Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
Free audio measurement and visualisation in your browser: XXY Oscilloscope
20 Aug 2017 · This free oscilloscope runs in your browser and can visualise audio files or your computer's microphone input - time for some good ol' physics fun with your audio material!
Line 6 brings Helix Native amp and effects sim to a DAW near you
19 Aug 2017 · Line 6 is bringing the same software technology that drives its Helix line of guitar processors to Windows and Mac computers. Helix Native features improved, more detailed amp and effect models...
Is U-He working on a virtual modular system?
19 Aug 2017 · Urs Heckmann of U-He has been publishing videos of his modular musical creations from his Eurorack system. Could this be an indication of the next software synth he's developing?
Subdecay Vector Preamp: Feel Good Hit of The Summer?
19 Aug 2017 · With 4 Overdrive Channels, 3 Fuzz Channels and 4 Distortion Channels the Vector uses digital control and a fully analogue signal path to achieve its variety.
Fuzzrocious lunaReclipse – 12 individual gain stages in one pedal!
18 Aug 2017 · With a such a simple design, the lunaReclipse pedal from boutique pedal builders Fuzzrocious has plenty to offer, with a grand total of 12 different gain stages on tap for you to play with.
Is the Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 any good for music production?
18 Aug 2017 · In light of recent reliability concerns, SurfaceProAudio.com set out to investigate the Surface Pro 2017's ability to do music production. It's resulted in an hour long video of depth and detail.
Keeley Caverns V2 Delay and Reverb pedal: Not much of an upgrade?
18 Aug 2017 · A new enhanced version of Keeley's most popular 'Magnetic Echo' effects pedal, the Caverns. Want to play your guitar in a huge cave? All you need now are some bats!
Gibson’s new Slash Les Paul models cost $1500 more with his signature
18 Aug 2017 · Slash, Gibson's new Global Brand Ambassador, has got a new range of very green signature guitars for 2017 - with a hefty surcharge if you want his scrawl on it...
Erica Synths Black MIDI-CV v2: 2 channels of MIDI for your Eurorack
18 Aug 2017 · In a compact 6HP with monophonic and duophonic modes over 2 MIDI channels the Erica Synths Black MIDI-CV v2 can bring MIDI back into your Eurorack with ease and simplicity.
Electro Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi: Rebirth of a classic ’90s fuzz
17 Aug 2017 · The Sovtek-era Green Russian Big Muff is being relaunched in a modern-day nano housing - this great-sounding fuzz pedal from the '90s is finally being reborn!
Sterling Audio outs an arsenal of six affordable new microphones
17 Aug 2017 · Sterling Audio announced six affordable new microphones designed for professional recording applications. They also come with carrying pouches and shock mounts for your convenience.
IK Multimedia tease an all-in-one music production station
17 Aug 2017 · It will go anywhere you want and brings new meaning to plug and play. IK have a new "music production station" they are releasing on the 24th August - any idea what it is?
Console Y brings an expanded Ensoniq ASR-X to life
17 Aug 2017 · Puremagnetik release Console Y, an expanded library of the Ensoniq ARS-X across Ableton, Logic and Kontakt formats, but only in their Spark subscription service. Does $8 a month work for you?
ESP/LTD Guitars announce no more Rosewood use due to CITES
16 Aug 2017 · ESP has come in line with worldwide CITES regulations and they now have an official page on their site explaining how they will be achieving this in 2017.
Sneaky! Walrus Audio hide secret ‘Easter Egg’ delay mode in the ARP-87 pedal
16 Aug 2017 · Walrus Audio has secretly built an Easter Egg function into its pedal - with the right button combinations, you can access a hidden 5th delay mode!
Vermona release two new Eurorack modules: uniCYCLE and quadraPOL
16 Aug 2017 · uniCYCLE is an analog oscillator with 6 waveforms and PWM. quadroPOL is a polarising VCA with hidden depths as a ring modulator, attenuator, inverter and CV source. Pure understated Vermona quality.
Superior Drummer 3: More drums, 10 times the Gigabytes
15 Aug 2017 · Thought you had enough drums with the 20GB in Superior Drummer 2? Oh no, Superior Drummer 3 has 230GB of drums, just drums, over just 6 kits. It's the biggest drum source ever!
Face Pedals seek your backing for Eric, a valve-powered mini overdrive pedal
15 Aug 2017 · Utilising Russian fighter aircraft components to squeeze valve technology into a smaller format overdrive pedal, will this new Kickstarter campaign take off?
PolyGAS 2.0: a Russian flatulence-free advanced granular VSTi
15 Aug 2017 · PolyGAS is a very capable granular synth. It's easy to use, it has a good range of preset sounds and wave files, looks fabulous and works a treat. And it's free. That's very useful indeed.
Fender Supreme skateboard Stratocaster drops on Instagram
15 Aug 2017 · An all-white limited edition Stratocaster based around the Supreme skateboard brand has just dropped on Instagram - and it looks like it could be very expensive indeed.
The Morphologist and DR.110 REDUX drum machine from Sound Machinery
14 Aug 2017 · New kids on the block Sound Machinery launch their first two products for Kontakt, The Morphologist synthesizer and DR.110 REDUX. And to celebrate you can have the drum machine for free.
F-Pedals’ Nikaos mini distortion pedal: Howling at the moon?
14 Aug 2017 · A new dynamic distortion pedal designed for Greek producer Nikolas Farmakalidis, the lupine-themed Nikaos drive pedal has some great tones on tap, all of which can be accessed via your guitar's volume knob.