BeatMaker 3 to hit iOS July 15 with a bag of updates and features

BeatMaker 3, the latest release of iOS' oldest and still one of the best best grooveboxes and portable studios, is going to be out June 15. There's an extensive list of new features and additions - check them ...

Rocket Surgeon Boris Fuzz pedal: Russian dirt with a nuclear option

The Boris, the second pedal by Rocket Surgeon, adds more fuzz to their line-up; this time it's for your guitar! This Russian-flavoured fuzz circuit looks set to go nuclear.

Erica Synths announce Fusion VCF and VCA version 2

Originally released in 2014, Erica Synths have new versions of their tube infused Fusion Voltage Controlled Filter and Voltage Controlled Amplifier.

Erica Synths Pico Voice: 8 algorithm physical modelling synth voice

Erica Synths pack 8 different styles of synthesis into Pico Voice 3HP Eurorack module. From wavetable to TB303, chords to PWM it's got a lot of sound to play with.

Coming soon from Output, a new product that doesn’t make any sound!

Output, makers of crowd favorites like its Movement and Substance engines, is teasing a brand new product that's supposedly coming soon. All we know it's that it's not another engine, or anything that makes ...

Simple tools to optimize your bass drum? Enter Singomakers’ Kick Tweak

Kick Tweak is an elaborate effects processor masked behind an exceedingly simple, 3-knob interface. Although this is sufficient, we can't help but feel the plug-in could have offered more in-depth control.

Mr Hyde: chemically induced tabletop analogue filtering

Through the rumbles of analogue transformation, Mr Hyde emerges and filters the living terror out of everything. It's a tabletop analogue filter, the first in a series from Analogue Solutions.

Mercuriall Audio Greed Smasher plug-in: A Free Mesa Grid Slammer overdrive

A brand new completely free emulation of a popular high-end overdrive pedal, the Greed Smasher plug by Mercuriall Audio is allegedly 'precisely modelled' - and won't cost you a penny!

The elysia karacter bundle has three ways of distorting your tracks

While the karacter mix plug-in is used for basic treatment of regular tracks, master is optimal for working on complete mixes. Both have Tube, Saturation, and Hard Clipping distortion.

TC Electronic TwentyFour, a 24-channel reverb for surround and live

TC Electronic's new hardware reverb is made for studio big-shots working on extreme multi-channel audio, such as movie projects in the Dolby Atmos, Barco Auro, and NHK formats...

Arminator: Free Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer emulator

Don't have enough cash for a Deckard's Dream? We've got you covered with Arminator, a free Yamaha CS-80 virtual instrument with a Vangelis inspired soundbank by Armin Kujashi.

Groovebox: A beats and synths studio for iOS

Get your groove on with this cool new synth and drum Groovebox for iPad and iPhone from the same team of developers who made Launchpad and Blocs Wave. Groovy.

FabricKeyboard – knit your own MIDI controller

Stretchable, sensor woven, sewn with conductive threads and knitted together with multiple layers of material, could the FabricKeyboard be the future of MIDI controllers?

Roland kill off Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338

Roland get snooty about their intellectual property 21 years after the release of the Propellerhead classic 303, 808 and 909 emulation. And so Rebirth RB-338 is no more.

Overloud’s Dopamine gives your audio a shot of tape sizzle

Dopamine simulates the process of magnetic tape noise reduction, which involves dynamically "brightening" the signal - can this new plug-in live up to the marketing hype?

Folktek Alter 1 and 2: Eurorack sound processing as synthesizer art

Altered states of sonic being become a reality with Folktek's organically cerebral effects processing Eurorack modules. Alter 1 and Alter 2 are awaiting your signals.

Grab a multi-effect, a saturator, and a drum machine for free!

We have lined up three fantastic free plug-ins that showed up this week. They include an awesome multi-effect by HY Plug-ins, an authentic tube saturator by WaveArts, and a drum machine rompler by ...

HK Audio present even more options to chose from with Linear 3 boxes

German pro audio manufacturer HK Audio must be one of the busiest loudspeaker brands about today. They've just announced 3 new Linear 3 'top-boxes' and 2 more active subs. Oof!

mood is a Model D clone for the iPad like you haven’t seen before

iOS synth pioneers apeSoft released mood, best described as a Model D from 2021. Its interface looks like a spaceship command terminal, while the sound remains grounded in the last century...

Magix Sequoia 14 brings time stretching, Melodyne, audio restoration

Magix's venerable Sequoia DAW gets an update to v14 (!), with some useful new additions that should bolster its professional image and alternative to Pro Tools.

Leak: Images of a “Fusebox” synthesizer from Analogue Solutions emerge

We've got a bunch of images of Fusebox - a bright and exciting new analogue semi-modular synthesizer from Analogue Solutions. Check this out! Update: now with video.

TC Electronics Pipeline Tap Tremolo pedal – Catch a Waveform!

TC's Pipeline is a modern take on a much loved classic guitar effect with some unique aspects that bring it bang up to date for modern day guitarists.

Hughes & Kettner Era-1 acoustic guitar amp: New territory for 2017

New waters for Hughes & Kettner: The German maker has a new offering for acoustic guitar players in the form of the Era 1, which sounds as if might be the beginning of a new series of amps.

Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe, an Echoplex recreation, nears release

Will this new Echoplex EP-3 recreation put a cat amongst the pigeons and steal Strymon's crown for vintage style delays? Well, it looks as though it is about to release and the demo is sounding good.