Equipment news, leaks and tips
TabBank: Write, save, and print guitar tabs on iOS
25 Jul · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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!
Free Plug-ins Galore: A list of great gear that won’t cost you a thing
25 Jul · Free Plug-ins Galore! Our list of the best free plug-ins is ready for your perusal. It includes mixing tools, guitar plug-ins, virtual synths and a whole lot more...
Alexander Pedals Syntax Error: A crazy glitch pedal from the 80s dial-up era
24 Jul · When you use (abs(INPUT^3))^3. to create your distortion sounds, you know you aren't following the herd. This new effect from the USA might blow your mind - or your speakers!
Best free plug-ins last week: A modular synth and delays for days
24 Jul · Last week, talented and generous developers delivered three interesting new pluggos - Seismic (a modular synthesizer), Entropy (a delay), and WOK XDEL2 (suprise, another delay!) Grab them right here...
Moog Minitaur analog bass synthesizer gets a healthy update
24 Jul · Version 2.2 of the Minitaur firmware brings in some very welcome modulation modes and waveforms and a nice bit of hard sync along with all the refinements we've been asking for.
Leak! Is this a Roland SH-101 Boutique?
23 Jul · Grabbed from an Instagram Story video posted in the middle of the night, could this be a Boutique Roland SH-101? Check out these images and tell us what you think.
Guild Jumbo Junior short scale acoustic bass: Too short for the low-end?
23 Jul · With a short 23¾" scale length, can Guild's new Jumbo Junior acoustic bass pack enough low end to produce some bottom-heavy tones? If it can, this could be a great travel companion for bass players on the go.
FabFilter summer sale: 25% off all plug-in bundles until 1 August
23 Jul · FabFilter are taking a substantial 25% off their their bundles for the rest of July - if you've held off buying into their gear because of the price, this offer might nudge you over the edge.
ART TubeMix ships from mid-August: a 5-channel mixer with tube preamps
23 Jul · What's a TubeMix? This is ART's compact five-channel mixer featuring two tube microphone/instrument preamps and a built-in USB audio interface. Wooden sides and VU meters asidе, it's a rather no-frills ...
Order a Shure SM58 in your favourite colour via Colorware
22 Jul · If you ever wanted to inject a dose of personality in your trusty Shure SM58, you now have the opportunity to choose the color of the mic and windshield yourself, thanks to the master colorists at Colorware!
Radial DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX: Dante-enabled DI boxes
21 Jul · Radial, maker of assorted live sound and studio gear, is shipping its DAN-TX and DAN-RX. These sturdy steel DI boxes are capable of sending or receiving two channels of analogue audio over a digital Dante ...