5 guitar recording microphones for any budget

Guitar recording microphones: where to start? If you're in the market for a mic to record your guitar amp, these microphones should have you recording like the pros in no time.

Eternal Engine Apparatus Tube Synthesizer: historic duophonic machine

Out of Russia comes the stunning looking duophonic Apparatus synthesizer from Eternal Engine. Just look at those tubes sticking out the top!

EndeavourFX Pantastic offers a fresh new take on L/R panning

Pantastic by EndeavourFX is a panning plug-in which aims to make typical stereo L/R panning sound much more realistic with the use of psychoacoustics.

Moog Mother-32 firmware update enhances the on-board sequencer

The Mother-32 sequencer, clock and tempo gets a bit of an overhaul in the 2.0 firmware update for Moog's popular semi-modular monosynth.

Acustica Audio releases Purple3 Pultec collection, adds a new filter

Acustica Audio has released Purple 3. The latest version of the Pultec-themed plug-in suite comes with the addition of Purple3-HLF, a new passive high and low pass filter.

Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre offers premium looks and American build quality

Ernie Ball Music Man has come with some cracking new Sabre models, with spectacular looks and premium specs. Is it time you added a new EBMM to your collection?

Satura: free plug-in with three types of saturation (and a story)

With just three knobs, Satura is able to coax digital distortion, lo-fi tape delay and analog transistor saturation courtesy of a modeled Moog ladder filter. Hooray for donationware!

ELK Audio Blackboard: Hardware VSTs get exciting

The ELK Audio OS is capable of running recompiled VST plugins on a Raspberry Pi. Blackboard is a hardware interface that finally makes sense of that awesome potential.

Strymon Compadre officially released and it’s a Dual Voice Compressor and Boost

The new Strymon Compadre has now been officially revealed and it turns out to be a new Dual Voice Compressor and Boost with lots of useful features including MIDI control and more.

4ms Percussion Interface: bringing outside rhythms to the inside of your rack

The Ensemble Oscillator we saw at NAMM is now ready to go but they have an intriguing Percussion interface that works with external sound through a contact mic to generate CV.

WMD AXXENT, TIME WARP and SL3KT: 3 new freshly available Eurorack modules

Incoming from WMD! Based in Denver, CO, the tech-savvy collective has three new modules: the TIME WARP Gated Slew, SL3KT switcher and AXXENT expander for METRON.

Audiophile Circuits League announce 10 new Eurorack modules

ACL has 10 new Eurorack modules coming out over the coming months covering MIDI, envelopes, mixing, CV generation plus the Audio Interface is now available.

The Antonus System: ARP 2600 replica, Step Brother sequencer, plus Eurorack case for original ARP

The Antonus System is inspired by the ARP 2600 an offers a complete 2600 replica plus an expanded sequencer and a Sidecar Eurorack case. The SidecARP adds a row of Eurorack to the original ARP 2600.

Best Sample Packs This Week: nylon guitar, trap loops, and a vintage keyboard

Some great new samples this week: a well-crafted nylon string guitar, a percussion set of household objects, a new pack for trap and hip-hop producers and a keyboard based on a 1980s classic.

SSL Native Essentials bundle: clear, punchy SSL sound for $5 a month!

SSL's software department scaled its SSL Native Plug-ins Bundle down to probably the best-sounding virtual suite you can grab for USD 5 a month.

SuperCritical Neutron Flux stereo filter with expandable exotic filter responses

SuperCritical announces a digitally controlled stereo analogue filter that can select the characteristics of vintage filters with more to come.

Zoom set to release flagship G11 Multi-Effects Processor

It appears Zoom has updated its website with details on the highly anticipated G11 multi-effects processor. But will it replace your current multi-effects unit?

Ritual Electronics reveal a range of six 1U Eurorack Modules

France based Ritual Electronics has revealed a new bunch of 1U Eurorack modules for the increasingly popular format including expression pedal adapters, mixing, comparing and some serious distortion.

Patching Panda Moon Phase stereo filter and Ephemere CV looper

Stunning looking Moon Phase stereo filter from Patching Panda with multiple modes and combinations and the intriguing dual-channel Ephemere CV Looper.

Retrokits RK-006 Master Hub: MIDI interface, host, filter, merger, gates and sync

Retrokits are the masters of MIDI boxes that you didn't know you needed which quickly become things you can't live without. The RK-006 is one such box.

Behringer levels up the K2 with some kind of Warp Drive

Remember the "Warp Drive" ruse Behringer they used on the Model D to introduce the Poly D? Well, they're at it again but this time it's the K2 MS-20 clone. Update: New video reveals nothing at all.

AudioGridder: Turn any Mac into a networked plug-in server for free

Is your main DAW computer struggling to handle all of your plug-ins? AudioGridder lets you offload DSP processing to another computer over the network. And it's free!

WMD SCLPL: Stereo 5-Band Digital EQ and Morphing Filter

WMD has announced a very compact and feature-filled 4HP SCLPL module which, like a scalpel, can cut out problem frequencies and enhance your stereo field.

Strymon teases a new pedal on social media, but what is it?

Strymon just announced that it will be releasing a new product on Monday. No details have been released yet, and nobody knows what it is. All we have is a picture on Facebook to go on.