TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer: The new EBow in town?

The new TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer has just been announced and it looks like it could well be giving the EBow a run for its money pretty soon!

ZVex Vertical Fuzz Factory Silicon tames the temperature madness!

Updating the germanium-based Fuzz Factory that can get temperamental when used in a hot live environment, this sleek new silicon-based version will be way easier to squeeze onto your pedalboard.

Pittsburgh Modular reveal new Primary Oscillator ahead of debut at Superbooth

Pittsburgh Modular announce their third new thing so far this year after the Microvolt and Sequencer. It's called Primary Oscillator and features cascading analog waveform sculpting. Nice!

Ernie Ball rolls out Expression Tremolo, a treadle-operated tremolo pedal

With Slow Rise, Slow Fall, Sine, Square and Harmonic tremolo effects all onboard, this new foot treadle operated tremolo effect looks like a really well thought out pedal design, but how does it sound?

Walrus Audio Luminary V2 launches next week for some polyphonic madness

The Walrus has updated the Luminary pedal to V2 - this polyphonic quad octave generator has plenty of tweak-ability and options available, with an expression pedal input.

Moog reveal the front panel of the Subharmonicon that you can build at Moogfest

Fancy a little DIY synth project? Get yourself an Engineers Pass to this years Moogfest and build the remarkable Subharmonicon. They've just revealed the front panel - will it ever be available to the rest of ...

Noise Makers Ambi Verb HD: binaural reverbs for the masses

AmbiVerb HD has 30 spaces beyond the usual halls and churches, with music venues, stairs, and car parks - but you need Noise Makers' plug-in for the binaural stream.

AKAI opens up MPC 2 for use with third-party controllers with 2.2 update

With the release of MPC 2.2, owners of non-MPC hardware keyboards and controllers will be able to use the MPC 2 software natively - AKAI also provides templates for many third-party controllers.

Over 70 Waves plug-ins now integrate with NI Maschine and Komplete Kontrol

The new batch of 63 NKS-enabled plug-ins provide plug-in mapping from NI's Komplete Kontrol and Maschine controllers, as well as tag-based preset browsing. The plug-ins and instruments come pre-mapped.

War of the Rings: Neova MIDI controller ring hits Kickstarter as Wave funds 200%

Enhancia's Neova and has fully funded on Kickstarter after a day. Meanwhile, the Genki Wave has double funded on Indiegogo. 2018 is the year of the MIDI controller ring but which one has ultimate power?

Eventide Blackhole extraterrestrial reverb now offers full NKS integration

Grab hold of your Komplete Kontrol keyboard with both hands and journey through the Blackhole of extraterrestrial reverberation with Eventides awesome plug-in now compatible with NKS 2.0

Strymon AA.1 Amplifier Attenuator: guitar pedal effects loop for Eurorack

The AA.1 is a 4HP module that boosts guitar signals up to Eurorack levels and takes Eurorack down to guitar levels forming an awesome guitar stompbox effects loop, or guitar input or master output

TC2290-DT plug-in and controller reprise a classic TC Electronic delay rack unit

Those retro-loving Danes at TC are bringing us an intriguing new package, the TC2290-DT, that translates the old 2290 digital delay rack unit into 2018-speak with a plug-in and desktop controller.

Pittsburgh Modular Electronic Sequence Designer to debut at Superbooth 2018

A beautiful looking 4 channel, 32 step, CV and MIDI stand-alone sequencer from Pittsburgh Modular will get it's first showing at Superbooth 2018. Could be totally stunning.

Kazrog KClip 3 multi-band clipper and saturator now available

Kazrog announced version 3 of KClip, its highly-praised mastering clipper, loudness meter & multiband saturator. Rewritten from the ground-up, KClip 3 comes with a big list of new additions!

Musikmesse 2018: Audio Technica ATH-M60X monitor headphones

New headphones, anyone? These are closed-back, on-ear cans driven by ATH's proprietary 45mm large-aperture drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils. Worth a look.

Stam Audio 1073 EQ: a faithful clone that doesn’t break the bank?

Starting at USD 799, Stam's 1073 clone features a replica of the original's Marinair LO1166 output transformer, made by Sowter Transformers in the UK - there's also a Carnhill line input transformer.

Avantone AV10 drivers can bring your old Yamaha NS-10M monitors back to life

Own a pair of busted Yamaha NS-10Ms? You can bring them to life with Avantone Pro's replicas of the NS-10M low- and high-frequency drivers which Avantone says it reverse-engineered.

Musikmesse 2018: MXL VPS bundle may have all your video podcasting needs covered

At Musikmesse 2018, MXL announced a very interesting audio and video recording bundle, the VPS Visual Podcasting station, that targets video podcasters and vloggers.

Uli Behringer asks for ideas for Eurorack modules

With a couple of cool synthesizers under his belt Uli Behringer turns his attention to Eurorack modules. Do we want Behringer modules for $49-$99? If you've got some ideas Uli would love to hear them.

Virtual Guitar Amp Software Round-up Part Three: IK Multimedia AmpliTube 4

In this week's Virtual Guitar Amp Roundup I go over IK Multimedia's AmpliTube 4 software and give you an insight into what makes this a very flexible and customisable package for guitarists.

Bart MP2570: a dual 500 Series mic pre for the price of one

What makes this preamp truly attractive for 500 Series rack owners is its ability to power and record two microphones while fitting in a single rack slot. That, in addition to its affordable price.

Stargazer: a dual wavetable drone with a load of knobs to play with

Stargaze is a "drone synthesizer for the abrasive elite". It's an angry synth, laden with knobs begging to be fiddled with. There's no CV, no MIDI and no distractions, you just have to play it.

Musikmesse 2018: Burg M1 tube condenser mic, hand-built in Berlin

German manufacturer Burg announced a new tube condenser microphone, the Burg M1. The design comes from German condenser mic royalty Andreas Grosser, known for modding and repairing U47 mics.