The Nothing ear (1): Outlandish wireless earbuds at an appealing price

We get a first glimpse at the breathtaking new Nothing ear (1) ear pods, co-designed by Teenage Engineering. Is Nothing the future?

Harley Benton EX-84 Modern: New retro finishes for these ’80s metal machines

Harley Benton adds blue and pink finishes to its range of 80s retro metal machines, the EX-84 Modern; both are available with Roswell or EMG pickups.

Nura claims new NuraTrue are “World’s Smartest” Wireless Earbuds

Nura NuraTrue: new wireless earbuds use Nura's personalised smart analysis Nura tech to offer you a "perfect" listening experience.

Acustica Audio Black: A gain staging suite with rare preamp emulations

Black emulates 11 preamps not modeled elsewhere while handling gain staging, saturation and filtering. A free version with one preamp is available.

Support Brainworx sale at Plugin Alliance: get bx_console N for USD 30

Brainworx suffered terrible flood damage to its studio and offices. Plugin Alliance is starting sales campaigns to help offset recovery costs.

Waves CLA Nx: your headphones become Chris Lord-Alge’s Mix LA control room

The latest Waves plug-in is designed to bring famed producer Chris Lord-Alge's Mix LA studio control room to any decent pair of headphones.

DEAL: Sennheiser July Offers on IE 400 & IE 500 Pro IEMs

Sennheiser has slashed prices on its IE 400 and IE 500 Pro IEMs. Act fast on this deal though because this offer has only days to run!

Ernie Ball Music Man July 2021 Ball Family Reserve

July's EBMM Ball Family Reserve models have been revealed, with two sparkling metallic guitars and two humbucker basses. Here's the lowdown on all four.

MAGIX Samplitude Music Studio 2022: What’s new in the beginner-friendly DAW

Music Studio 2022 is like Samplitude but suited to novice to intermediate producers, and comes loaded with instruments and workflow enhancements. Here's what's new.

Rebel Technology Witch: 4 engine polyphonic synthesizer with programmable DSP

Witch is a standalone programmable beast of a little synth that supports the OWL platform patch library, multiple polyphonic synth engines and MPE.

AudioRealism Bass Line 3 gets a fat update

A big update for AudioRealisms 303 emulation plugin ABL3 gives it a complete redesign for what they hope is the most authentic emulation ever.

Sistema Euro-Reco 2021: Complete Eurorack system from Reco-Synth

Arthur Joly has released an updated beginners Eurorack system for 2021 offering everything you need for a small modular system in one stylish package.

AI Synthesis Eurorack Cable Clips are the tidiest things you didn’t know you needed

Having trouble with patch cable spaghetti getting in the way of your knob twiddling? Eurorack Cable Clips are the perfect cable routing solution.

New Gibson video on the Collectors Edition 1958 Korina Flying V and Explorer

Gibson's highly anticipated limited run Collectors Edition 1958 Korina Flying V and Explorer have now been offically announced.

Optx, Injectr and Eqx5 modules coming soon from Boredbrainmusic

Boredbrainmusic debuts their first Eurorack modules with the Optx ADAT interface, Injectr instrument interface and Eqx5 stereo EQ.

La Golden Acapulco: Dub Siren, sampler and all round party machine

Get the party started with La Golden Acapulco for all your siren needs and 3 banks of 4 samples for those essential floor-filling special effects.

Fender Cory Wong Stratocaster: A cool, blue, clean rhythm machine

A funk machine! Announced at Summer NAMM, Fender's Cory Wong Stratocaster is designed to give you the perfect clean tone for rhythm playing.

New Gear Drop update from Positive Grid for its Spark desktop amp

Positive Grid's Spark gets a free firmware update called Gear Drop, to give you three new amps and effects for your desktop amp.

Mod Sound Velvetverb: A modern algorithmic reverb plug-in with 4 modes

Velvetverb's 4 algorithms include Velvet Room, Hall Effect, Plate Glass, and Dark Energy; there's plenty to tweak and experiment with, but not too much...

Deal: 50% off Arturia software effects, synths and sound banks

Arturia is selling its software heavy hitters at half price until August 8, 2021. Plugin Boutique throws in a free iZotope reverb with your purchase!

Review: Harley Benton Aeolus, a budget semi-hollow with premium features

With its Aeolus semi-hollow singlecut guitar, Harley Benton promises premium specs for those on a tight budget. We find out if it holds up to the hype.

Ten Good Touring Habits you Might Have Forgotten

It's been a long time since any of us went out on tour. We're here to remind you about ten good touring habits you might have forgotten!

New KUSH plug-in: BLYSS mastering equalizer with saturation and compression

BLYSS is a full-fledged mastering processor that's as much of an EQ as it's a "soundgoodizer" to make things sound expensive. Let's check it out!

Leak: AKAI Pro MPC Key 61 sampling workstation found in 2.10 update

A new render of the 61-key sampling keyboard AKAI is building as a key-driven variant of its MPCs, has been discovered. Here's what we know so far.