Ernie Ball Music Man announces July 2020 Ball Family Reserve guitars and basses

Ernie Ball Music Man has just unveiled five limited-run instruments as part of its July 2020 Ball Family Reserve. They include two guitars, a baritone, and two bass models.

Microsoft Surface for Music Production: Surface Book 3 or Surface Go 2?

While the Surface Book 3 pulses with premium power the Surface Go 2 can offer some surprisingly music-friendly stability at an affordable price point. Which one would make for an awesome DAW platform?

“Save Our Stages Act” offers $10bn to support US independent live venues

A new relief bill called the “Save our Stages” act has been proposed in the USA to provide financial help for independent live venues gripped in the COVID-19 pandemic - to the tune of $10 billion!

Caparison Guitars’ new 8-string behemoth: “The pinnacle of extreme guitar design”?

The new Caparison Mattias Eklundh Apple Horn 8 signature guitar has insanely good specifications and hardware choices that make for an exciting yet outlandish instrument.

How does Mars sound? NASA uses tech from DPA Microphones to find out.

How does Mars sound? To answer this question, the Perseverance rover that was just launched into space by NASA carries technology from DPA Microphones.

Warm Audio teases a new guitar product, and it sounds foxxy…

Could Warm Audio's latest video be teasing a re-make of the legendary Foxx Tone Machine pedal? It would mark Warm Audio's first foray into the guitar product market...

Baby Audio Parallel Aggressor: Spank and Heat your audio!

Parallel Aggressor does the old parallel processing trick justice with heavy-handed compression and saturation algorithms on top of some sweet options!

Deal: Grab Pigments 2 and other Arturia software at 50% off!

Arturia continued its 20 Year Anniversary celebration with a sale, offering its software synths and effects at 50% off! Grab Pigments 2 now for €99 instead of €198!

iConnectivity mioXC: The world’s first MIDI USB-C interface?

iConnectivity mioXC is the world's first USB-C MIDI interface, and is compatible with portable devices like tablets and laptops. At USD 50, it's a very fair deal!

Behringer has started work on “one of the most exciting synthesizer projects”

Behringer has posted a picture of some old circuit board with the announcement that they have started work on an "exciting synthesizer" - can you guess what it is?

Aston Microphones Element: the crowd-designed mic is now ready for pre-order

The Aston Element microphone is now ready for pre-order. During the past three months, everyone was invited to help shape its sound in three rounds of blind testing and voting.

Sequential Pro 3 synthesizer gets Wavetables created by you

The Sequential Pro 3 is a delicious multi-filter mono and 3-VCO and 3-voice paraphonic synth that features a Wavetable oscillator they've just opened up to user-created wavetables.

After Later Audio releases 3 new modules: Blend, Tilt and Steps

Blend will mix and control the amps, Tilt will function generate and envelope and Steps will burst with random looping stepped CV. Three solid new modules from After Later Audio.

Best Sample Packs This Week: Vintage drums, orchestral samples, epic science fiction sounds

The best sample packs this week: 3 drum bundles with vintage vibes, samples for Serum and Sylenth1, orchestral audio and sci-fi sounds from the 70s and 80s. Enjoy!

Softwire Synthesis Press Controller for expressing some CV into your Eurorack

Possibly the oddest and most intriguing CV generator we've come across is the Press Controller from Softwire Synthesis that uses a chunky "button" to convert pressure into control voltage.

OSC/PILOT: deadmau5’s performance controller is now available to everyone

Want to perform like deadmau5? The artist's customizable OSC/PILOT control surface is now available to everyone. Set up your own touch-screen performance controller!

Steinberg releases VST 3.7 SDK with many feature enhancements

Steinberg has released the VST 3.7 Software Developer Kit (SDK) with new features designed to facilitate VST3 plug-in development. It also includes support for Apple's ARM processors.

HoRNet MasterTool: a magic mastering formula for instant results?

HoRNet MasterTool is a mastering plug-in that "makes your tracks sound good with no effort". Has HoRNet Plugins finally found the magic formula for mastering?

Deal: Mad Professor Amber Overdrive with Midas Touch mod for 20% off

For a limited time you can get 20% off this special run Mad Professor Amber Overdrive with the Midas Touch mod, introduced this year during lockdown. Grab one now while stocks last.

TheoryBoard Thy333 – never play a wrong note again

The TheoryBoard returns in a slightly different form called Thy333 and hits Kickstarter as a colourful MIDI controller, composition tool, chord generator and music instrument.

Milkman Sound teases amp head version of The Amp on Instagram

Milkman Sound has posted a teaser on Instagram and it looks like they are planning to put The Amp pedal into an amp head.

PRS Experience 2020 Modern Eagle V: Premium looks, features (and price)

The new PRS Experience PRS 2020 Modern Eagle V is a limited-run model marketed to commemorate the company's annual get together. An event that this year was held online.

Singular Audio f-48: an affordable, hand-built FET condenser microphone

Singular Audio has announced the f-48 large diaphragm FET condenser microphone. Does the hand-built mic deliver that classic U47 sound at an affordable price?

Can the UrsaDSP Boost loudness maximizer reveal hidden detail in a mix?

Applying the method of Upward Maximizing in place of peak limiting, UrsaDSP Boost brings up the quiet parts rather than squashing the loud ones. An appealing new approach to maximizing audio?