The Gearnews Holiday Raffle Pt1 NOW CLOSED: WIN Lewitt LCT 240 PRO

It's time for the annual Gearnews Holiday Raffle! This week, our friends at Lewitt have kindly given us a Lewitt LCT240 PRO condenser microphone!

Arturia MiniFreak Hybrid Polyphonic Synthesizer

Arturia update their hugely popular MiniFreak Synthesizer and its MiniFreak V software counterpart to V2 with a ton of cool stuff!

Drum Zone launches at Gearnews! Hot Electronic & Acoustic drum news!

Drum Zone launches at Gearnews! We're bringing you the latest news for electronic and acoustic drummers along with tips, tricks, deals & buyer guides.

The Best Value Tube Guitar Amps – 5 amps for all budgets and tones

The Best Value Tube Guitar Amps takes you through five amps that should be on your radar, each offering something different and all with great tones

Back to the future: There is a new 5-disc Yamaha CD Changer for all your old CD-Rs

Get your dusty CD blanks out! The new Yamaha CD changer can load up to five CDs at a time!

DOCtron IMC-500 brings Stimming’s Mastering Chain to 500-series

The DOCtron IMC-500 is now available as a 500-series module! This is a truly amazing addition to your lunchbox for both live and studio use.

Crazy Tube Circuits HI POWER – Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here tone

The Crazy Tube Circuits HI POWER offers David Gilmour's Wish You Were Here guitar tone via his pedal and amp rig in a single stompbox.

Wampler Tumnus Germanium – Limited Run Klon-style overdrive

Wampler Tumnus Germanium is a limited run Klon-style overdrive that uses NOS germanium diodes to achieve even more Klon like tones

Jackson MJ Series Rhoads RR24MG – Gloss Black or Snow White?

The Jackson MJ Series Rhoads RR24MG is a premium Japanese model based on the Randy Rhoads shape, available in Gloss Black and Snow White

Midweek Modular: Auto mixing, precision adding and metallic percussion

This week's Midweek Modular discovers that Nano will let you automate your mixes, Befaco helps you transpose, and SSF has 2 channels of clangs.

The Bitwig Studio 5.1 update is now available!

The Bitwig Studio 5.1 update has passed beta stage and is now officially available to all current users with an active upgrade plan.

The Best Value T-Style Guitars – Buying The 50s Workhorse

The Best Value T-Style Guitars is our roundup of the best value models currently available. Perfect for anyone looking for a quality instrument.

Catalinbread Sinkhole – Ethereal Reverb with modulation

Catalinbread Sinkhole contains a harmonically-rich “hole” reverb with an impossibly deep four-voice chorus. Perfect for exploring the depths of reverb

Fender 70th Anniversary Stratocaster models announced

Fender 70th Anniversary Stratocaster models have been announced to celebrate one of Leo Fender's most famous guitar designs

Guitar Gear Gems: Alex Lifeson LERXST amp range

We check out the Alex Lifeson LERXST amp range, Bad Cat's new Jet Black amp series and finally Kemper 10.2.1 is here and Liquid Profiling is official

Over 90% off the SSL Harrison Mastering Bundle

Until December 12, you can save over 90% off the SSL Harrison Mastering Bundle, with two plug-ins to help you master your tracks at home.

Kramer Lzzy Hale Voyager in Black Diamond Holographic Sparkle

The Kramer Lzzy Hale Voyager comes in a super sparkly Black Diamond Holographic Sparkle finish and has a stripped back look for rock

Rode Buys Mackie: Two music tech giants merge in $180M deal.

Rode buys Mackie: It's now official! The Freedman Group, the parent company of Rode Microphones, purchases Mackie in a deal worth $180M.

Soldano ASTRO-20 – Tube Tone with Galaxies

Soldano ASTRO-20 all-tube amps with 20-watt head and combo available. Using Impulse Responses and Galaxies for great tone

XLN Audio Life: Built for the Beat Generation

XLN Audio Life turns your smartphone into a powerful field recorder and allows you to create unique beats in your DAW with your recordings.

Audio Ease Altiverb 8: More powerful and more compatible than ever

Audio Ease Altiverb 8 is the latest version of the industry-standard reverb plug-in, now with improved compatibility and new IR tools.

D16 Group Nepheton 2 is more versatile than ever

The D16 Group Nepheton 2 808 drum machine plug-in now has more sound shaping control with some creative improvements to the sequencer.

Cherry Audio Synthesizer Expander Module – Xmas Comes Early!

Cherry Audio wrap-up another jam-packed year of fantastic plugins with the Synthesizer Expander Module and it's free for everyone!

Manson Guitar Works MA and Verona Junior – Affordable UK built models

These Manson Guitar Works MA and Verona Junior models are a new high-spec, affordable range of guitars built in the UK at their Ashburton factory.