Musikmesse 2016: Pigtronix Power – all the juice you’ll need in one unit

The Pigtronix Power should have enough power for the most demanding of pedal geeks, hoarders and those with pedal boards the size of a UFO.

Musikmesse 2016: Dave Smith and PioneerDJ cooking up something colourful in the TORAIZ SP-16

A performing DJ's groovebox with Dave Smith analogue filters, Pioneer Pro DJ Link and more flashing lights than you can shake a stick at.

Musikmesse 2016: Nord release the Drum 3 percussion synth and Drum 3P with pads

A decent update to the Drum 2 rather than something revolutionary and the Drum 3P makes for a more complete product.

Acustica Audio release another channel strip-style plugin: Pink

Following Acustica's last release Amethyst, also a channel strip plugin, Pink marks the release of their new CORE8 engine, so I took for a spin.

Audiothing releases Hats – Hi-Hat and cymbal synth

Forget your banging kicks, your sizzling snares and perpetual cowbell, this is all about the hats.

Musikmesse 2016: Softube teasing something modular – Updated!

Softube are hinting at some virtual modular type action that looks very interesting indeed. Click through for teaser video.

Musikmesse 2016: Supro SP1303 Boost, SP1304 Fuzz and SP1305 Drive pedals

Supro bring their new pedal range to the European market and the whole range have the ability to tweaked live in real time using an external foot controller. Vintage flavours with modern thinking.

ART bring versatility to your home studio with SCC Studio Control Centre

Have you found yourself with a couple of bits of external gear and no mixer? The SCC might well be right up your street.

TC K-Cabs K-115: A lightweight 15” cab designed for low tones

The latest edition to TC Electronics bass cabinet range offers a 15" custom driver that should fill out your bass sound nicely, as this unit concentrates solely on the low end of your tone.

Musikmesse 2016: Blackstar Bass Fly 3 Desktop amp and extension cabinet

The Fly 3 range of practise amps gets a new addition for the low frequencies, so Blackstar's popular practise amp finally grows some 'low end' balls...

Musikmesse 2016: Korg Sledgehammer Custom 100 clip-on tuner

Running off a single battery and with a large bright display this little tuner will run for up to 100 hours and keep you in tune.

Musikmesse 2016: Drawmer leak news of MC3.1 Monitor Controller

News of a new monitor controller by Drawmer has surfaced, which follows the success of their MC2.1 controller. With some key new features, this could be a great product.

Musikmesse 2016: Antelope leak new products ahead of show

A new Zen desktop audio interface, a compact clock and a huge interface that we've actually seen before

Jet City Amplification: ’45’ amp prototype ‘leaked’ on Facebook

A sneaky peak on Facebook and some audio clips via Soundcloud of what could be. Is the legendary UK amp designer Martin Kidd involved as well?

Happy April Fools everyone! Audified announce ‘DeMixxer’

Fancy a laugh? I had to share this - what a great sense of humour!

Sound Dust Ships Piano 3 adds even more piano personality

Apparently Scott of the Antarctic liked to have one of these tiny pianos onboard for a good sing-a-long. Now Sound Dust have added an old school grand and a dusty upright - can a piano have too much character?

Fano Standard Series JP6 and SP6 – new range of cheaper boutique guitars

A new cheaper version of the popular Alt-de-facto range from this popular American boutique guitar builder. Featuring some tasteful relic work and twists on old 1960s classic instruments.

Ocean Way Audio now shipping their unique Pro2A and HR4 Monitors

Announced last year at AES, Ocean Way start shipping to dealers. They might look interesting, but they also come with heritage.

VIP 2.0 update for Akai Advance Keyboards includes Air Creative FX

VIP version 2 now has support for audio plug-ins for hands on control from the Akai Advance range of keyboards and bundles in a whole load from Air.

TUBE-TECH to show new EQ at Musikmesse 2016: the HLT2AM

Based upon their successful HLT2A hardware EQ, TUBE-TECH will release a mastering version next week in Frankfurt.

PSP StompDelay takes you on an infinite tape loop

All the wobble and warping of a tape delay with none of the danger of snapping or fuss of repairing.

MXR M300 Reverb pedal. Six reverbs in a small package.

Six different reverbs crammed into a small form factor pedal, with some simple controls and the ability to use an optional expression pedal: Enter the MXR M300.

Behringer U-PHORIA USB interfaces coming soon… 2 years late!

Apparently the long-awaited UMC1820 and UMC404HD USB audio interfaces by Behringer are nearly upon us, but details are still sketchy.

Endless special effect fun! iZotope’s new Mobius Filter

iZotope release a new unique effect for adding psychedelic movement in your tracks. Is it too recognisable though?