Deckard’s Dream Expander to debut at NAMM 2018

A Black Corporation Instagram photo reveals the new Deckard's Dream Expander is ready to go and will be on show in Anaheim at NAMM 2018 along with this dream of a synthesizer.

NAMM 2018: Roland and Zoom battle it out for the hand-held recorder market

Ahead of NAMM 2018, Roland and Zoom each announced a new field recorder product, the R-07 and the H1n respectively. Both have some nifty features to lure musicians, journalists, podcasters and the like.

LEAK: Fender Limited Edition Meteora to launch at NAMM 2018

This new limited edition Fender Meteora looks like a cross between a Telecaster and an offset Jazzmaster style body, will players love it or hate it?

Touch Innovations XG glass touchscreen system for loaded superstar DJs

XG, Touch Innovation's magnificent touchscreen MIDI controller is the knobby, posh, over-compensating DJ-ing version of an iPhone X. If you really, really want this, be prepared re-mortgage your house.

NAMM 2018: TC Electronics churn out four more “Sonic Specialists” effect pedals

Yet another slew of TC Electronics vintage-inspired effects pedals using digital technology - we just hope they will be cheap enough to warrant taking a punt on.

Epiphone debuts striking new Anaconda Burst Les Paul Slash signature model at CES

Epiphone has announced two new Slash signature Les Paul models, one of them signed by the man himself. Yes, that will cost you a little more, but it's still cheaper than last year's Gibson version.

Gibson Semi-Hollow Modern Double Cut launches at CES

New 24-fret semi-hollow body guitars available in pearlescent colours have just been teased via Gibson's Facebook page and they look like they will once again divide opinion with fans.

The Roland SE-02 MIDI editor you’ve been waiting for has arrived

Momo Müller's MIDI editors for hardware synths are probably the best in the business. He's just released the SE-02 MIDI editor for the Roland monosynth so you can automate the hardware from your DAW with ease.

Gridlab Strum: Elegant virtual guitar strumming via Monome controller

A beautiful video has emerged demonstrating the elegant strumming of virtual guitar sounds with Gridlab Strum. It employs the Monome Arc and Grid instrument controller devices through Maxforlive.

Boss Katana-Air: A wireless wonder amp?

The latest desktop guitar amp from Boss is the new Katana-Air:, a completely wireless amp with quite a few tricks up its sleeve. Could this new practise amp make you ditch your cables?

Behringer announces OB-Xa clone: Is Uli for real?

Uli Behringer shares his thinking behind the cloning of classic synths and I'm starting to believe it. Is it time to stop the trash talk and celebrate what he's doing? Next up is an Oberheim OB-Xa clone.

Behringer finally reveals the Vocoder VC340

It's here, the first proper photo of what we now know is the Behringer Vocoder VC-340 and it looks an awful lot like the Roland Vocoder Plus VP-330, exactly as we hoped it would.

Could the iMac Pro be user-upgradeable after all?

A full teardown of the new iMac Pro reveals that the CPU and RAM could be relatively easy to upgrade after all, but storage and graphics are perhaps another story.

Laney to debut 30-Watt LA30BL Tony Iommi amp at NAMM 2018 – 50 years late!

A new lower powered, affordable version of the Tony Iommi signature LA100BL amp head, this new 30-Watt version also has a matching 2x12 slant-front cabinet to help achieve it's vintage British amp tones.

Tracktion Corporation announce Waveform 9 Public Beta

Waveform, formally known as Tracktion, is heading towards a brand new version and Tracktion Corp has opened it up for public beta testing if you are a registered user.

Behringer gets one more VP-330 clone tease in before full reveal

Oh do me a favour and show us the front panel. We're all assuming it's a Roland VP-330 vocoder clone so why not just put us out of our misery? New tease image - yay!

Friedman BE50 Deluxe at NAMM 2018: New 50W boutique amp head

Dave Friedman has combined some of his most famous amp circuits into one all-singing, all-dancing boutique valve amp head with plenty of options on board for tweaking your tones.

CEntrance MixerFace R4 mobile recording interface to preview at NAMM 2018

Announced ahead of its NAMM debut the CEntrance MixerFace R4 is a rechargeable mobile recording interface with SD card option for internal audio capture.

Erica Synths Pico Quant: CV quantizer with web-based scale editor

The surprisingly featured Pico Quant lets you design your own microtonal scales via a handy graphic web-based app. All it needs is an audio connection to your computer.

Catalyst Audio Buchla 100 modules for Eurorack now shipping

Catalyst Audio has been quietly working on recreating these classic Buchla 100 series modules for Eurorack. With no published updates since NAMM 2017 we have all the details on these awesome modules.

Intel CPU security flaws: What “Meltdown” and “Spectre” may mean for your DAW

Panic ensues as security problems are reported on first Intel and now AMD and ARM processors. Patching "Meltdown" and "Spectre" at OS level could mean a performance hit of up to 30% - but is this true?

Mooer Pitch Step pedal: Nice price, but with a sound to match?

A brand new polyphonic pitch shifting mini pedal from Mooer, the bright red Pitch Step will debut at the NAMM Show and looks like serious competition for Digitech and its Whammy pedals.

Robaux SWT16: 16-track 16-step Eurorack trigger sequencer

The SWT16 (Sweet 16) is a wonderfully glowing 16-step sequencer with 16-tracks and 16 modes of operation. It's Arduino based open hardware and will be available as a DIY kit soon.

Gibson snubs NAMM Show 2018: Strategic choice or a financial one?

Gibson is snubbing the biggest musical instrument show of the year at Anaheim, so no NAMM 2018 stand for the US guitar giant. What does this say about the state of the company?