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Ton(e)hammer Rig Pack: Free metal for your Kemper
21 Sep · If your Kemper is not sounding quite rock or metal enough then Ton(e)hammer have 50 free profiles taken from some of the metallist amplifiers around to melt your face off.
Krankie: the ultimate hipster music making machine
21 Sep · Get down to truly authentic music production by hand punching your own paper piano roll and hand-crank it through the Krankie, while keeping one hand free for your fair-trade-walnut-double-shot-mocha-latte.
Eventide EQuivocate is out – a science’d up equalizer free ’till October 31
21 Sep · EQuivocate is an Eventide equalizer plug-in with match EQ functionality and specialty frequency bands modeled on the human ear itself. It's also free until October 31! A free Eventide product is never to pass ...
Devil and Sons Guitars unveil a new Skull and Crossbones Series
20 Sep · Are you playing in a slightly oddball Psychobilly band? Are you perhaps a pirate looking to rock the seven seas? Or do you just love Halloween a bit too much?
Upcoming: Wavesfactory Spectre is 7 saturators in 1 beautiful monster plug-in
20 Sep · Pretty colors and 7 types of saturation! Does that sound good? It's the foundation of Spectre, a multi-band enhancer plug-in from the fine minds at Wavesfactory. Currently in development, Spectre has 5 EQ ...
Syntronik brings 17 classic synths to the iPad for free
20 Sep · IK Multimedia has brought their bundle of legendary synths to the iPad with 17 free instruments. More are available with in-app purchasing but isn't it a slap in the face for desktop users who pay far more?
Recorded some badly tuned drums? Waves’ new Torque plug-in can help
20 Sep · So you've recorded some drums and noticed after the band left the studio that the tuning was off. Delete the project? Waves says its new Torque plug-in can help.
Kurzweil SP6 adds one more stage piano to their massive range
20 Sep · Kurzweil release yet another stage piano in the "powerfully simple" SP6. It's a stage piano with 2GB of sounds, great weighted action, and good bit of dated looking chunkiness.
The Neumann U87 re-imagined in Rhodium for 50 year anniversary
19 Sep · The Neumann U87 in Rhodium certainly is a sight to behold, even if it boils down to it being a shiny version of the same bit of gear from 50 years ago. It's certainly a cool way of honouring the famous mic...
Gibson Les Paul or a 100t steel beam – which has more sustain?
19 Sep · 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!
OB-X Neo teaser video has us swimming in thick pads
19 Sep · A OB-X Neo 2 x 8 voice synthesizer module fades in from the gloom. Not quite clear enough to tell if it's a render, a plug-in or hardware. Is it from Tom Oberheim or is Behringer behind it?
Unfiltered Audio SpecOps: 36 shades of spectral audio glitching mayhem
19 Sep · SpecOps is a swiss-knife of an audio destructor which features a blend of no less than 36 different spectral effects for total glitch mayhem. It slices audio into grains and lets you freely apply spectral ...
Mod your Moog Minitaur into Eurorack with this DIY conversion kit
19 Sep · Grab a soldering iron and let's invalidate our warranty. This well put together DIY conversion kit will hack your Moog Minitaur into a 48HP Eurorack synthesizer voice. Not for the faint-hearted.
€20,000 Schmidt Synthesizer selling like very expensive hot cakes
18 Sep · The €20,000 Schmidt Eightvoice Polyphonic Synthesizer is about to have its third batch of 25 made. If you want to be part of this exclusive synthesizer club then you can place your order now.