Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2019: Get the best deals on plug-ins, synths and more!

It's November already, and that can only mean that manufacturers are busy slashing prices to entice you splash your cash on their plug-ins, synthesizers and even guitars. Find the hottest deals here!

Win an Earthquaker Devices Swiss Things Pedalboard Reconciler pedal – Enter Now!

Want one of these great little utility boxes to help reign in the chaos on your pedalboard? Worth EUR 279, Swiss Things by EarthQuaker Devices is a must-have for pedal addicts. Win! Win! Win!

Positive Grid Spark: A new app and speaker system for practising guitar and bass

Positive Grid has launched its new Spark speaker and app system. Aimed at learners, it lets you play along to the chords of your favourite songs or to generated drum and bass tracks.

Gibson launches anti-counterfeiting website report form: Anything to declare?

Gibson is taking its anti-counterfeiting efforts to the next level, launching a web page for the public to report potential copyright infringements. But who is the target of this new initiative?

Superbooth19: Special Rolling Report, all the hottest synth news in one place

No doubt: Superbooth 2019 will be one of the year's hottest synth events anywhere - catch up with all the latest news and rumours from the FEZ Centre in Berlin.

Free Virtual Nothingizer plug-in helps you get past your creative block

Our German-language sister site has just picked up on a new creative workflow plug-in for musicians, beatmakers and producers battling with creative block – the Virtual Nothingizer.

#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week

This week's Thomann Synth Reactor #TSR19 event brings together 25 of the synth world's best known YouTubers for a week of modular madness and Eurorack excesses. Find out more here!

NAMM 2019 Special Rolling Report

The Winter NAMM show is on this week in Anaheim California - and if this doesn't get your GAS going, nothing will. All the rumours, news and leaks right here, updated around the clock.

NAMM 2019 Preview: The Latest News, Leaks and Rumours

The Winter NAMM Show 2019 hasn't even started yet but we're already seeing plenty of news, leaks and rumours about hot new gear - catch up with our Winter NAMM Preview coverage.

Black Friday: The hottest audio gear deals – and where to find them!

It's getting cold (in the northern hemisphere) - that can only mean that audio gear makers are offering silly discounts on their products. Here's a list of the best offers and hottest deals.

KT66 vs. EL34 Tube Shoot-Out: Can you hear the difference?

We do love us a good guitar tone shoot-out at gearnews. YouTuber Johan Segeborn has done a neat little video contrasting the sound of the KT66 tube with that of the EL34. Which do you prefer?

Thomann #PracticeRoomDays Contest: Win upgrades for your rehearsal space

Terrible acoustics, no one can hear themselves and the beer's always warm. Sound familiar? Pimp your rehearsal room with gear won in thomann's #PracticeRoomDays contest.

#MyEpicMusicStory Contest: Your chance to win a €200 voucher at thomann

Online music gear retailer thomann is running an interestingly themed competition, #MyEpicMusicStory, with a main prize worth grasping for: a €200 voucher you can cash in on its online shop.

Ozone 8 Elements: How to get it for free (well, almost…)

Fed up with emails flogging "great deals" on software? This one is worth checking out: Ozone Elements 8 is going for (nearly) nothing, that's USD 129 off. Just spend $1 and give them your data.

Cover of Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” produced in a VR studio

If you're a musician and VR enthusiast you're going to love this video: a song produced completely in virtual reality. But is VR music production the next big thing?

TC6000 vs. Bricasti vs. Altiverb vs. Valhalla vs. FabFilter vs. Lexicon vs. R2 vs. Logic Chroma

We do love a good product shoot-out at gearnews.com - and here are 8 reverbs from very different price points pitted against each other in a Reverb World Cup - watch out for the dark horse!