Top 5 starter recording bundles: Which one’s right for you?

Good news! No matter which starter recording pack ends up in your hands, the doorway to nice-sounding recordings is open for you. But we still need to figure out which bundle provides the most value, right?

The Fender Bassman Shoot-out: Tweed vs. Brownface vs. Blackface!

When you have access to three classic Fender Bassman amplifiers from some of the best years of their manufacture, well you just have to A/B them surely?

The Best Free Plug-ins: A list of great gear that won’t cost you a thing

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...

Best free plug-ins last week: A modular synth and delays for days

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...

Free plug-ins this week: a delay, synthesizer, and three more useful tools!

Ready for the best free plug-ins this week? There's a delay, a compressor, a Korg-style synth, a console emulation and a tape saturation effect - phew!

Free Plug-ins This Week: Grab a modulator and an atmospheric Kontakt instrument!

Looking for those sweet free plug-ins? We got 'em here! This week saw the release of two fantastic tools - the FreeMod modulation VST/AU plug-in by Audiority and the free version of DRONAR, an atmospheric...

Free Plug-ins This Week: The Punch and two oddball sound design plug-ins!

Who's up for some free plug-ins? We know you are! Get Krotos Audio's Reformer, Audio Assault's The Punch, and Crimson Brain's Ribs for free, and you'll be set for a fair bit of experimentation and sound design!

Look Mum No Computer interview: Just keep going ’till its done!

Look Mum No Computer is a YouTube channel ran by UK-based musician and self-taught inventor, Sam Battle. We had to learn what's going on inside this hardcore synthesizer maniac's head, so we asked around!

Free Plug-ins This Week: Yamaha synth emulation and a two-band overdrive

The Krakli Arminator is a beast of a synth that will let you coax authentic 80s soundtrack tones with ease, while saschArt has cooked up a brutal, two-headed distortion unit. Check them out!

Delay pedal shoot-out video on YouTube: 25 guitar effects head-to-head

Looking for a new delay pedal for your guitar rig? The guys at Gear Gods have compiled a 25-way shoot-out of delay FX pedals, a great place to start your research.

Why the iPad is an amazing – and awful – tool for making music

The iPad is the future of music making happening right now. It's a beautiful machine with limitless musical possibilities! Great. Now, let me tell you why it sucks...

Fender Custom Shop Founders Design 30th anniversary documentary

The Fender Custom Shop probably saved the company and created some memorable guitars along the way; this documentary is a must-see for all Fender fans.

MIDI sucks, so why do we put up with it?

Is it about time that we found something beyond the constraints of MIDI that takes us into the future? Robin seems to think so.

Is Logic Pro X 10.3 proof that creatives are still on Apple’s radar?

With the Logic Pro X 10.3 update making use of the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar last month, perhaps we should count our blessings in the creative industry....

Music is Win explains “Why NAMM Show Sucks”

All those cool new toys to play, celebrities signing stuff and booth babes, but somehow it still sucks...

Jef’s Picks 2016: Epiphone, Hudson, Friedman

My top three bits of gear released in 2016. Some of them were so great I even went out and bought them myself!

Simon’s Picks 2016: Cakewalk, PreSonus, Townsend and more…

A year of new pro audio toys has nearly passed and so has the first year of Gearnews. Here's my top 5 products that have stood out for me this year.

Robin’s Picks 2016: Behringer, Screenforge, Make Noise

Here's the top 3 products from this years releases that really got under my skin in a deliciously musical way.

Happy Christmas from the gearnews.com team!

2016 is almost over, and what a great year it's been! For music gear, at least...

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.

Top 5 new guitar ranges of 2016

Here are five new guitar ranges launched in 2016 that should be on your radar!

Christmas Gift Ideas For Guitarists!

Christmas is almost upon us, and many of us are still looking for some last minute ideas for gifts. Here are some ideas for guitar-related stocking-fillers!

‘Brexit-busting’ budget guitar recording Pt. 1: Software

Want to record some of your great guitar tones? Crashing pound left you without the cash for a recording studio? Here are some great tips for recording guitars on very, very low budget...

New Guitar Amps 2016 Quiz

All year, our resident amp expert Jef Stone has been feeding you the latest news on the hottest amps, from 50s-style reissue Blues combos to 200-Watt Hair Metal monsters. Have you been paying attention?