BBE’s new Stomp Board models its guitar effect pedals in software

BBE Sounds has announced a set of 8 plug-in emulations based on the BBE range of guitar effects pedals to run in your favourite DAW or in standalone mode.

EVO IN solves your audio phasing problems and adds saturation

EVO IN's linear phase rotation algorithm is the product of proprietary research and allegedly allows for accomplishing the same effect as the physical movement of a microphone, without introducing latency.

Arturia DrumBrute Impact – full and official details

DrumBrute Impact is a neat and exciting little drum machine with a capable sequencer and a lot of performance versatility. It's missing the filter from the DrumBrute but probably has more than your beats need.

IK Multimedia UNO monophonic analog synth now shipping

Designed with Erik Norlander (Alesis Andromeda) this little monosynth really does impress with its sound and capabilities. UNO is now available to own and it'll be interesting to see what people do with it.

Stradivarius EKO: Haunting vintage string synthesizer comes to Kontakt

A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.

DrumBrute Impact: Arturia’s baby DrumBrute leaked

Arturia is ready to release the DrumBrute's little brother. DrumBrute Impact is compact, has fewer sounds but picks up an FM drum track, Brute distortion and a very tasty sub-300 Euro price tag. Now with video!

Virtualise your vocals with Vocaloid 5 from Yamaha

When your vocalist is too drunk, late or too self-important to show up, try loading Vocaloid 5 and have a refreshingly hassle-free vocal session in multiple styles, voices and in your own words.

Mode Machines SEQ12: Huge 12 track matrix based hardware MIDI sequencer

The 12 x 16 red LED button matrix is the centrepiece of this chunky hardware MIDI sequencer. 12 tracks of either mono, poly or percussion sequencing with plenty of room for performance and pattern triggering.

True Iron brings vintage transformer saturation to your DAW

True Iron is supposed to emulate a pair of vintage line transformers - the UTC 108 X (USA) and the Malotki 4001B (Euro) - known for their use in many pieces of analog outboard hardware.

ENDLESSS – Is Tim Exile starting a new cult of improvised performance?

Free yourself from the constraints of the studio and be released from the self-imposed feedback loop of perfectionism. Join us on the journey of ENDLESSS as Tim Exile shows us the way.

Zoom LiveTrak L-20 console: 22 audio channels and effects for EUR 999

Zoom unveiled the big dog in its LiveTrak series of digital mixing and recording consoles - the L-20. The L-12's bigger relative has 22 audio recording tracks, 20 digital effects, all that at an affordable ...

Blue Cat Audio gives away its Free Amp plug-in, 3 amp sims that go up to 11

With dials that go all the way to 11 these three new guitar amp simulation plugins will keep you busy for a while and best of all they are all completely free!

First fiddle with the Voltage Modular virtual Eurorack beta

Voltage Modular from Cherry Audio is a virtual Eurorack style environment for MacOS and Windows. It's in Beta and we got an early look at what's shaping up to be a very interesting software modular experience.

Apple’s top-range MacBook Pro 2018 now supports up to 32GB of RAM

Apple has announced upgrades to the top-tier MacBook Pros of interest to music professionals needing more power and storage. But it hasn't addressed the butterfly keyboard's fragility.

Korg Gadget gets into Rex Loops with Stockholm by Reason

Propellerhead has ported their Dr. Octo Rex loop player over to the Korg Gadget eco-system. It takes all its looping and slicing as well as the synthesis and sound crafting functionality. That's one cool ...

iZotope aims to make vocal mixing easier with new Nectar Elements

The new Nectar Elements vocal processing plug-in is aimed at both novices and experienced engineers, with comprising compression, de-essing, tonal and subtractive EQ, pitch correction and reverb.

Surface Go: A £379 iPad killer from Microsoft?

Surface Go is your iPad-sized entry to the Microsoft Surface range at an interesting price that can run desktop music software. It comes with a keyboard and pen but does it have enough power?

Fender Parallel Universe Troublemaker Telecaster: A leaf from the Les Paul playbook

Fender's latest Parallel Universe guitar, the Troublemaker Telecaster takes a huge leaf out of the Gibson Les Paul book. Will this new Limited Edition guitar cause any trouble in 2018?

PreSonus refreshes its FaderPort DAW controller with new design and functionality

PreSonus has redesigned its FaderPort DAW controller with a jogwheel and more mission-critical controls. It's a sleek and streamlined device for sure, but can it compete with the Behringer X-Touch One?

TC Electronic and Steel Panther engulfed in sexism row over Satchel TonePrint

The TonePrint has since been removed and TC Electronic has officially apologised for its poor judgement in using sexist "humour" to promote its products. Avoidable in 2018, surely?

Window Transform Function WTF Oscillator morphs waveforms in unique ways

WTF? A new form of waveform morphing? Yes the Window Transform Function blends a front and rear waveform together to produce very pleasing harmonics and tones. WTF Oscillator on Kickstarter now.

Is IK Multimedia going to build a Syntronik-based hardware synth?

In a recent interview, Erik Norlander indicated there were conversations with IK about building hardware synths while developing Syntronik. The UNO synth is a direct result of that - could there be more on the ...

Ellistronics Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator screams into life

Chewed out of the brain of a deranged digital distortion field the Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator will destroy your love of music and the lives of your children.

Seafoam Pedals Trident Overdrive: A new take on the drive/EQ pedal?

This new boutique handmade overdrive pedal from Nashville, Tennessee has a pretty simple user interface that belies a more powerful triple overdrive/EQ circuit within.