Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
Krankie: the ultimate hipster music making machine
21 Sep 2017 · Get down to truly authentic music production by hand punching your own paper piano roll and hand-crank it through the Krankie, while keeping one hand free for your fair-trade-walnut-double-shot-mocha-latte.
Eventide EQuivocate is out – a science’d up equalizer free ’till October 31
21 Sep 2017 · EQuivocate is an Eventide equalizer plug-in with match EQ functionality and specialty frequency bands modeled on the human ear itself. It's also free until October 31! A free Eventide product is never to pass ...
Devil and Sons Guitars unveil a new Skull and Crossbones Series
20 Sep 2017 · Are you playing in a slightly oddball Psychobilly band? Are you perhaps a pirate looking to rock the seven seas? Or do you just love Halloween a bit too much?
Upcoming: Wavesfactory Spectre is 7 saturators in 1 beautiful monster plug-in
20 Sep 2017 · Pretty colors and 7 types of saturation! Does that sound good? It's the foundation of Spectre, a multi-band enhancer plug-in from the fine minds at Wavesfactory. Currently in development, Spectre has 5 EQ ...
Syntronik brings 17 classic synths to the iPad for free
20 Sep 2017 · IK Multimedia has brought their bundle of legendary synths to the iPad with 17 free instruments. More are available with in-app purchasing but isn't it a slap in the face for desktop users who pay far more?
Recorded some badly tuned drums? Waves’ new Torque plug-in can help
20 Sep 2017 · So you've recorded some drums and noticed after the band left the studio that the tuning was off. Delete the project? Waves says its new Torque plug-in can help.
Kurzweil SP6 adds one more stage piano to their massive range
20 Sep 2017 · Kurzweil release yet another stage piano in the "powerfully simple" SP6. It's a stage piano with 2GB of sounds, great weighted action, and good bit of dated looking chunkiness.
The Neumann U87 re-imagined in Rhodium for 50 year anniversary
19 Sep 2017 · The Neumann U87 in Rhodium certainly is a sight to behold, even if it boils down to it being a shiny version of the same bit of gear from 50 years ago. It's certainly a cool way of honouring the famous mic...
Gibson Les Paul or a 100t steel beam – which has more sustain?
19 Sep 2017 · So you're down the pub arguing with your mates if a guitar's weight affects its sustain... Make sure you check out this video demonstration of a Gibson Les Paul vs. a Steel Beam!
OB-X Neo teaser video has us swimming in thick pads
19 Sep 2017 · A OB-X Neo 2 x 8 voice synthesizer module fades in from the gloom. Not quite clear enough to tell if it's a render, a plug-in or hardware. Is it from Tom Oberheim or is Behringer behind it?
Unfiltered Audio SpecOps: 36 shades of spectral audio glitching mayhem
19 Sep 2017 · SpecOps is a swiss-knife of an audio destructor which features a blend of no less than 36 different spectral effects for total glitch mayhem. It slices audio into grains and lets you freely apply spectral ...
Mod your Moog Minitaur into Eurorack with this DIY conversion kit
19 Sep 2017 · Grab a soldering iron and let's invalidate our warranty. This well put together DIY conversion kit will hack your Moog Minitaur into a 48HP Eurorack synthesizer voice. Not for the faint-hearted.
€20,000 Schmidt Synthesizer selling like very expensive hot cakes
18 Sep 2017 · The €20,000 Schmidt Eightvoice Polyphonic Synthesizer is about to have its third batch of 25 made. If you want to be part of this exclusive synthesizer club then you can place your order now.
Roland Cloud 4.4 Anthology Orchestra is the JV-80 orchestral expansion
18 Sep 2017 · Roland Cloud's latest update brings us an orchestral library from the days when it all had to fit on an 8MB expansion card. Anthology Orchestra brings back a classic JV-80 sound set.
Mutable Instruments say goodbye to Braids
17 Sep 2017 · After five years as Mutable Instruments best-selling sound generator, they have decided to discontinue the Braids macro oscillator. More casualties are to follow - will it be your favourite module next?
Recording audio tracks into the air on an iPad with Augmented Reality
17 Sep 2017 · Recording audio tracks into the air with an iPad? Programmer and artist Zach Liebermann has come up with this absorbing little tool that lets you do just that. The dawn of a new age or a silly gimmick?
Focusrite Red 16Line and RedNet X2P audio interfaces are out on the Ethernet
16 Sep 2017 · Focusrite has two brand-new additions to its Red line of audio interfaces. With their feature sets and extensive connectivity, the Red 16Line and RedNet X2P are unmistakeably geared towards pro audio heads...
Jammy: A pointless portable digital guitar?
15 Sep 2017 · After last month's pointless guitar plectrum sticker we have yet another doofus invention aimed at guitarists with more money than sense. Is there any limit to the pointlessness of some guitar "innovations"?
Is Victory Amps’ new RK50 Richie Kotzen model the coolest-looking amp of 2017?
15 Sep 2017 · Richie Kotzen's new signature model amps are now being made by Victory Amps in the UK and they look like they may well win the Coolest-looking Single Channel Amp of the Year award...
Golden Tattoos become an on-skin MIDI controller with Duoskin
15 Sep 2017 · You can now adorn yourself with gold leaf tattoos that carry MIDI and controller information directly from your touch into your DAW or MIDI instruments and sound sources. It's wearing music on your skin.
Music Man help St Vincent release “Masseducation” LP with limited run neon guitars
15 Sep 2017 · This week has certainly been a bright one for new guitar colours and these new limited edition neon coloured St Vincent models will have you reaching for your sunglasses.
Ibanez Steve Vai JEM JR: the cheapest JEM ever?
15 Sep 2017 · Featuring the iconic 'Monkey Grip', 'Lions claw' and `Tree Of Life' inlay, plus shocking neon '80s colours, where exactly are Ibanez cutting the cost of this budget Steve Vai signature model guitar? We reveal ...