36 Results for "sustain"

PLUS 3, Elektron Tonverk & Duolingo: Tops and Flops

From an incredibly useful button to an utterly useless piano: these were my personal tops and flops of this week.

Endorphin.es x Loopop PLUS 3 – An Actually Useful Synthtuber Collab

Spanish module maker Endorphin.es team up with Synthtuber Loopop to create a simple, clever and useful tool, the Endorphin.es x Loopop PLUS 3.

Guillotine, Big Stuff, InstaVibe: Free Plugins of the Week

Guillotine chops up your audio and lets you go wild with bit crushing and distortion. Another freebie of the week is an excellent Big Muff emulation!

TC Electronic Infinite Mini Sample Sustainer

The TC Electronic Infinite Mini Sample Sustainer is a shrunken-down version of the effect and offers all the same sustain functions

NAMM 2023: Black BT SusEx Pedal sustain and expression in one

The SusEx Pedal from Black BT combines the power of sustain and expression into a single pedal with Bluetooth MIDI for good measure.

Orange Vintage Pedals reissued with modern tweaks

Orange Vintage Pedals reissues the sustain, distortion and Phaser. Recreating the classic stompboxes, but with modern upgrades and performance

Wavegrove Haave Plug-in: Multi-band transient shaper for USD 20

Haave is like an equalizer which allows for multi-band transient shaping and thus deeper interventions compared to regular transient shapers.

Wavegrove UTU: Transient shaping plug-in with a twist

Wavegrove UTU is a new transient shaper plug-in with a few extras, including separate filters for the attack and sustain phases and optional M/S processing.

Sonicsmith ConVertor E1 strips your guitar down to the important bits for Eurorack

Plug your guitar in the ConVertor E1 module and pull out Pitch, Envelope and a Synth sound to mess with your Eurorack modular.

If you own an Orange stomp box from the ’70s, the company is looking for you!

Orange Amplification found the schematics to some long forgotten '70s stomp boxes, but they need some working examples to make a reissue happen. So if you own an original, help them out!

Joyo’s JGE-01 Infinite Sustainer: An alternative to the classic EBow?

Widening its burgeoning product pallette still further, Joyo has introduced a hand held sustainer called the JGE-01 that will cost quite a bit less than the EBow. But will it be as popular?

Neunaber 10-year anniversary limited-edition Immerse Mk II reverb pedal

Neunaber is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. You can now order a limited-edition version of their ever popular Immerse Mk II reverb pedal with retro style graphics. But is it any different?

Walrus Audio Slö Multi Texture Reverb puts inspiring, ethereal sounds on tap

We found the demo sounds for the new Slö Multi Texture Reverb hugely inspiring, with dreamy, swirling ambiences that might be best suited for prog or experimental players. Worth checking out.

Guitar sustain: Do heavier guitars really sustain for longer?

Heavier guitars sustain for longer - don't they? Or is this one of the biggest myths about electric guitar? YouTuber Darrell Braun has made a little video to help you decide if it's true - or not.

Electro-Harmonix reissues the Triangle Big Muff Pi, 50 years after its debut

It's back! EH has issued a "faithful" recreation of its first Big Muff, dubbed the Triangle Big Muff Pi, the pedal that launched the world's most famous line of fuzz effects for guitar.

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone Germanium Gold Micro compressor pedal

This new model adds germanium diodes to the Philosopher's Tone pedal and can vary between super clean or a touch dirty depending on how you dial it in - not bad for such a small piglet of an effect.

TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer: The new EBow in town?

The new TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer has just been announced and it looks like it could well be giving the EBow a run for its money pretty soon!

Ibanez Iceman PS1DM: Sparkly rock machine or Lady Gaga’s handbag?

This Paul Stanley signature Ibanez Iceman is fitted out with 1400 super sparkly rhinestones - to wield one of these you'd have to really love that limelight...

NAMM 2018: Keeley presents Aria two-channel Compressor/Overdrive/Distortion

Robert Keeley is launching a new compressor/overdrive pedal at this year's NAMM Show, and let's face it, he knows a thing or two about compressors and drive tones.

Electro-Harmonix reissues Op-Amp Big Muff: Pumpkin Pi?

The classic v4 Op Amp Big Muff circuit has finally been re-released by Electro Harmonix as a compact pedal - we expect Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins fans to be queuing up for this one...

This week: pedals by Massive FX, BSM and Electro Harmonix

This week we have boutique octave fuzz pedals, Richie Blackmore's box of tricks and a polyphonic, effects-laden synth pedal for you all to check out.

Gibson Les Paul or a 100t steel beam – which has more sustain?

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!

Electro Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi: Rebirth of a classic ’90s fuzz

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!

PLUS Pedal: a sustain pedal for every kind of instrument

Through real time audio sampling the PLUS Pedal can capture the end of notes and chords from any instrument or microphone and sustain them at the press of a beautiful brass pedal. Is it too hipster?