Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
MOK Waverazor 2.5 update with added PluginGuru Unify
23 Aug 2020 · The mad MOK Waverazor experimental virtual synthesizer gets a big chunk of an update plus a library of new patches via the PluginGuru Unify plug-in host platform.
LEAK Fender Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster in Copper Age
23 Aug 2020 · A new Fender Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster has been leaked online in a Copper Age finish and a stunning looking maple bound fretboard with black block inlays.
Best free plug-ins this week: Subdivine Lite, Speedrum Lite, CollidingCombSynth
23 Aug 2020 · Looking for booming 808-style basses? This week's roundup of the best free plug-ins has got you covered! We've also got a cool little drum sampler and an experimental synth.
Best Sample Packs This Week: Tropical heat, sunset soul, modern drums, hard techno
22 Aug 2020 · This week's A-gtade sample content includes sultry tropical sounds, sunset-soaked soul loops, a drum pack played by Miles McPherson, and everything you need to create hard techno tracks.
Modular Meets Leeds 2020 Online Edition
22 Aug 2020 · Modular guru DivKid hosts an online edition of the annual Leeds Modular Meets this Sunday 23rd August where there will be performances, new music, gear and teacakes.
Best Gibson Les Paul Alternatives: Top 5 Premium Single-Cut Electric Guitars
21 Aug 2020 · Looking for a high-quality single cut guitar but not happy with Gibson's offerings? Here are five Les Paul alternatives that ooze quality and vibe - be warned, they come with a premium price tag!
GYRINX VCF: a filter pulled from the heart of the Synton SYRINX
21 Aug 2020 · GYRINX is a painstakingly realized design informed by the known original topology of incomplete schematics, datasheets, and designs from other synths of the era of the Synton SYRINX.
Learn Sound and Synthesis online with Sarah Belle Reid
21 Aug 2020 · Sarah Belle Reid is a modular synthesizer musician who plays the trumpet and builds electroacoustic instruments and controllers and is offering an online course called "Learn Sound and Synthesis".
PRS Floating Guitar Stand: A giant banana hanger for your guitar?
20 Aug 2020 · The new PRS Floating Guitar Stand was designed to provide a stable and safe place to hang your guitar. Is it just us or does it look like a banana hanger on steroids?
Is Allen & Heath poised to buy Traktor from Native Instruments?
20 Aug 2020 · Is Allen&Heath about to buy Traktor from troubled Native Instruments? Why should famed audio brand A&H buy a DJ software brand? Global domination of the DJ market? We give you our thoughts...
W.A. Production Vocal Cleaner: An all-in-one vocal processing plug-in
20 Aug 2020 · Vocal Cleaner is a collection of essential vocal processing tools which includes de-essing, de-noising, gating, EQ-ing and compression - among other things such as algorithms working behind scenes.
Spherator FM: interplay of harmonic and inharmonic waves in a 4-operator FM VSTi
20 Aug 2020 · From Syntheway comes Spherator FM which is packed with 4-operators worth of Frequency Modulation for diverse soundscapes, atmospheric textures and clanging noises.
Legendary programmer Hermann Seib joins the Behringer Wave Synthesizer Development Team
19 Aug 2020 · Hermann Seib has worked with PPG synthesizers for decades building computer interfaces, emulating them in software and helping Wolfgang Palm develop his PPG software instruments.
Quadrivium Orbital Synthesizer uses the moons of Jupiter as modulation sources
19 Aug 2020 · In fact, it uses the orbital data of 12 moons from 4 different planets to modulate the synthesizer parameters of the forthcoming Quadrivium virtual synth and it can modulate your synths too!
Cosmotronic COSMIX: 8-channel stereo Eurorack mixer with aural enhancing super powers
19 Aug 2020 · It's good to have your aurals enhanced and the COSMIX does this over 8 channels of stereo mixing with some analogue overdrive and dual-band maximizing.
Korg announces the KROME EX CU synth workstation with a copper finish
19 Aug 2020 · The Korg KROME EX CU is a limited edition of the synth workstation that looks like it's been dipped in copper. If the regular version seems boring to you, here's your chance to turn up the bling!
New generation Korg Volca Sample 2 with more memory, USB and more
19 Aug 2020 · Korg updates its popular Volca Sample box of sample sequencing to v2 with a load more memory, new sounds, better connectivity and a few workflow tweaks.
Catalinbread announces new Naga Viper Treble Booster Gallery Series
18 Aug 2020 · The new Limited Edition Naga Viper Gallery Series from Catalinbread Effects comes with unique artwork, and helps raise money for a worthwhile cause. You also get a free matching t-shirt!
Introducing Circle Guitar, a six-string electric that can go pluck itself!
18 Aug 2020 · The Circle Guitar is a unique working prototype that took two years to develop. It isn't very often that you see a guitar with a built-in motor-driven sequencer that can literally go pluck itself...
PRS revisits 35th Anniversary SE Custom 24 in a spectacular Faded Blue Burst
18 Aug 2020 · The new PRS 35th Anniversary SE Custom 24 limited run in Faded Blue Burst follows on from last October's Black Gold Wrap Burst; we reckon this will sell out pretty darn quick.
New expansion for Roland TR-707 and TR-727 turns it into an 808, 909 and more
18 Aug 2020 · It's a ROM expansion from HKA Design that adds a bunch of legendary sounds to your TR-707 or TR-727 from the TR-808, TR-909 LinnDrum, LM-1 and Oberheim DMX.
MMXS: Love Hultén’s tribute to the Wintergatan Marble Machine X
18 Aug 2020 · Love Hultén crafts extraordinary musical instruments which are often works of art in of themselves. With the MMXS he's giving us his take on the amazing Marble Machine X from Wintergatan.