Steinberg Nuendo Live 2 with metering and monitoring improvements

Steinberg has beefed up its Nuendo Live application for V2, with new functions like automated background processes, high-visibility monitoring, a pre-record buffer, and compatibility with Nuendo.

Make Noise reinvent René – their three dimensional prism of composition

Make Noise's Cartesian sequencer has evolved into a third dimension so you can now snake in one dimension while Cartesianing in two others, simultaneously. And it all lights up, which is nice.

Polyfusion comes back to modular after 40 years to give us a Series 3000

UPDATED! Polyfusion came out of Moog in the 1970's and pushed modular forwards. They're back to reintroduce their monster Series 2000 modular in a smaller, future-looking form as the Series 3000.

Lectrosonics’ SPDR stereo field recorder: Dual channel recording at a premium price

Lectrosonics has introduced the SPDR Stereo Portable Digital Recorder, a stereo version of its PDR micro digital recorder and priced squarely in the professional category.

Digital Brain Instruments’ Transformer is a sample mangler and VST host

With convolution processing, Transformer is able to load samples, microphone and virtual instrument inputs; and morph them into sounds unexpected and unknown. It adds new sound layers to existing audio this ...

Sennheiser to debut affordable IE 40 PRO in-ears in late September

At USD 100, the IE 40 PRO has proprietary Sennheiser drivers, low distortion, neodymium magnets and a peak sound pressure level of 115dB. Sounds promising.

Pay what you want for the RE4ORM synth and RE4ORM FX, half goes to charity

RE4ORM is an additive synthesizer that lets you draw and warp the shape of both the additive synth waveform and the multi-filter modulation LFO. And RE4ORM FX gives you eight of these to play with!

Vanguard Audio touts its aggressively priced V4 FET condenser mic

The Vanguard V4 has the characteristics of several classic FET mics, achieved via modern design methods. Crafted in Southern California, the mic is based on a 34mm edge-terminated, gold-sputtered 3um dual ...

Slate VRS8 audio interface finally available for purchase

Spending over an year in "announced but not released" hell, the Slate Digital VRS8 audio interface is finally available for purchase at the quite competitive price of EUR 2099. You get 8 preamps and 0.7ms ...

Otto’s DIY Cookbook – handy recipes for Eurorack modular DIY

Otto's DIY Prototyping Environment is getting a Cookbook with recipes for building Eurorack modules. This free download kicks off with a simple VCO and teaches you about synthesis and circuits at the same time.

The ATOM: small but mighty performance pad controller from PreSonus

The small but mighty ATOM is a compact performance pad controller with lots of special Studio One integration. Perfect for banging out beats on the Impact XT drum machine.

Tinami MD-1 is a custom MIDI controller built to your design

Go to the website, design your dream MIDI controller using knobs, buttons and faders on a 4 x 4 grid and hit the order button. That's the plan and they are taking preorders on Kickstarter to make it happen.

Korg celebrates 10 years of the nanoSERIES MIDI controllers with a splash of colour

Korg releases their inner fabulousness with Orange/Green and Blue/Yellow anniversary nanoSERIES controllers. Or this is what happens when you let your kids loose in your design software.

MODX: Yamaha’s AWM2 Synthesis and FM-X Technology synthesizer gets leaked

Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.

DU-INO: Arduino in a Eurorack module running any function you like

DU-INO is a hackable Eurorack Arduino shield that can be anything you want it to be. Download programs or write your own it's fully open source and fully programmable. On Kickstarter from Detroit Underground.

iZotope RX7 coming this month with a free upgrade if you purchase RX6

iZotope Inc. is offering an immediate upgrade to the equivalent variant of v7 if you purchase any variant of v6 now. The same deal goes for purchasers of Post Production Suite 2, which will upgrade to PPS 3.

909 Day – Roland reveals forthcoming launch of 3 new drum and synth products

Roland has decided to keep 909 Day for celebrating the TR-909 and instead are going to release 3 new "drum and synthesizer" products on the 13th September instead. What could they be?

909 Day – Behringer reveal the RD-909 Rhythm Designer

The combination of Knobcon and 909 Day was too much of a temptation for Behringer and so they had to reveal the prototype of their RD-909 Rhythm Designer.

Best free plug-ins this week: KVR Developer Challenge 2018 has over 20 of ’em!

The KVR Developer Challenge 2018 entries are up now - over 20 free plug-ins and apps available completely free of charge! Plus there's a great Wurlitzer piano sample library for Kontakt owners, too.

Victory Amps V4 turns up the gain with Countess, Sheriff and Kraken preamps

Victory amps has released a set of three all-valve preamp pedals that put the preamp stages of its amps into pedal format. And then there's the rather neat Amp Through feature...

System80 opens preorders on their TR-808 inspired 880 Eurorack drum machine

System80 has recreated the legendary TR-808 Rhythm Composer in Eurorack modular format. The 880 Drum Machine couples 16 classic analog drum sounds with TR-style step sequencing in 60HP.

Fender expands pedal range: Engager Boost, Pelt Fuzz and Full Moon Distortion

Fender's Stan Cotey is the brains behind all three circuits and with his proven track record for making great amps and effects, these three new pedals could be great

Knobcon 2018: First look at the finished Behringer RD-808 Rhythm Designer

Knobcon this weekend will hopefully reveal a lot of wonderfully electronic sound making machines. First up are the first images of the production version of Behringer's RD-808 Rhythm Designer drum machine.

Electro-Harmonix reissues the Triangle Big Muff Pi, 50 years after its debut

It's back! EH has issued a "faithful" recreation of its first Big Muff, dubbed the Triangle Big Muff Pi, the pedal that launched the world's most famous line of fuzz effects for guitar.