JBL 7 Series: A powerful new passive monitor – for music production?

With lessons learnt from their flagship monitors and live sound products, JBL announced their new 7 Series at AES this weekend. But is this passive speaker solution also suited to music production?

AES 2016: API large-format Legacy AXS Console

API announced the new Legacy AXS console at AES 2016 this weekend, the latest large-format analogue console to the API range.

D16 Repeater – the ultimate delay plug-in?

A dual delay featuring 23 vintage models is announced as a collaboration between D16 and Slate Digital. Is the Repeater every delay you ever wanted or do you just have a bad case of wind?

SynthFest UK 2016: Show Report

A round up of all the fabulous synthesizers and modular on display at the Sheffield SynthFest. The industry is changing, you could feel it in the circuits.

Magnetic Effects’ Sonic Tailor: A vintage-inspired overdrive from London

This London based boutique effects company are about to release yet another unique circuit with its roots firmly in the past. It's a limited run so could be very popular, but do you need one?

Geppetto Guitars’ Camelot Humbucker: Born in Texas and raised on tone

This vintage-correct pickup is based on Seth Lover's original 1950s humbucking pickups. Is it the best priced authentic PAF clone out there?

PRS Guitars CE24 Standard Satin – A smooth operator?

A new nitro finished version of this classic PRS model which is based around a bolt-on neck instrument. For a snappy attack and woody tones try a CE24.

AES 2016: Avid unveil new HD interface Pro Tools MTRX

Avid have announced a new interface for Pro Tools HDX and HD Native platforms, which is effectively a rebadged version of the DAD AX32 interface.

Experience the newly restored first recording of computer music

Is all computer music a direct descendant of Alan Turing's Electronic Computer Mark II? Listen to the newly restored first beeps of EDM from the 1950's.

AES 2016: Waves Abbey Road Vinyl Plug-in

Waves have partnered with Abbey Road again, this time emulating a model of their vinyl cutting and mastering gear, to add some vintage warmth to your mixes.

SSL Nucleus2: DAW controller, interface and more

An update to the Nucleus DAW controller and interface brings better monitoring, talkback and a Dante connection.

KRK present new incarnation of the V Series monitors at AES

KRK's most extensively researched and developed powered nearfield monitors, the latest incarnation of the V Series offers critically accurate reproduction in black and yellow.

iZotope invent Auto-Mix with Neutron (almost!)

Neutron will suggest EQ nodes, recommend compression thresholds, saturation types and carve out sonic spaces for automatically detected instruments - but it's certainly not auto-mixing

Volt Electrics’ The Reverse: Danger, danger, high voltage!

This great-looking and boutique guitar by a fresh face in the guitar-making market is due to debut at this year's Berlin Holy Grail Guitar Show.

Is Spotify about to buy Soundcloud?

A report in the Financial Times says that Spotify and Soundcloud are in talks about a potential buy out. How likely and how helpful is that going to be?

Apogee Element Series Thunderbolt Interfaces

Is this round 2 of the Apogee vs Focusrite Thunderbolt 'inter-face-off'? These new Element Thunderbolt interfaces almost mirror the Focusrite Clarett range.

Free The Tone Ambi Space Reverb AS-1R: New Reverb due later this year!

This new pedal is certainly one to watch out for if you love a bit of reverb on your guitar. With some high-profile players already championing the brand, this new pedal should be on your radar.

sE Electronics V Series dynamic mics and X1 A Condenser

The cheap but very cheerful X1 condenser microphone from sE receives an update, and an affordable duo of dynamic mics surface from sE Electronics.

Jussi the Vocal Synthesizer steps up to the mic

Explore the male throat of Jussi in this voice and vowel emulating synthesizer

Bomebox MIDI scripting, merging and routing thing

Complex MIDI setups are not everyone's cup of tea but for some the Bomebox ability to fire MIDI scripts about the place over multiple MIDI connections could be very handy.

G&L Kiloton bass- Some seriously heavy bass tones from a single humbucker

G&L launch an explosive new bass model for 2016, with echoes of their past owner's designs. This new single humbucker bass looks set to drop a tonne of low end tone.

Nordstrand Pickups Bonecrusher: A big ol’ alnico V magnet humbucker

These US made pickups are aimed squarely at players needing a more focussed, aggressive mid tone than your standard PAF humbucker can achieve.

Mackie add new reverbs with Master Fader version 4.5

Mackie have released an update for their digital console control app, Master Fader. Version 4.5 adds long-awaited new reverbs.

Focusrite RED 8Pre – the ultimate interface?

64 inputs and outputs; Thunderbolt, Pro Tools HD and Dante; mic, line and instrument; ADAT, S/PDIF and Word Clock; the Red 8Pre has got it all in every colour as long as its red.