Equipment news, leaks and tips
Couture is a transient shaper and saturator with a sleek GUI
20 Aug · Auburn Sounds released Couture, a dynamics editing and transient shaper plug-in with saturation - all in a single window. This way, you no longer have to apply separate processing and switch windows.
Acustica Audio aims for classic British console voicings with Gold 2 plug-in suite
20 Aug · Acustica Audio released version 2 of its Gold suite of outboard gear emulations. Designed for lovers of vintage British console sound, Gold v2 introduces a new equalizer and three more preamps.
THAT iPhone Bass: DAD’s 2-string bass let bass players stand out
20 Aug · Bass players often have a tough time standing out on stage. That didn't stop the bassist Danish band D-A-D from coming up with this eye-catching gimmick...
The Big Tube Screamer Shoot-out: 22 TS pedals and clones compared!
19 Aug · Do all Tube Scremers sound the same? Music retailer Thomann has made a video comparing 22 versions of the classic overdrive pedal, covering an enormous range of pedals and price points.
Top 5 Studio Gear List
19 Aug · With most of 2018 now behind us, it's time we took a look at the five most impressive pieces of studio gear we came across over the past 8 months. The industry didn't disappoint us at all this year!
Eurorack Modular DIY: Could you build your own modules?
19 Aug · A new series on tackling the challenge of building Eurorack modules is available now on YouTube. Molten Modular DIY will take you through the first steps and beyond into building a whole rack.
Stick your gear together with midiglue converter, sequencer and effects unit
18 Aug · Kickstarter project midiglue is a box of tricks that mutually converts MIDI, USB and CV/Gate, it splits and merges, sequences and arpeggiates and has a bunch of MIDI effects. Perfect for sticking your gear ...
Kemper Profiler OS 5.5.2: More features, easier control and stereo
18 Aug · The new 5.5.2 OS for Kemper's Profiler range of modelling amps adds some new features that will make it easier to use and also make it more flexible than before.
UAD 9.6 update adds four new plug-ins – check them out!
18 Aug · UAD has updated its ample collection of plug-ins to version 9.6, adding four new titles - one made in-house and three developed by partnering companies. These include a channel strip, a guitar amp & more!
Transform the Microsoft Surface Dial into a MIDI controller with Elephant
17 Aug · The Surface Dial is a brilliantly engineering piece of hardware that sits around doing nothing all day. Not any more. With Elephant you can transform it into an awesome knob controller for your music software.
Unexpectedly tuneful Ellitone Multi-Synth from noise maker Ellistronics
17 Aug · Ellistronics have moved beyond noise and distortion into unexpected tones and melody for their latest handmade synthesizer the Ellitone Multi-Synth. They sell out really fast so get one while you can!
Get some guitar feel in your electronic music with the StrumPad MIDI Controller
16 Aug · A remarkable open source MIDI project that creates the feel of strumming a guitar. Feed chords from a keyboard into StrumPad and then strum away with your fingers to output a very expressive strummed ...
Crusher-X Granular Synthesizer gets overly familiar with MPE
16 Aug · Developed with ROLI, makers of the Seaboard MPE controllers, Crusher-X is embracing all 5 dimensions of this expressive technology so you can push your grains in many directions at once.
Zeppelin Design Labs Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo: DIY or readymade?
16 Aug · Designed and built (if you want) in Chicago, the Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo pedal has a digitally controlled all-analogue signal path, with both harmonic and more traditional tremolo settings.