Magnetic Effects Satellite – A new low-gain drive floating in a sea of boosts

A low gain boost pedal handmade in London, England. Will it send your tone into orbit?

Radial’s Shotgun – Have a blast with multiple amps

For those moments when you need to hit with both barrels: The Shotgun will allow you to use multiple amps at once.

HoRNet bring colour to the digital realm with AnalogStage

Looking for some analogue vibe but on a budget? This looks like a sweet, yet affordable little plugin.

The Fizzy – This is what happens when a 7-year-old is addicted to LEGO

A boutique fuzz pedal used by Reeves Gabrels and designed by a LEGO addict - what's not to like?

MySpace sold (again) and SoundCloud in dire financial straits

Do we need musical social media anymore?

Tone King Ironman II Mini: a neat little attenuator to tame your valve monster

Sometimes you need to take a load, sometimes you may need to record it. Now you can do both.

TB Pro Audio’s Mastering limiter LA Xlimit, finally updated to version II

As the mastering and limiting plugin world has recently become more refined, this is a necessary update for LA Xlimit, but have they done enough?

Equator Audio D5 studio monitors “enhanced” for 2016

With some technologies included that are unusual for the budget end of the market, these well-regarded monitors are receiving a 2016 revision with a deal to be had. Or is this just a marketing ploy?

Zero-G get Vocal about Extreme Environments with EVE

Add some human feel to your ambiance with the beautifully eery rather than "Extreme" EVE.

Faith add a new Venus FKVMG Mahogany to their Naked Series for 2016

Getting naked can be a lot of fun and also save you a lot of money it would seem.

Another one for the AoIP gear list: Cymatic Audio’s uNode M42

Audio-over-IP is in full swing thanks to AES67 and we need more products like this, a 4 channel pre-amp with remote control over ethernet.

Milkman Sound Amps new Dairy Air – Add some cream to your rig

Classic American 50's sounds in a neat little carton: Will the new Dairy Air series of amp heads offer creamy tones?

PEDALpUNK: Get your stomp box sounds into your DAW

Bored of your regular plugins? Now you can plug your favourite stomp box into your recording sessions.

Mastery announce new coloured hardware – Rainbow Bridge

A rainbow of coloured bridges from Mastery.

Eldred Audio unleash The Grendel, a new monitor controller

Named after a historical giant monster, is this a monitor controller to watch out for?

Launch into a larger world with MIDI Sync option for Novation’s iOS Launchpad

MIDI Sync your Launchpad app to other apps or external hardware with this in-app purchase.

EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe: Some dirt for your bass

EBS lanuch a new updated version of Billy's drive pedal with some added features and customisation options built in.

Engage with MiXD 2016, the first national symposium on Music Interaction Design

The Birmingham Conservatoire is hosting an event exploring the relationship between music and technology

Puremagnetik bring back the 80’s with Jax – sounds from the Roland JX-8P

Missing some synth brass or lush pads in your 80's pop revival band? Jax might be worth a stab.

Z Series Babicz 4-String Bass Bridge- A lightweight bridge upgrade for your bass

A new lightweight version of the eCam upgrade bridge systems: A neat little upgrade for your bass?

Pop Audio reinvent the pop filter – how simple is this?!

How did we put up with fiddly pop filters for so long? What a simple solution to a problem we all overlooked.

GForce walk us down memory lane with Volume 3 of the Streetly Tapes for M-Tron

Volume 3 of The Streetly Tapes puts rarely heard Mellotron sounds into the hands of the computer musician.

Arturia MatrixBrute gets a UK street price of £1539 inc VAT

At almost half the price of the Moog Voyager, does the MatrixBrute have enough balls to become a classic?

Lambdin Guitars 35er 4 String Bass – How low can you go?

A bass with some 'sonic girth' and 35 inches of length. Not to be sniffed at.