Cosmosƒ real-time dynamic stochastic synthesis engine reaches Saturn6

Saturn6 introduces "The Object" so rather than sculpting the concrete sonic material, you record your gestures targeting all parameters which construct the sound object. No, I have no idea what that means ...

DRONAR Master Edition gives you 50GB of Gothic Instruments cinematic spookiness

Gothic Instruments have bundled together 8 of their most atmospheric DRONAR instruments into a singular, improved and yet familiar interface so you can go to town on creating the most awesome of sonic ...

Gervana Ding Mao boost/overdrive pedal: The boutique bargain of the year?

Gervana is a rare example of a Chinese maker fully engaged in the boutique pedal market; this new effect combines boost and overdrive with plenty of flexible options, especially given its price.

SolinStrings recreates the always fascinating ARP Solina String Ensemble

A sampled emulation of the ever-popular ARP Solina Strings from Sono Elements. SolinStrings captures the sound and feel of the original and offers a simple, unfussy interface without any bells or whistles.

ModulAir: a slightly dodgy but fun polyphonic virtual modular VSTi that’s free

Full Bucket Music has released the slightly buggy beta of ModulAir which sounds brilliant but might crash horribly. But with some great sounds and lots of cable-free patching, it's worth a go.

Dreadbox Medusa hybrid synthesizer about to hit the shops

This sleek hybrid synthesizer from Dreadbox and Polyend comes with 3 analog and 3 digital oscillators and a grid of 64 expressive pads for performance and sequencing. Will you be enraptured by the Medusa?

Couture is a transient shaper and saturator with a sleek GUI

Auburn Sounds released Couture, a dynamics editing and transient shaper plug-in with saturation - all in a single window. This way, you no longer have to apply separate processing and switch windows.

Acustica Audio aims for classic British console voicings with Gold 2 plug-in suite

Acustica Audio released version 2 of its Gold suite of outboard gear emulations. Designed for lovers of vintage British console sound, Gold v2 introduces a new equalizer and three more preamps.

THAT iPhone Bass: DAD’s 2-string bass let bass players stand out

Bass players often have a tough time standing out on stage. That didn't stop the bassist Danish band D-A-D from coming up with this eye-catching gimmick...

The Big Tube Screamer Shoot-out: 22 TS pedals and clones compared!

Do all Tube Scremers sound the same? Music retailer Thomann has made a video comparing 22 versions of the classic overdrive pedal, covering an enormous range of pedals and price points.

Top 5 Studio Gear List

With most of 2018 now behind us, it's time we took a look at the five most impressive pieces of studio gear we came across over the past 8 months. The industry didn't disappoint us at all this year!

Eurorack Modular DIY: Could you build your own modules?

A new series on tackling the challenge of building Eurorack modules is available now on YouTube. Molten Modular DIY will take you through the first steps and beyond into building a whole rack.

Stick your gear together with midiglue converter, sequencer and effects unit

Kickstarter project midiglue is a box of tricks that mutually converts MIDI, USB and CV/Gate, it splits and merges, sequences and arpeggiates and has a bunch of MIDI effects. Perfect for sticking your gear ...

Kemper Profiler OS 5.5.2: More features, easier control and stereo

The new 5.5.2 OS for Kemper's Profiler range of modelling amps adds some new features that will make it easier to use and also make it more flexible than before.

UAD 9.6 update adds four new plug-ins – check them out!

UAD has updated its ample collection of plug-ins to version 9.6, adding four new titles - one made in-house and three developed by partnering companies. These include a channel strip, a guitar amp & more!

Transform the Microsoft Surface Dial into a MIDI controller with Elephant

The Surface Dial is a brilliantly engineering piece of hardware that sits around doing nothing all day. Not any more. With Elephant you can transform it into an awesome knob controller for your music software.

Unexpectedly tuneful Ellitone Multi-Synth from noise maker Ellistronics

Ellistronics have moved beyond noise and distortion into unexpected tones and melody for their latest handmade synthesizer the Ellitone Multi-Synth. They sell out really fast so get one while you can!

Get some guitar feel in your electronic music with the StrumPad MIDI Controller

A remarkable open source MIDI project that creates the feel of strumming a guitar. Feed chords from a keyboard into StrumPad and then strum away with your fingers to output a very expressive strummed ...

Crusher-X Granular Synthesizer gets overly familiar with MPE

Developed with ROLI, makers of the Seaboard MPE controllers, Crusher-X is embracing all 5 dimensions of this expressive technology so you can push your grains in many directions at once.

Zeppelin Design Labs Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo: DIY or readymade?

Designed and built (if you want) in Chicago, the Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo pedal has a digitally controlled all-analogue signal path, with both harmonic and more traditional tremolo settings.

Harrison updates Mixbus32C to version 5 with new workflow enhancements

Harrison's interesting Mixbus 32C analogue-style DAW gets some new features in this latest v5 update; they're are mostly about speeding up your workflow,

Fully fledged DAW Tracktion 7 is now free

Tracktion Corporation has announced that Tracktion 7 is now completely free. Unlimited tracks, VST support, vocal comping and step sequencing it has everything you need to produce music on MacOS, Windows or ...

Ex-JBL crew Kali Audio intros LP-6 & LP-8 budget studio monitors

Project Lone Pine speakers will start at USD 150 for the 6.5" model and have a unique set of properties in their price class, with front-firing ports and selectable boundary EQs.

Strange Science Instruments release their first modules and how they made them

Strange Science Instruments are all about stereo and have just released the M4 Stereo Mixer and F1 Stereo Filter Eurorack modules along with a fascinating video showing the process from idea to completion.