Award Session Blues Baby 22: an old ‘80s classic updated 

A solid state amp hand-built in the UK, Session's Blues Baby challenges the tube amplifier and offers an alternative for tone hounds.

Sample Logic turn the orchestra inside out in the name of cinema with Morphestra 2

Morph into a crowded sample library world where music and sound design collide with yet another Kontakt library of cinematic sounds - is this the mother-morpher of them all?

Sir George Martin dies aged 90

Reflections on when I worked with Sir George Martin (or spent a couple of hours trying to get a computer to work)

First the S73, now the Drawmer 1973 plug-In published by Softube

Very recently we saw Softube release their S73 mastering plugin. Is this Drawmer 1973 Multi-Band Compressor Plugin the pro version?

Seymour Duncan Palladium – High gain in a small box

New for 2016 and winning awards already, this new high gain box is all about control.

Samples From Mars get spacey with the MicroMoog

Relive the old MicroMoog who's crackling badness is now considered to be vintage character.

Devil & Sons’ End Of The Road guitars

Subtle relic job? No, more like totally destroyed!

Gibson downgraded by Moody’s due to “weak results”

Gibson approach to business 'the riskiest' says market report. Were the 2015 range of guitars a major factor in this result?

Cableguys mess up your stereo field with PanShaper

Multiband pan wrangling for modulating your stereo field

Blue Cat Audio update 16 plugins to include VST3 support – So what?

Blue Cat Audio have released a large update adding VST3 support to their plugins, but what does this really mean for you?

Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster – Bold As Love?

The man is long gone, but his music lives on forever. Could this guitar get you closer to the sounds that he once made? Who knows. Maybe, if you are experienced...

AKG K182 foldable, closed-back studio headphones are go!

Announced at NAMM 2016, AKG's new pro headphones are now shipping. Aimed at studio use, what's the folding all about?

Taurus Stomp-Head 5 from Poland

Built in Poland, this is the latest incarnation of their portable amp rig. It could be just right for players who are constantly on the move...

The Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 is ready to ship

The love child of Tom and Dave is ready for you to take home

Audiofile update Sample Manager with a “Myriad” of improvements

Sample Manager was one of the very best audio file and batch processing tools available, and now offers a significant set of updates under a new name: "Myriad".

Eowave release the Ribbon 2 controller and mini synth

Channel Keith Emerson and start stroking some wobbly sounds...

Fender Custom Shop Journeyman Relic 1957 Precision Bass

Fender Custom Shop have re-released an old favourite for 2016. The P-Bass started it all back in the '50s and is still loved by many.

Ashdown ramp it up with Rootmaster EVO heads

A new 500-Watt and 800-Watt bass head from Ashdown are getting their UK launch at the London Bass Guitar Show this month.

Acustica Audio announce a potential plugin gem: Amethyst

With some interesting analogue equipment modelling technology, Acustica announce a new channel strip plugin with a special pre-order price.

The Marble Machine from Wintergatan has to be seen to be believed

An extraordinary musical machine: This is how you build a piece of music.

Fender Squier ‘Jarman’ signature guitars: Offset oddness coming later this year

These signature offset guitars created for The Cribs' Jarman brothers are due out in September, but have yet to be given an official model name.

Bluetooth any MIDI keyboard with The MIDI Thing

This little box could help you connect your MIDI keyboard to your computer via Bluetooth - if it gets funded

Check out this interesting insight by Focusrite into high-quality AD/DA’s

Focusrite have just published a fascinating web page, including an exclusive interview with Dr Dave Malham in which he describes the development of their AD/DA converters.

Hammer time: A-Designs re-shapes its HM2EQ

Are you looking for a tasty piece of analog hardware to colour your mixes? Perhaps this new version of A-Designs Hammer EQ is the answer.