AR1: Grab this sweet little reverb plug-in from Initial Audio at 75% off

With AR1, you get a high-quality reverb algorithm that can be shaped to fit vocals, synths, loops, and the usual instruments like pianos and drums. A very nice little reverb, indeed!

Watch this unmissable introduction to modular synthesizers by Zoë Blade.

Got an hour to spare? Sit down and watch Zoë Blade's informative, watchable and utterly charming modular synthesis 101. Even pros will find some interesting stuff here that they may not have known.

Flight Rig: A hybrid 100-Watt rack amp blending tube tech with solid-state

Dynamo has a new proposition for guitarists who cover a lot of miles on the road (or in the air) and need a convenient rig with a tube preamp but lower weight: Flight Rig.

8 overdrive pedals in 1: Joyo Baatsin R-11

New in the Revolution series: The Joyo Baatsin R-11. Looking inconspicuous, the R-11 packs in 8 overdrives and distortions in one pedal - and all are generated using analog components.

Synergy Amps adds Steve Vai Signature module to swappable preamp range

The new Synergy Amps Steve Vai Signature preamp module is the company'e first artist signature product and extends its ever-expanding range of swappable preamps.

Joyo XVI: A budget octaver that throws in added modulation

The well-priced Joyo XVI is an octaver in the style of the EHX POG with upper and lower octave, but throws in a additional - if limited - effect: modulation.

Superbooth 2020: Urs Heckmann to reveal Wiretap – an auto-gating Eurorack module

Urs Heckmann from software synthesizer company U-he is booked for a live performance at Superbooth 20. It says that the performance is with Wiretap which we've never heard of before.

NI Maschine to become “start to finish” production gear in next updates

A future Maschine 2.10 update will provide major workflow enhancements, NI says on its forum, making Maschine an end-to-end music creation solution. Not surprisingly, user reaction is positive...

Your Android Wear watch is a drum machine and you didn’t know it!

This musical Easter Egg should work on any Android Wear watch built since 2015, so if you happen to rock one, try the tiny drum machine and let us know how it goes.

Intellijel squeezes delay, reverb and chorus into the Multi-FX 1U Eurorack module

Fancy a bunch of effects in a neat 1U module? Then check out the Intellijel Multi-FX 1U for some carefully crafted and nicely musical effects to take your modular blips to another dimension.

Roland GP-002: the perfect extension for the Boutique JX-03

Graphic designer Robert Chrispijn has conceptualised the perfect companion to the Roland Boutique JX-03 by reimagining the PG-200 hardware programmer as the GP 002 virtual extension. Shame it's not real.

Freakshow’s Mishby has to be the strangest tape sim out there

Another plug-in which you can legally steal, Mishby is an unorthodox tape sim meant for creative audio degradation and destruction. One look at the interface says it all...

Synthractive: no-nonsense subtractive virtual synthesizer

When many virtual synths offer untold depths of complex multi-layer hybrid sound design sometimes you need something simple and effective. Synthractive is a stereo subtractive synthesizer that does the job.

Musikmesse postponed due to Covid-19: Superbooth and Summer NAMM next?

Covid-19 a.k.a. Coronavirus is starting to affect our little music instruments world - Musikmesse will be postponed, its organisers say. Will Superbooth and Summer NAMM go ahead?

Ultra-rare Fender Marauder offset re-imagined – with a built in delay effect

The Fender Marauder is a super-rare prototype guitar from 1965, re-imagined by the Custom Shop in 2020 for guitarist Matthew Logan Vasquez - it even comes with a built-in delay effect!

Sizzle and roast your audio with Softube’s take on the Chandler Germanium Compressor

Softube emulated the Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor in all its FET glory . including the choice of diodes. Meanwhile, the hardware unit is at a hefty discount at Thomann!

Mutable Instruments drops a new firmware for Marbles

In a time of chaos when all around you are losing their Marbles a wise woman will remind us that beauty exists in the world of electronic music and it's called the "Super Lock" feature.

Uli Behringer apologizes for Corksniffer video, then deletes post

After a huge internet backlash to the misjudged Corksniffer video and personal attack against online journalist Peter Kirn, Uli Behringer takes to Facebook to apologise.

Is this the new Polyend Sampler and Sequencer?

In the tiniest of briefest blurred moments at the very end of the latest Polyend teaser video we catch a momentary glimpse of what could perhaps be their new product.

Behringer introduces the KIRN Corksniffer: Vintage sourced cork-knobbed synth

Behringer takes a swipe at synth snobs with a video introducing the KIRN Corksniffer. Has the discussion about vintage authenticity got too silly or has Behringer turned nasty? Update: video's been pulled.

Squarp Rample: 4-voice sample machine for endless sound in your Eurorack

Squarp Instruments has officially announced Rample. It's a 4-voice Eurorack sample player and effects processor with no duration limit that can playback both sampled audio files and control voltage.

Superbooth makes a statement on the Coronavirus – Relax and make music!

With many large events cancelling or postponing in light of the spread of Coronavirus, Superbooth has just made a statement to say that until Berlin is declared unsafe then they are good to go.

TC Electronic unchains the Icon Series Legacy plug-ins from their controllers

TC Electronic has released native versions of the Icon Legacy Series plug-ins. From now on, the DVR250, TC1210, TC8210 and TC2290 plug-ins don't require the desktop controllers anymore.

Behringer Poly D or Minimoog? Watch the shoot-out video and vote!

Behringer Poly D and Minimoog go head to head in an epic new synth shoot-out video by YouTuber Starsky Carr - how do they compare? Watch the video and vote now in our poll!