Listen to the AI-generated music helping MIT fight the coronavirus
23 Apr 2020 in Studio
MIT researchers are using AI-generated music to model the coronavirus' protein and explore the binding of potential treatments to its amino acids. Science!
Magix releases Samplitude Pro X5 with ARA2 and MPE support
23 Apr 2020 in Studio
Magix has released Samplitude Pro X5. The latest version of the DAW adds ARA2 and MPE support and comes with a number of new features, including a tempo track, automation shapes and more.
The Muse series from Epiphone offers affordable versions of classic designs, but with modern appointments!
22 Apr 2020 in Guitar
Epiphone's new Muse series are affordable versions of classic designs like the Les Paul and SG, but with modern pickup switching, and in a range of metallic colours.
Soundation: browser-based DAW gets real-time collaboration
22 Apr 2020 in Studio
Like Google Docs but for music making, Soundation gets real-time collaboration functionality along with near-complete DAW functionality in your browser.
Spaceman Effects launches the new Sputnik III Germanium Fuzz
22 Apr 2020 in Guitar
The Sputnik III from Spaceman Effects uses NOS Soviet germanium diodes and transistors that should give you filthy spluttering fuzz tones that are out of this world!
SWARM: Asynchronous Gate Generator or Accidental Pattern Looper?
22 Apr 2020 in Synths
SWARM doesn't really know what it's doing and you don't know how to use it but we all need randomly generated and unrelated pattern loops in our lives and sometimes something musical is discovered.
Strokes 2.0: Euclidean Groovebox and Generative Feedback Network for Max for Live.
22 Apr 2020 in Studio
Rhythms, noises, feedbacking patterns and modulation are the bread and butter of Strokes and version 2 brings in intelligent trigger manipulation, note rotation and Push 2 support.
Line 6 Helix/HX 2.90 Firmware now with even more stuff for your favourite floor pedal
21 Apr 2020 in Guitar
The Helix 2.90 brings a new amp, two new cabs and six new effects for you to play with, plus a host ion new features to the Helix and HX Series of pedals.
The CrushStation is Eventide’s latest H9 Series distortion effect
Eventide just released a brand new H9 series plug-in, the CrushStation. The versatile distortion effect is on sale at a fantastic launch price of USD39!
Is Guitar Center headed for insolvency?
21 Apr 2020 in Guitar
The music instrument retailer shuts its Kansas warehouse down after city officials decide that the company does not qualify as an "essential" business.
Plugin Alliance announces the AMEK EQ 200 Mastering Equalizer
21 Apr 2020 in Studio
Plugin Alliance and Brainworx have announced the AMEK EQ 200 mastering equalizer plug-in. The 7-band EQ aims to recreate the sound of famous parametric equalizers of the 70s and 80s.
Fender releases the Jim Root Jazzmaster V4 – with new signature EMG pickups!
21 Apr 2020 in Guitar
Slipknot guitarist Jim Root gets a new Fender signature model. The Jim Root Jazzmaster V4 comes loaded with the guitarist's new EMG pickups and a no-nonsense attitude.
stg/soundlabs Boat Rocker: Eurorack power supply that drops into a Mother-32 case
21 Apr 2020 in Synths
If you have a Moog Mother-32, DFAM or BFAM you might have dropped them into a larger modular system. With the Boat Rocker you can transform their 60HP empty case into something useful.
Dirty Dan: 3 channels of raw and snotty vactrol-based analog filter and distortion
21 Apr 2020 in Synths
From ST Modular comes Dirty Dan, a vactrol-based filter and distortion that pulls 3 channels of sound through its despicable processes whether you like your distortion soft, hard or just plain dirty.
TiNRS CircularThing Double Drum smashes two drum voices together
20 Apr 2020 in Synths
CircularThing Double Drum is a collaboration with Befaco and is two drum voices fighting and being smashed together to create complex and interesting drum sounds.
Dwarfcraft Devices closes down, issues special Eau Claire Thunder fuzz pedals
20 Apr 2020 in Guitar
Dwarfcraft Devices has officially announced that after 13 years in the business that they are closing the business down and moving on to greater things. With a final release of the coveted Eau Claire Thunder ...
Bogner reissues V2 drive pedals with Rupert Neve audio transformers
20 Apr 2020 in Guitar
Pro audio royalty meets boutique guitar nobility! Mr Bogner's new V2 gain pedals all contain a '60s style audio transformer designed by Rupert Neve. Expect some great dynamics and touch sensitivity
Superbooth20 Home Edition: Find what’s on where!
20 Apr 2020 in Synths
Where can you find what's going on with this virtual Superbooth20 Home Edition? Don't worry, we've been tracking it down and will be covering the whole splattering of events. Start here!
Erica Synths Fusion VCF3 vacuum tube and vactrol based filter with recordable motion
20 Apr 2020 in Synths
Next in the fat Fusion line of valve-based modules is the VCF3 bringing softness and light with vactrol-driven resonant filtering and includes mixing, mult-ing and the ability to record CV modulation.
Erica Synths Fusion Modulator: complex, analogue and Synthi inspired
20 Apr 2020 in Synths
The Fusion Modulator is a complex collection of modulation blocks including Synthi inspired looping unipolar and bipolar envelopes, VCA, Noise generation and Sample&Hold.
TBProAudio DSEQ: self-adjusting dynamic EQ & EUR 79 soothe alternative
20 Apr 2020 in Studio
An affordable alternative to ooeksound's much-talked-about soothe, DSEQ is a self-adjusting dynamic EQ which removes sibilance, resonances and digital harshness.
Best Sample Packs This Week: Multi-sampled piano, robust bass, tense soundscapes
18 Apr 2020 in Studio
This week's sample pack roundup includes a multi-sampled acoustic piano, a plethora of bass sounds in one package, dark soundscapes for adding tension to your productions, and a free acoustic guitar.
