Alpha Forever: a grey environment of deep modular sound design

Part modular synth, part sound design playground, Alpha Forever is among the strangest and most intriguing (if poorly accessible) bits of kit we've come across recently.

MUTON: 8 VCAs with pop-free mutes in just 10HP

MUTON is an indispensable tool for performing live and dealing with unruly routing and sound source management within your Eurorack. 8 VCAs, a summing mixer and soft mutes in a really compact module.

The Messiah second coming: a Prophet of virtual synthesis

Inspired by the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 version 2 of Messiah improves and expands on almost everything and comes with a ton of presets, new filters, new effects and MPE support.

The new Mac mini is the ideal starter Mac for music production

Apple is touting a full-fledged professional computer with big boy hardware such as quad-core 8th Gen Intel processors, support for up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of space.

Mad Professor Loud‘n Proud: Four-input Marshall tones in a pedal?

The Mad Professor's new Loud‘n Proud pedal is an emulation of the classic four-input Marshall amps used on many great rock albums, and promises some nifty voicing and tone options.

The new iPad Pro has USB-C and charges your iPhone – pretty great for musicians

There are two particularly important changes for iOS musicians. The first is the 3.5mm headphone jack's removal, and the second is the introduction of USB C in place of the old Lightng port.

New MacBook Air delivers macOS & Thunderbolt to musicians for USD 1199

Apple's groundbreaking laptop receives a successor equipped with a high-resolution Retina display (no True Tone, though), USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, and Touch ID fingerprint-scanning protection.

Fender Jimmy Page Signature Telecasters coming in 2019!

Is this the hottest 'signature' guitar news so far this year? A new Jimmy Page Signature range of Telecasters is to be released in 2019. But will they come with a violin bow?

Caroline Guitar Company re-delivers the Hawaiian Pizza boutique fuzz pedal

Reheated pizza the day after can be a wondrous joy. The re-release of Caroline Guitar Company's Hawaiian Pizza fuzz/OD pedal is a celebration of that delectable meeting of sweet and sour.

Texture: A sound design plug-in that embraces layering sounds

Some of the creative possibilities offered by Texture incude “glueing” your hi-hats transients by adding dynamic filtered noise and beefing up a kick drum with a low sine wave.

Digital D1 Hybrid Synth brings epic sounds from 1987 to iPad

Digital D1 is a retro-modern hybrid synth combining virtual analog and PCM samples to offer an authentically 80's digital synthesizer experience with lots of current character.

Mythos Pedals’ Positron Collider: I ain’t afraid of no fuzz

When there is something strange in your neighbourhood. Who are you gonna call? We don't know either, but the new Positron Collider Fuzz will at least take your mind off of it.

Let 1989Reverb send you back to the 80s

Iconic looks aside, 1989Verb packs plenty of algorithms to get you grinning as you browse the various presets. There are reverse reverbs, re-gens, tap delays, flangers, and general 80s goodness.

Magnetic Effects’ Sändare Overdrive V2: The Satellite revamped

The Sändare Overdrive V2 is a revamp of the Satellite pedal and builds on the great sound of its predecessor to give a low-gain drive/boost pedal with more control than the original.

Sonic Youth gear auction: The Alternative Rock Garage Sale of the year?

The ultimate Sonic Youth 'garage sale' could well be a huge hit, as it includes some classic gear that has been played, used and personalised or modified by the band over the years.

Fuzz, Glitch and Filth: Deep Space Devices’ Trigonaut has it all

Can't get enough fuzz, dirt and glitch from your pedals? It's time to seek out Deep Space Devices' new Trigoanut. Its dirty, glitchy fuzz is not for the faint-hearted!

Keeley EH Verb o Trem: Two new dual effects pedals due soon

Designed with input from Nashville session musician Eddie Heinzelman, the Verb o Trem combines reverb and a mod section and is to be offered in two versions of varying size and cost.

The greatest Eurorack module of all time and space has arrived: The 2HP Cat

For a limited time only, in limited quantities, for only the most discerning of Eurorack fiddlers comes Cat, your voltage controlled source of feline noises.

AtomoSynth Asterion: a chunky modular synthesizer with an enormous patch bay

Asterion is an upright wedge of large format modular synthesis. Bakelite knobs and an all-metal chassis lend it a vintage air while the 104 1/4" jack sockets offer some seriously chunky patching

Fender CEO Andy Mooney unveils new US acoustics… in Rolling Stone interview

Fender's Scottish CEO Andy Mooney has let the cat out of the bag about an upcoming line of American-made acoustic guitars that we think may be announced at Winter NAMM 2019.

Reverend Guitars rolls out the Todd Evans Signature Squatch Hammer

Reverend Guitars has a mean new signature guitar out, the Todd Evans Squatch Hammer. This stripped-down utilitarian Flying V style guitar could be perfect for knocking out some hard-hitting tones.

Portable processing with the SoundGrid Mobile Server

SoundGrid Mobile Server is a mini PC that'll host a stack of Waves plug-ins at extremely low latency. Use it for real-time monitoring or offload the processing from your laptop in a live or studio situation.

Glou-Glou FX The Pralines boutique modulation pedal combines with filters with fuzz

The new Pralines boutique modulation and fuzz pedal from Lyon's Glou-Glou FX promises guitarists, synth players and other instrumentalists loads of tweakable fun.

Propellerhead launches Rent-to-Own on top selling Rack Extensions

You can now try out some of the top-selling Reason Rack Extensions for only $9.99 a month. Cancel or pause anytime and once you've paid the price of the plug-in the license is yours to keep - Rent-to-Own!