Harley Benton introduces two new 24 fret headless Dullahan models

At the end of 2019 Harley Benton announced a new, budget-friendly headless guitar, the Dullahan. The company has now added two new 24 fret versions of the model.

Soundforce Samples: 6 channels of 808 drums for Eurorack beats

Samples is a simple 4HP Eurorack module that features 6 sounds sampled from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. You'll not find Kick and Snare here this is purely the percussion end to mix things up a bit

WARHORSE: galloping delay, explosive distortion, combat filter in a Eurorack module

From Arcaico and Scuderia comes WARHORSE thundering into your rack pulling some hefty VCA integrated distortion, BBD delay and Wasp style filtering. Available as a Eurorack module or guitar pedal.

Erica Synths puts its DIY Kits online as open source projects

Erica Synths recently announced it was discontinuing its current range of DIY Eurorack modules but to the delight of the DIY community they are making them open-source for anyone to build.

The Line6 HX Stomp Stormtrooper White – Coming to a galaxy near you

If you found the standard edition a bit dull, the ever popular Line6 HX Stomp multi-effects unit is now available in a limited edition Stormtrooper White finish.

Aberrant DSP ShapeShifter is a colourful compressor like no other

Aberrant DSP has released ShapeShifter, a unique compressor plug-in and dynamics "remodeler" designed to add character, body and grit to your tracks. Does it sound as colourful as it looks?

The new Kiesel Guitars Leia is not named after who you think it’s named after

From a galaxy far, far away, comes the Kiesel Guitars Leia, a new single-cut model that has a neck-thru construction and a compact, headless design.

Modular Sound Synthesis on the Moon: A Eurorack curriculum in a beautiful coffee table book

Modular Moon is a school of modular synthesis based out of Amsterdam and Berlin and they've just released a beautifully produced book containing the heart of their modular syllabus and curriculum.

Samplr for Touchbar: Turn your MacBook Pro Touchbar into a sampler – for free!

Don't know what to do with your MacBook Pro's Touchbar? Turn it into a sampler with Samplr for Touchbar! This nifty app is surprisingly capable, and it's free!

The new Balthazar Cabaret 13 combo may be small in stature, but is huge in tone

The new Cabaret 13 is boutique builder Balthazar Audio Systems' smallest combo to date. The 13 Watt amplifier comes loaded with a Celestion G10, and has built-in tremolo and reverb.

Misha Mansoor and Horizon Devices launch Flux Echo reverb and delay pedal

Misha Mansoor's Horizon Devices has an intriguing new reverb/delay, the Flux Echo - after two years in development we expect this will be one to watch!

IMPLEXUS: Waveshaping analogue desktop synthesizer that throbs with visual feedback

Coming to Kickstarter soon is the impressive-looking Implexus from Majella Audio that takes waveshaping and folding through an analogue signal path of East and West Coast-inspired synthesis.

First Look: IK Multimedia AmpliTube Joe Satriani guitar tone suite

IK Multimedia's AmpliTube Joe Satriani tone suite officially launches! We took the new bundle through its paces - has IK successfully modelled Satch's legendary guitar sounds?

TC Electronic introduces Midas Heritage 3000 plug-ins and controllers

TC Electronic has released the PEQ 3000 and DYN 3000 EQ and compressor plug-ins inspired by the Midas Heritage 3000 console plus optional hardware controllers. Will these be landing on your desk soon?

Could the new Electro-Harmonix Cntl Knob Static Expression Pedal replace your expression pedal?

The new Cntl Knob from Electro-Harmonix allows you to store two positions of a traditional expression pedal as presets in a tiny little box that will easily fit on a crowded pedalboard.

Blackstar Debut 10E and 15E: Practise amps with echoes of the past

Blackstar launches a new set of low-wattage practise amps, the Debut series, aimed at beginners to electric guitar... Hang on, have we seen these amps before somewhere?

Lunar Lander is a modular synth-style virtual effects pedal (and you can win an NFR)

Lunar Lander is a 3-in-1 effects plug-in that combines analog delay, Lexicon-style reverbs and tube saturation from a modular softsynth's FX section. You can even win an NFR!

Is Glou-Glou Steak the most insane distortion box ever?

The Glou-Glou Steak is an amazing 100% analogue dual/parallel distortion/fuzz with onboard filters, modulation and its own LFO. This beast can do classic rock to full-on insanity and back again!

Reloop sPodcaster Go: EUR 60 USB mic for budget-friendly recordings

The choice at the lower-priced end of the USB mic market has a new contender: Reloop's sPodcaster Go. But can a respectable USB condenser mic really be had for EUR 60?

Modal Skulpt V2.0 Firmware brings MPE support and more

Modal's compact 4-voice Skulpt virtual-analogue synthesizer gets a firmware upgrade that brings MPE support, Sustain/Arp Latch mode, Global Tuning Setting and MIDI-In Offset.

PreSonus Studio One 5 arrives with heaps of new features

PreSonus has announced Studio One 5! The new version of the DAW comes with many new features, including redesigned effects, score view and a cool live performance mode.

Symphonic AI: Orchestra controlled by animated intelligence

Sample Logic's Symphonic AI is an ambitious orchestral instrument built with 13GB of multi-samples animated by a proprietary quad-core audio engine and messed about with randomness.

Diezel VHX amp and profiling detection: Peter Diezel speaks out

Online forums exploded today when a feature in Diezel's VHX amp head caused a bit of a stir. We talked to company founder Peter Diezel, who gave us the lowdown on the technology in question.

Dean adds two new models to its Icon Select lineup

These two new models in the Dean Icon Select series come with all the ingredients necessary to make a good quality instrument, while still managing to keep costs down.