AKAI APC Mini Mk2 and APC Key 25 Mk2: Facelift for the Ableton Controllers

AKAI has refreshed the APC Mini and APC Key 25 controllers for Ableton Live. What do the APC Mini Mk2 and APC Key 25 Mk2 have to offer?

Vulcan: 8-Voice analogue polysynth for Eurorack

Can you squeeze an 8-voice analogue polysynth into a reasonably sized Eurorack module? Hampshire Electronics believes it can; it's called The Vulcan.

The OTO Bébé Chérie is an analogue mixer for electronic music

We check out the new OTO Bébé Chérie. A new mini-jack-based 6-input analogue mixer from the boutique French manufacturer, OTO Machines.

Introducing the Zoom MicTrak range of next-generation audio recorders

We check out the new Zoom MicTrak Series! A complete range of professional digital recorders aimed at musicians and content creators.

Midweek Modular: Triple Steeple, vintage emulators and big fat tubes

Shakmat has released the Triple Steeple 3-channel envelope, Sovage has vintage tone to add to your patch & Orpho keeps warm with a vacuum VCO

Roland Bundle Five TR-iffic Drum Machines

Following the release of their Analog Polysynth Collection, Roland have released the Drum Machine Collection featuring 5 classic rhythm boxes

Pharmasonic Roland System-100 cloned for Eurorack. Buyer beware?

Pharmasonic has released single-panel clones of the Roland System-100 Synthesizer 101 and Expander 102. But can you actually buy them?

Guitar Gear Gems: Germanium Boost with ultra rare components

JHS Germanium Boost using ultra rare components, Jack White's latest pedal collaboration and a tiny minimal guitar tuner

Review: Arturia Pigments 4 Polychrome Synth

Arturia update their impressive polychrome soft synth, Pigments, to version 4. How have Arturia improved on this highly regarded instrument?

The elysia xpressor neo: a modern stereo VCA compressor redesigned

We check out the newly redesigned elysia xpressor neo! The versatile VCA compressor is now even better suited for modern recording.

New Swissonic audio interfaces include free vocal and guitar plugins

Grab the Swissonic Audio 1 and Audio 2 interfaces and get iZotope Nectar Elements and IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 SE free until January 8.

Synth East: New event in Norwich with gear, performances & Steve Davis

Norwich is hosting a new synth and modular festival. It brings together manufacturers, performances and a Steve Davis All-Star Modular Patch-Off.

The Gearnews Holiday Raffle Week Four: Win a ZOOM R12 MULTITRAK CLOSED

It’s week four of the annual Gearnews Holiday Raffle! This week, we have the amazing Zoom R12 MULTITRAK recorder/audio interface to give away!

Best Value Singlecut Guitars – The ’50s blues, rock & metal workhorse

The Best Value Singlecut Guitars features five instruments at various price points that you should check out if you want a classic versatile guitar.

VENO-ECHO: Flexible and unique stereo delay from Venus Instruments

A reworked 2022 VENO-ECHO hones in on versatility and extension modulation possibilities for a playful and powerful stereo delay module.

Is Behringer still on a journey to the Jupiter-8?

The Behringer forges appear to be firing up again with some PCB teases that suggest the Jupiter-8 (Bupiter-8?) is perhaps not far off.

Get Your Hands On The Moog Knob Kit

Customize your Moog semi-modular synthesizers and 6mm shaft compatible Eurorack modules with Moog’s handy Knob Kit for Knurled Pots.

New Jackson Signature models: Josh Smith SL7 ET – Out Now!

New Jackson signatures are here! After the recent Rob Cavestany model, now the new Josh Smith Soloist SL7 has just dropped

KORG modwave native Completes The native Trilogy

Korg's modwave native, the plugin version of the modwave synth is released in time for Christmas! It's accompanied by hardware updates too!

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus 50th Anniversary Limited Edition

Roland announces JC-120 Jazz Chorus 50th Anniversary Limited Edition in Cherry Wood finish to celebrate 50 years of the amp model

Fender Japan Hybrid II Telecaster, Strat & Traditional Jazzmaster

These Fender Japan Hybrid II Telecaster, Hybrid II Stratocaster HSS and Traditional Jazzmaster models are part of a special limited run

Midweek Modular: Mega-Tang, 8 Step and some Buchla inspired computing

We've got some West Coast flavour with ALSTADEN and Computsynth400, some superpowered 8 Step and a Quad VCA with stereo mixer pretensions.

Mutable Instruments adds DX7 mode to Plaits and a load more algorithms

Émile Gillet drops a huge update onto the Plaits algorithmic oscillator. The 8 new models include a 2-voice, 6-operator DX7 FM engine.

Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium: Dumble + Klon

The new Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium combines a Dumble and a Klon circuit, plus some added extras to make it even more versatile