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Erica Synths Joystick Controller: Play your modular like a video game!
03 Aug 2017 · Latvian synth specialists Erica Synths introduced another interesting modular toy to spice up your everyday patching. This is the Joystick Controller, which uses a joystick to drive your modular rig insane...
Viktor NV-1: a full-fledged synth running in your browser!
02 Aug 2017 · For an open-source synth running completely online, the Viktor NV-1 is impressively fully-featured with its three oscillators (with 6 waveforms each), noise generator, LFO, 2 envelope generators, LP filter...
Fortin Amps and Fredrik Thordendal issue the ’33’ clean boost pedal
02 Aug 2017 · Two years in the making, the 33 clean boost pedal from Fortin Amps is designed to give you some seriously tight high-gain tones - and it'll switch your amp channels too!
PPG Infinite: a new wavetable synth is heading to the iPad!
31 Jul 2017 · Definitely PPG's best-looking synth yet, Infinite is of the wavetable type. A modulation matrix and XY pads can be seen, as well as tons of knobs, envelopes, and a really cool 3D waveform display!
Leak: New Electro-Harmonix gear to include Superego+ pedal, new amp and cab!
31 Jul 2017 · A whole slew of new EHX products have been leaked via Instagram and it looks like the New York pedal builder has been very busy indeed, with pedals, amps and cabs to be added to its line-up...
Erica Synths lets you go crazy with DIY modules SWAMP and Multimode VCF
30 Jul 2017 · Erica Synths introduced two new DIY kits/modules, the DIY SWAMP and a DIY voltage-controlled filter. Both can do funny and musical things with control voltage synths, especially SWAMP, a crazy CV randomizer...
Daredevil’s Cocked & Fearless wah filter and drive pedal released
30 Jul 2017 · Combining overdrive with a wah filter that mimics that 'cocked wah' sound without all the hassle of a wah pedal, can this new offering from Daredevil beat a similar pedal by Electro-Harmonix?
Electro-Harmonix’ new Hot Wax pedal: Melting Crayons with Hot Tubes…
30 Jul 2017 · Hot Wax stacks two popular overdrive pedals for more variations to your drive tones. Seems like a good idea - if you don't mind the shared EQ for both circuits...
Yellowcake Lida Machine: The best Analogue VCF pedal for guitar yet?
30 Jul 2017 · A new boutique analogue filter, the Lida Machine has lots of control, some crazy sounds and a reasonable price - this may be the most compelling VCF pedal for guitar we've ever seen.
Top 5 starter recording bundles: Which one’s right for you?
30 Jul 2017 · Good news! No matter which starter recording pack ends up in your hands, the doorway to nice-sounding recordings is open for you. But we still need to figure out which bundle provides the most value, right?
Gibson Custom ‘Burstdriver’ overdrive loaded Les Paul – Why?
29 Jul 2017 · The Gibson Custom Shop is clutching at straws with this latest gimmick and it says a lot about this great American guitar maker. Is this yet another step in the wrong direction?
The Fender Bassman Shoot-out: Tweed vs. Brownface vs. Blackface!
29 Jul 2017 · When you have access to three classic Fender Bassman amplifiers from some of the best years of their manufacture, well you just have to A/B them surely?
Zoom teasing possible new recorder, to be unveiled on 3 August
28 Jul 2017 · Is Zoom about to update its R-line of digital audio recorders? We can't know for sure, but judging by this teaser image posted on Facebook, this might just be the case. Two additional images hint at ...
Gibson shows a chipped and damaged $4799 Les Paul on its website
28 Jul 2017 · Gibson has really dropped the ball with their brand new Les Paul Standard announced today, they have uploaded a promotional photo of a damaged guitar!
Amalgame by Inear Display: audio mangling fun with processing chains
28 Jul 2017 · Amalgame features 23 effects that can be hooked up in various ways and modulated by 6 XY pads - this promises to be a lot of fun if you want to artistically mess up your audio!
Hungry Robot’s The Monastery: A polyphonic octave generator guitar pedal
28 Jul 2017 · Another boutique builder takes on the octave pedal - yet this may have a more musical and intuitive approach than comparable units with two octave settings rather than the standard one...
Roland SE-02: The first reviews, user demos and shoot-outs are here!
27 Jul 2017 · Roland's recently announced SE-02 caused some shockwaves to ripple through the synth community - now the first demos and reviews are in! Sit back and enjoy some twiddling!
The Atom Smasher hacks the digital delay guitar pedal
26 Jul 2017 · So you want a digital pedal that will destroy your world? Well, this UK built and designed pedal will certainly crush your expectations of what a digital delay can achieve.
TabBank: Write, save, and print guitar tabs on iOS
25 Jul 2017 · This week will see the release of a new iOS app for guitarists that need to create, curate and share their tablature, promising lots of handy features. Oh, and it's free, too...
Ibanez BTB Bass and Premium Series get a cool boost for summer
25 Jul 2017 · With four new bass models added to its BTB Series, Ibanez adds some more smooth low-end tones to the range just in time for the summer.
Euclidean Circles Standalone: cool rhythms outside your Eurorack
25 Jul 2017 · Euclidean Circles generates complex interlaced rhythms through a simple algorithm of even distribution with stunning rings of bright LEDs. It's now available outside the Eurorack box.
Dwarfcraft Devices’ The Curse: an evil new twist on guitar delay pedals
25 Jul 2017 · Dwarfcraft Devices' The Curse is a new delay pedal with a Horror theme that allows for some mean and extreme settings going into dark sonic territory - your average nice little delay box this ain't!