Stylophone Gen R-8 reinvents the touch-strip synthesizer

The new Stylophone Gen R-8 has made it to the street with the intention of shaking off old assumptions and muscling its way into our hearts with fat analogue sounds and room-shaking bass.

16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard changes hinted in Catalina 10.15.1

Rumors about Apple separating the Power key with TouchID sensor from the OLED Touch bar may turn out to be true. Oh and the physical Escape key may be making a return, too...

Old Blood Noise Endeavours MAW XLR, a multi-FX pedal for vocals, goes on sale

Hey, how about a stompbox-sized mic preamp with saturation and effects for the price of a good guitar pedal? MAW XLR is hitting the streets after debuting as a prototype at SNAMM. Check this out.

Cre8audio gets “Nifty” with an affordable powered Eurorack case and modules

The NiftyBundle consists of a NiftyCase, cables and 2 modules called Chipz and Cellz. It has built-in power, MIDI, USB, audio and some MIDI-to-CV outputs - could be the perfect Eurorack starter kit.

Tape and Microsound Music Machine stereo Eurorack system from Make Noise

The Tape and Microsound Music Machine from Make Noise is an exquisite modular synthesizer of animated time and tonal stereo sculpting in a single row of 104HP.

Behringer Crave cut-price semi-modular synth of the people makes it to the shops

10 months after it was revealed at NAMM the spunky little Crave mono-synth with 3340 oscillator and Moog ladder filter is now available to buy for £137.31

Mooer E7 Synth Micro Pedal: Synthesis for guitarists (with added trumpet)

Mooer's E7 Synth pedal lets you blast out synth tones via your guitar without any extra hardware. It's certainly cheap, but does it have enough usable sounds to win out over formidable competition?

Cheeze Machine Pro: the cheesiest string synth has matured

2getheraudio tells us it's time to gorge or the new and improved Pro version of the Cheeze Machine string synthesizer. Sounds good, smells good, tastes good.

Joyo R-10 Nascar Delay: An analogue BBD pedal for under EUR 60

Joyo releases the R-10 Nascar Delay effect pedal in its ongoing attempt to flood the guitar world with decent, cheap effects. It's a simple BBD delay, but at this price it could be a good deal.

Waves launches SuperRack, the heir apparent to MultiRack, SoundGrid and StudioRack

Predictably comprehensive, SuperRack handles up to 128 audio channels in an Audio-over-Ethernet network centred around a dedicated SoundGrid DSP server.

Gibson Smartphone Case: AAA Koa top for your phone, anyone?

You can now wrap your beloved smartphone in a case with either AAA Curly Hawaii Koa, Indian Rosewood or Santos Rosewood with a classic Gibson logo on the back.

Joyo R-14 Atmosphere: Reverbs galore in a budget pedal packed with features

Joyo's new R-14 Atmosphere reverb pedal manages to squeeze in a gaggle of reverbs into one budget pedal - and some are quite spectacular. Love verb sounds but short on cash? Check this one out.

UNION: witness the birth of the next-generation wavetable synthesizer

UNION is what happens when a couple of virtual analogue oscillators get it on and have a bunch of wavetable kids while under the influence of a load of effects - and it's only £5.99

Perceptron: spacious tabletop semi-modular analogue synthesizer

New in from Peru is the Perceptron semi-modular desktop synthesizer with a spacious layout and characterful analogue sounds coming off a single oscillator and16 in/out patch points

Blackhole is a free Soundflower replacement for current Mac users

Developer Existential Audio is building BlackHole, a free Soundflower alternative that works much in the same way, integrating software audio channels in a virtual device.

Sound Devices brings a 16-channel Dante recorder for filmmakers and sound designers

A downsized variant of the manufacturer's 32-channel Scorpio recorder, the 888 takes up Dante audio over Ethernet and doubles down on recording power for a flagship-class offering.

Apple AirPods Pro: In stores October 30, very techy and yes, very expensive.

Available October 30, the Pros push forward with active noise cancellation, improved sound quality and a lighter, shorter in-ear design with changeable eartips.

Waves V11: Much more than just Catalina support and freebies

V11 is a comprehensive update which brings revamped Renaissance plug-ins, new additions to Waves' Premium bundles, EQ Curves support for Pro Tools / AVID S6, and plenty of useful stuff left to go.

Befaco Instrument Interface plugs guitar and voice directly into your Eurorack

Befaco has updated its Instrument Interface module to feature a Neutrik combination connector for microphones as well as Hi-Z guitar and line-level instruments. It also does a bit of envelope following.

Befaco VCMC controls your MIDI gear with CV from your Eurorack

Befaco has released the VCMC Voltage Controlled MIDI Controller module which takes all your CV modulations, notes and gates and sends it out as MIDI to your DAW, soft-synth or hardware MIDI gear. 

Gibson ES-335 Alvin Lee ’69 Festival’ signature guitar: Reliving the Woodstock magic

A new limited run Alvin Lee ES-335 '69 Festival' signature model from Gibson has just been announced. By celebrating the Ten Years After guitarist with a replica of his famous guitar

OPFXS Dig Deep: The best octaver pedal of 2019 so far?

The OPFXS Dig Deep is an octave pedal which can seemingly deal with just about any signal you can throw at it, and still produce clear bass notes to thicken your sound.

Clue #3 – Behringer for the WIN?

Behringer please, it's Friday, the last thing I need is another cryptic video to disturb my weekend. Get on with it so that I can enjoy my Friday beer in peace.

Positive Grid Spark: A new app and speaker system for practising guitar and bass

Positive Grid has launched its new Spark speaker and app system. Aimed at learners, it lets you play along to the chords of your favourite songs or to generated drum and bass tracks.