#MyEpicMusicStory Contest: Your chance to win a €200 voucher at thomann

Online music gear retailer thomann is running an interestingly themed competition, #MyEpicMusicStory, with a main prize worth grasping for: a €200 voucher you can cash in on its online shop.

PRS SE Standard 24 gets a new paint job for 2018. Actually, make that six.

Paul Reed Smith's iconic Custom 24 design now available in new colours for the budget PRS SE Standard 24 range in Europe, with a couple of additional aesthetic touches also added to the range.

Grand Canyon: EHX widens the Canyon to add more delay and looper functions

Electro-Harmonix has expanded the Canyon Delay, and not just in terms of its size: The Grand Canyon is a full-blown delay and looper with tap tempo, more presets and lots of control for decent money.

Tanzbär 2 the hybrid drum computer from MFB is ready to make beats

Tanzbär 2 brings 8 channels of analog and 8 channels of samples into its advanced step sequencing eco-system. It includes a little bass synthesizer, 3 sample voices with analog filters and 10 sample ...

MPK Mini Play: Akai puts noises inside their mini controller keyboard

The MPK Mini Play has 128 sounds and 10 drum kits and can also act as a USB MIDI controller, run on batteries and has onboard speakers. So it's a cool little portable music device. But who is it for?

4ms Pods: mini modular cases for holding a Eurorack module or two

Cool little Pods for running a module or two that are cheap, compact, portable and can daisy chain their power for a very versatile desktop bit of modular dabbling.

Erica Synths Dual FX: twice the DSP in two identical channels of effects

Two channels of effects in a handy sized single Eurorack module. The Dual FX has delays, reverbs, drive and pitch shifting and a little bit of CV control.

Carl Martin Atlantic Chorus: Boosting the Volume to solve an old problem

The new Atlantic Chorus pedal has a handy level control to help boost your modulated chorus signal. This seems a simple solution to an age-old problem with chorus pedals...

Novation SL Mk III – MIDI and CV Controller with 8 track Sequencer

Novation updates their SL range of controller keyboards with five little screens, dual CV/Gate outputs and a polyphonic 8-track sequencer. The SL Mk III is packed full of versatile controlling action.

Scanned: an organic wavetable oscillator that dynamically grows waves

Scanned contains a string floating in space and time onto which you attach mass, stiffness and damping and then excite it with a hammer. Sounds like a fun way of generating wavetables.

Ableton Live 10 Suite gets some new possibilities with the Probability Pack

Ableton and Sonic Faction have got together to introduce 5 new probability-based sequencers into the Live 10 Suite. The Probability Pack is a free download and will bring some barely controlled chaos to your ...

2HP MMF: A multi-mode filter in the smallest possible space

Where other manufacturers like to emphasise the filter cutoff with a whacking big knob, the 2HP MMF strives keep a three output multi-mode analogue filter under fine fingertip control.

Solar Guitars V2.6 Halloween: Trick or treat?

Ola Englund's take on modern-day 'Metal/Hard Rock' guitars is definitely worth checking out and this new Halloween model will certainly turn heads.

Brunswick: an affordable, naked DIY synthesizer from Future Sound Systems

Future Sound Systems bring their particular blend of dirt and phase modulation to a remarkably good value synthesizer kit. Brunswick will bring the beef if you bring the soldering iron.

PreSonus updates its most portable audio interface, the Studio 24, for the current generation

The PreSonus® Studio 24 2x2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio and comes equipped with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps & high-end converters.

Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 – Less is more?

The new Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 is lower wattage version of its recent Fillmore 50 amp head and is available as a head and combo. Will this new smaller version find its niche in the studio?

Fluid Audio SRI-2: An ergonomic 2×4 24-bit/192kHz USB interface with retro styling

The SRI-2 seems a reasonably priced and well-designed USB interface in desktop format that probably delivers on its maker's promises - hopefully the drivers and preamps are up to scratch.

It’s official! Moog One is their first analog polysynth for 35 years

At last we get the real images and the detail we've been lacking on this extraordinary polyphonic analog synthesizer from Moog Music. The Moog One is here, let's bask in its dreamy fatness.

Riffer: a randomising MIDI sequencer that runs inside your sequencer

If the sequencer in your DAW is feeling a little stale try Riffer - the randomising, scaling, motion moving, pattern and beat generating MIDI sequencer that runs as a plug-in.

Apogee makes Jam+ – a EUR 200 audio interface successor to Jam 96k

Apogee's dinky wee Jam+ lets you record an electric guitar, bass or keyboard directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac - and adds the important option of using headphones to monitor on the device.

iZotope doubles down on free plug-ins with Vocal Doubler

Despite being a free plug-in and a promotional tool for iZotope meant to bring more people on board, Vocal Doubler rivals many other vocal doublers out there, both free and commercial.

Fender Parallel Universe spawns the Limited Edition Jaguar Strat

The new Fender Parallel Universe Limited Editon Jaguar Strat combines two classic guitar designs in one guitar - purists may disagree but we think there's something visually harmonious here...

SPL Crescendo: A 120V 8-channel mic preamp that’s (almost) impossible to overdrive

SPL claims the Crescendo is the first 8-in mic preamp in the known universe with 120V technology, and that this pre has so much headroom it's virtually impossible to overdrive.