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Musikmesse 2017: Line 6 Helix LT arrives just in time for Frankfurt Show
03 Apr 2017 · A cutdown in size, but not power, updated Helix for those of us that want the sounds, but not all the extra ins and outs.
Tracktion becomes Waveform and the DAW evolves
03 Apr 2017 · Waveform is the latest evolution of Tracktion Corporation's DAW. With a new mixing console, multiple platform support and uncommonly creative tools it's worth a look.
G&L ASAT Classic Fullerton Standard: More ‘twang’ for the buck?
02 Apr 2017 · Born in the USA and made for the masses, the Classic Fullerton T-Style guitar is certainly well specified and a lot cheaper than you might think.
sE make bold claims with new X1 S Condenser Mic
02 Apr 2017 · sE have announced the X1 S, another 'revision' of their X1 studio condenser microphone; they're even calling it "the new gold standard". Do the initial specs bear this out?
BT Phobos: Polyconvolution Synthesizer with Spitfire Audio
02 Apr 2017 · Spitfire teams up with producer BT to give birth to the first Polyconvolution Synthesizer. It's epic, it's huge, it's cinematic, it is BT Phobos.
EU to ban vacuum tubes from 1st January, 2019
01 Apr 2017 · In a move sure to terrify many makers of valve-based guitar amps as well as their customers, the EU is moving to ban all vacuum tubes and valves from 1st January 2019! Or should that be 1st April...
Mooer release 4 budget friendly pedals in time for Musikmesse 2017
31 Mar 2017 · Just in time for next weeks show Mooer has announced a new set of products for budget conscious musicians.
JOYO Pedal Carpet – A magic carpet ride for your effects?
31 Mar 2017 · Pedal Junkies can fly away on this magic carpet, swooping in and out of gigs with ease!
Tiptop Audio Fold Processor: wave multiplier and sub-octave generator
30 Mar 2017 · Based on a classic Serge design the Fold Processor folds waveforms and then generates multi-octave low-frequency square waves for some sonic oompf.
C15 boutique polyphonic digital synthesizer now available for pre-order
30 Mar 2017 · After a long time spent in careful and measured development could the Nonlinear Labs C15 be the most exquisite of synthesizers?
Win 1000 Euros – with a music video #MusicBelongsEverywhere
29 Mar 2017 · Make a 60-second video of an impromptu gig and upload it by 17th April, and Thomann might just be sending you a EUR 1000 voucher for music gear and instruments...
Dadamachines: MIDI to motor machine for making music with everything
29 Mar 2017 · Dadamachines takes your MIDI performance and crashes, bangs, pokes and twangs it into the real world with the automat toolbox of motors and solenoids. On Kickstarter now.
Radikal Swarm Oscillator consumes your Eurorack
29 Mar 2017 · Clone 2 oscillators into 16 and swing them around your Eurorack like a swarm of analogue modular bees.
MFB NANOZWERG PRO synthesizer for Eurorack revealed
29 Mar 2017 · MFB reimagine their fruity desktop monosynth as the Nanozwerg Pro monophonic synth voice for Eurorack with an even better filter, and morphing LFO.
The Moog DFAM Drum Machine that you’ll never own
29 Mar 2017 · This year's Moogfest VIP Engineer Workshop will be building the Moog DFAM drum machine, but you'll never have one, it's not coming soon, there's nothing to see here.
Korg Kronos LS – the lighter way to enjoy a workstation
29 Mar 2017 · Korg announce a lighter, faster, groovier Kronos LS workstation that won't break your back taking it to gigs. And check out the new red SV-1.
Mutable Instruments Clouds gets a beat mangling firmware update from Kammerl
28 Mar 2017 · Kammerl is a new alternative firmware that brings beat repeating and slicing to Mutable Instruments Clouds Eurorack module.
Blinksonic Processorz: free performance remix effects for Reaktor Blocks
28 Mar 2017 · If you own Reaktor Blocks then prepare to lose a couple of hours playing with Processorz, a free remix effects processor that's too much fun.
DV Mark Evo-1 Multi-Amp head: Amp modelling made easy?
28 Mar 2017 · The Italians at DV Mark have been busy, and their Evo-1 making guitar amp modelling more accessible for gigging musicians.
Moog has come to the end of the Voyager XL
27 Mar 2017 · Moog have announced the discontinuation of the last of the Voyager range of synthesizers - the Voyager XL. What next for Moog?
VK-2 Viking synthesizer for Reason misses the point of modular
27 Mar 2017 · Blamsoft's VK-2 Viking is a fabulous virtual model of Moog modular for Reason 9.2 that's totally wound up and boggled our synthesizer correspondent.