T-Rex Replicator Junior Tape Echo – 100% analogue mini tape echo

This diminuitive fully 100% analogue tape echo pedal from Denmark, looks like it'll be busting wallets this summer. Plus it will easily squeeze onto most pedal boards too!

Epiphone Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Jack Casady Bass: Hot Tuna!

Celebrating a relationship that started back in 1997, this new signature bass for Jefferson Aeroplane's bassist Jack Cassady has a deceptively simple configuration.

zenAud.io ALK promises no-frills fun with loops and sequences

zenAud.io is gearing up to release ALK, a colourful sequencing and looping platform for Mac computers with a focus on performance capabilities that could appeal to the Ableton Live crowd...

XILS-Lab tackle the Polymoog with the PolyM virtual instrument

The 8 preset Polymoog is a rather strange beast, but one with a classic repertoire. XILS-Lab PolyM aims to tame it into a versatile virtual instrument

cellF: Cybernetic neural synthesizer grown from the creators cells

cellF is a "wet-alogue" synthesizer interface grown in a petri dish from the inventors own cells. It performs and "jams" along with human musicians and probably keep you awake at night.

Get yourself pucked up! ISO-Puck isolates your studio monitors

The new portable ISO-Puck speaker isolators are now available, with a new approach to that often underestimated task of mounting your studio monitors correctly.

EarthQuaker Devices’ Erupter fuzz pedal: Simply Dirty!

Erupter combines the simplest of circuits paired with the most straightforward control interface imaginable to offer you some sonic destruction - fuzz doesn't get any easier than this.

Disting Mk4: Expert Sleepers adds audio recorder and MIDI-to-CV

The Expert Sleepers Disting Mk4 hits version 4.1 and adds some MIDI implementation with CV conversion and an audio recorder for capturing your performances.

Triaccord: A trilogy of synthesizers based on sight, hearing and touch

Triaccord explores sight, hearing and touch in this multimedia installation by artist Love Hultén. Three synthesisers, exquisitely presented.

Learn the basics of music production with Ableton – for free

Learning Music offers a series of short tutorials that demonstrate concepts taken straight out of Ableton Live's clips-based workflow with some light music theory on the side...

JAM Pedals’ Black Muck: 1960s silicon transistors delivering dirty fuzz

The Black Muck is a new limited-run fuzz pedal that's hand-built in Athens - and sounds pretty filthy!

Skin Motion Soundwave Tattoos put audio on your body forever

Skin Motion have invented a way of tattooing audio onto your skin that actually plays back. This is not a joke, Soundwave Tattoos are completely real.

Tap this! D16 announces its powerhouse Tekturon tap delay plug-in

D16 Group's new Tekturon sounds like the secret lovechild of an analogue delay effect and a drum sequencer, with a 'Delay Matrix' letting you access many parameters very quickly. Intrigued? We are.

Genelec piles on the superlatives for ‘The Ones’ compact studio monitors

Ignoring their "low Finnish profile", Genelec show maximum confidence in 'The Ones' - "the world’s smallest three-way coaxial monitor”. Interesting and significant release alert!

Resonans brings Physical Modelling to Reason for the first time

Just ahead of the wave of VST plug-ins Resonans Physical Synthesizer Rack Extension brings physical modelling to Propellerhead Reason for the first time.

Ibanez JS2480 Joe Satriani Signature model: Sustaining with the alien

The new Joe Satriani Signature model looks stunning and will literally sustain forever, or at least until the battery runs flat. Celebrating the Surfing With The Alien 30th Anniversary in style!

LittleOne 3.0: virtual emulation of Moog Little Phatty rebooted

Xhun Audio goes back to the drawing board with LittleOne and produces a superb polyphonic emulation of the monophonic Little Phatty - why be restricted by hardware limitations?

Modularism: the ultimate modular box set

Modularism - Music from Somewhere on the Spectrum is a project to produce a 6LP box set of the finest modular synthesis artists and performers.

Pinter Instruments SB-1J Jazz Jr-Flatwound Strings & horn tones

So you want a be-bop jazz tone, but you want something versatile with modern playability. This new hep cat on the block could be the answer.

Chapman Guitars ML3 Pro Traditional – Vintage Tone, Modern Feel

Slimmer and more refined, the new Rob Chapman ML3 Pro Traditional is a lot of guitar for the money, sporting a number of upgrades on last year's model.

Windows 10 S: Is Microsoft’s new OS any good for music?

Windows 10 S is streamlined for security, simplicity and speed. But is it a super new OS for music production or will it leave musicians stranded?

Dial in the crazy with Twisted Electron’s Crazy8 MIDI and CV sequencer

Twisted Electrons new MIDI and CV sequencer, the Crazy8, has a "crazy" button for dialling beyond probability and into improvisation. Someone find us a demo!

Hotone Audio B Station bass preamp and DI Box available (at last)

Finally available to buy 9 months after being announced, Hotones B Station is now reaching dealers. Was it worth the wait? You cannot argue with the price, at least, given the features on offer.

Magnatone adds some Reverb to its renowned Varsity guitar amp

This new updated version of Magnatone's popular Varsity amplifier adds reverb into the mix. Already a cool high-end, hand-wired point-to-point amp, this could be good choice for those searching for great tone.