Steven Slate VSX Essentials Edition: Hear your mixes like the pros

The new Steven Slate VSX Essentials Edition with a pair of headphones and ten profiles is a great way to get started using the room simulation system.

cárn from Instruo: All analogue mixer module

A deliciously offset 4-channel signal processor & mixer of audio and CV with voltage-controlled panning, stereo VCA, ring modulation and cross fading.

Origin Effects M-EQ Driver – Overdrive with Pultec-EQ

The Origin Effects M-EQ Driver is the second overdrive from the company this year and this one uses a Pulec-style EQ to enhance your tone

201 Musical Synthesizer from Critter & Guitari

Our wooden-buttoned friends Critter & Guitaru are at it again with a super-portable, fun and dynamic synth that's just appeared on Kickstarter.

Pandora: Vactrol bandpass filter with MOSFET distortion

Opening Pandora's box, we find vactrol-based bandpass filtering and MOSFET transistor distortion can be pushed into all sorts of fascinating places.

Review: Cherry Audio GX-80 – A CS-80/GX-1 Hybrid

After a teaser video that left little in any doubt that Cherry Audio were working on a CS-80 emulation, they have surprised many by announcing GX-80.

Guitar Gear Gems: Charvel Marco Sfogli, Gibson Digital Amp and more

Guitar Gear Gems this week features the new Charvel Marco Sfogli, the Gibson Digital Amp and the latest Boss wireless footswitch

Kali Audio IN-UNF: All-in-one monitoring solution for your desktop

The new Kali Audio IN-UNF is an ultra-nearfield monitoring system for your desktop that uses the same tech as the IN series studio monitors.

Sonicware LIVEN LoFi-12 – Sampling Groovebox

The Sonicware LIVEN Lofi-12 features a retro sampling engine for that authentic low bit and sample rate sampling in a feature packed box

Vanguard 2: reFX remakes the legendary virtual analog VST Instrument

Vanguard is back with a major overhaul for v2.0. Pulled from the ashes to once again walk among us with those floor-filling sounds and easy workflow.

MatrixBrute MIDI Editor and controller from Momo

Momo Müller turns his attention to the Arturia MatrixBrute with a complete MIDI Editor and Controller app as a VST plugin or standalone.

The Gearnews Holiday Raffle Week One: Win a Harley Benton JA-60 CC CLOSED

It's time for the annual Gearnews Holiday Raffle! This week, our friends at Harley Benton have kindly given us a JA60CC guitar in Dakota Red!

Pamela’s PRO Workout: Next generation clocking module from ALM

Get a hold of yourself; ALM has upgraded Pam's to Pam's Pro. It comes with more features, upgraded hardware and a new display to keep your rack in time.

Sequential Trigon-6 – New 6 Voice Polysynth

Sequential announced today their first new instrument since the passing of their founder, Dave Smith, the Trigon 6 Polyphonic Synthesizer.

New Harley Benton JA-20HH and Victory Active SBK Guitars

Harley Benton announce the JA-20HH and Victory Active SBK; two killer tone machines with active humbucking pickups for heavy styles!

Minimoog Model D: The iconic synth that can’t stay away

Moog has found a few more chips down the back of the sofa and is bringing back the only synth that matters: The Minimoog Model D, for good this time.

Waldorf Streichfett String Synthesizer Plugin

Not content with reintroducing string synths to a 21st century audience, Waldorf now deliver the Streichfett String Synthesizer in plug in form.

The Elgato Stream Deck+: A more advanced streaming console

We check out the new Elgato Stream Deck+, a more advanced streaming controller unit with precise in-stream video production features.

Midweek Modular: Fizzle Guts, XODES and Horror Shows

This week Fizzle Guts looks for old Casio filter chips, XODES takes acid, Frequency Central gives us a Horror Show and Ziqal enters the 3rd Dimension.

Halo: Light-up patch cables done right from myVolts and Andrew Huang

Andrew Huang and MyVolts have got together to produce the best-looking light-up patch cables you've ever seen. This is the way to do it.

Ernie Ball Music Man Kaizen 7-string Tosin Abasi signature announced

EBMM and Tosin Abasi have worked together to create the new Kaizen 7-string multi-scale. This high spec guitar has some truly unique features.

Molten Motion Meter: Visualising voltages and seeing signals

From YouTuber Molten Modular and Befaco, the Molten Motion Meter is an audio VU meter and CV visualiser while mixing, offsetting and looking fabulous.

The Heritage Audio Tubesessor: A spin on a famous tube compressor

The Heritage Audio Tubesessor is a new take on a world-renowned tube optical compressor with a few key creative feature additions.

Kurt Cobain 1973 Fender Mustang sells for just under $500k

Nirvana stage used equipment isn't cheap. Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang has just sold for $500k and one of his old Boss DS-1 stompboxes reached $75k.