260 Results for "valve"

PRS J-MOD 100: John Mayer’s new signature amp (officially) revealed

Paul Reed Smith and John Mayer have been working on a new J-MOD 100 signature guitar amp - as we knew weeks ago, thanks to the many leaks around this new single-channel, all-tube amp.

Fender Custom Shop sets sail with ‘Old Ironsides’ show-piece amps

Fender Custom Shop have salvaged leftover wood from the USS Constitution, no less, and used it for two "Old Ironside" show-piece amps for NAMM 2017. Ahoy!

PRS preview Sonzera 20W and 50W guitar amps

The Sonzera is a new 'classic sounding' twin-channel amp range from PRS, and is to be made available in 20- and 50-Watt versions. Retro looks, simple controls - but is there enough mojo?

The 5 Best Microphones 2016: Shure, Lewitt, Chandler, Ocean Way, Townsend

This year has seen some significant advancements in microphone technology. Here's our run down of the Top 5 microphones, each with something to shout about.

Mad Professor revs up for NAMM with Big Tweedy Drive

Due in early 2017 and inspired by classic American valve amps, the Big Tweedy effect pedal is the result of Mad Professor's latest lab experiments...

Audified deliver (yet another) new saturation tool, the U78 Saturator

That's right, it's not a spelling mistake: the U78 is one more saturation plug for your toolkits, and isn't Neumann-related in any way.

Amelia – Jet City’s long-awaited guitar amp – is here at last!

Jet City are at it again, bringing quality tube tones to the huddled masses - and the new Amelia looks promising...

Tegeler Audio get feature-heavy with Schwerkraftmaschine 3-in-1 compressor

Schwerkraftmaschine or 'Gravity Machine', has now landed and is available to order - is this the most advanced compressor we've seen this year?

Supro 1310 Harmonic Tremolo: Swamp Thing?

The vintage tone supremos at Supro have come up with a new tremolo based on effects you normally find in old valve guitar amplifiers.

Will the MESA/Boogie Triple Crown TC-50 guitar amp become the new Recto?

The renowned US amp maker launches a flexible new three-channel, modern-sounding amp range in various formats. Could this be the new Recto?

Another LA-2A emulation! Black Rooster Audio’s VLA-2A

Do we need yet another plug-in emulating the LA-2A tube compressor? If the VLA-2A sounds as good as the GUI looks, then perhaps we do!

Will the Chandler Abbey Road REDD redefine the microphone?

Chandler and Abbey Road join forces to develop a microphone with the EMI badge: the REDD Microphone - and have come up with a truly exciting product.

New Sontronics ‘Mercury’ valve mic spotted!

Our roving reporter caught up with the team from Sontronics at MPX 2016 today, and look what was on the corner of their stand! More to follow about 'Mercury' soon.

Anatron MIDI-controlled analogue filter and overdrive on Kickstarter

A proper analog stereo filter and tube overdrive with full MIDI control in a 19" rack or 500 series unit. Interested? Get in quick for an awesome early bird deal of the Anatron.

Black Widow MGP-1A preamp: Blending old and new

Is this the future of guitar tone? Old-world valve technology meets modern-day modelling in the form of the MGP-1A. But don't expect this kind of technology to be cheap...

Waves build new Greg Wells’ ToneCentric plug-in

Greg Wells describes his latest ToneCentric plug-in for Waves as a "homage to the great analog gear that leaves a wonderful sonic footprint on your sound". Is this new effect genuinely useful or just shameless ...

Radial Tonebone Classic V9: What, no tube?

The classic tube based overdrive pedal gets a makeover and yet loses a certain something integral to its original tone...

Supro 1610RT Comet Amplifier – The perfect studio amp?

This new Supro amp looks set to be popular with recording studios and has some truly vintage-inspired valve tones that are perfect for classic guitar riffs.

Hughes & Kettner GrandMeister Deluxe with iPad control and blue lights

A new super-versatile amp head from German amp legends H&K, this new head can be programmed and set up in many different ways to suit lots of different situations. The Swiss army knife of amp heads?

Hamstead Soundworks Artist 20 MKII: A single-channel tone monster?

Updating its single-channel, EL84-based guitar amp, Hamstead's new MKII versions of the Artist series have a few added features that seek to add a little more flexibility.

Walrus Audio 385 Overdrive pedal: Vintage film sound amp for guitar?

A very different take on the classic overdriven valve amp, as this time the pedal isn't even based on a guitar amp but a Bell & Howell Filmosound projector!

Erica Synths Fusion Drone synth modules released – For those that enjoy the madness

With these two new synth modules, Erica pledge to give you all kinds of inspiration for ambience, soundscapes and sheer sonic lunacy.

Erica Synths tease their Fusion Drone System

Expected to be released on the 11th August, check out the quality of the Fusion Drone System from Erica Synths, it's rather lovely.

Nomad Factory release Analog Studio Rack

Analog Studio Rack is the third release from the life work of Nomad Factory's Bernie Torelli, and aims to be the "Ultimate Analog Channel Strip Plug-in".