Accusonus ERA Voice Leveler: A one-knob cure for your vocal volume woes?

Accusonus' new ERA Voice Leveler is a plug-in to automatically detect level differences in voice recordings and fix them using patent-pending algorithms while presenting a super-simple GUI.

Pipes: 64 voice hardware sample player hits Kickstarter

Pipes holds up to 128GB of sample library in memory for instant, low latency multi-instrument and multi-controller access. It's open source and touchscreen controlled and looking for preorders.

Audio Coach: A free mix training app for your smartphone or tablet

Mix engineer Max Montanez and producer Chizzy Stephens (JLo, Bieber, Chris Brown, and more) released Audio Coach - a free mix and ear training app that's pretty much the first of its kind.

Heritage Audio HA-73 EQX2 dual mic amp/equalizer: two for the price of one?

Two for the price of one and posh audio - these are the HA-73's main selling points. And at around EUR 1500 (excl. VAT), it makes for a fine deal, considering it's built with components like Carnhill ...

MINI.MU: a sewable, codeable, gesture-controlled musical instrument for kids

The MINI.MU is a simplified gesture-controlled musical instrument based on the MI.MU glove developed by Imogen Heap. But this one you get to sew the gloves and write the code yourself.

RectangularThing: a limited edition complete synthesizer voice for Eurorack

This is Not Rocket Science was playing with some Curtis chips and came up with the RectangularThing, a dual oscillator synth voice with some very interesting sync and "Rambler" waveform generation.

Synclavier V2: Arturia brings sampling and resynthesis to their emulation

The original additive, FM and timeslice synthesis emulation of the Synclavier has been expanded to include sampling and the resynthesis of samples as Arturia complete their Synclavier V journey.

Osaka Mix EQ lets you drift into analogue non-linearity

The equalizer stands out with the DRIFT+ feature - an additional preamp stage where the custom circuitry's reaction to component temperature changes over time is modeled, and you have hands-on control over it!

Will CITES II free up trade in music instruments using rosewood in 2019?

The move to extend CITES regulations to all rosewood species caused headaches for instrument makers and buyers alike. Now a proposed rule change may see rosewood exempted from CITES in 2019.

#MyEpicMusicStory Contest: Your chance to win a €200 voucher at thomann

Online music gear retailer thomann is running an interestingly themed competition, #MyEpicMusicStory, with a main prize worth grasping for: a €200 voucher you can cash in on its online shop.

PRS SE Standard 24 gets a new paint job for 2018. Actually, make that six.

Paul Reed Smith's iconic Custom 24 design now available in new colours for the budget PRS SE Standard 24 range in Europe, with a couple of additional aesthetic touches also added to the range.

Grand Canyon: EHX widens the Canyon to add more delay and looper functions

Electro-Harmonix has expanded the Canyon Delay, and not just in terms of its size: The Grand Canyon is a full-blown delay and looper with tap tempo, more presets and lots of control for decent money.

Tanzbär 2 the hybrid drum computer from MFB is ready to make beats

Tanzbär 2 brings 8 channels of analog and 8 channels of samples into its advanced step sequencing eco-system. It includes a little bass synthesizer, 3 sample voices with analog filters and 10 sample ...

MPK Mini Play: Akai puts noises inside their mini controller keyboard

The MPK Mini Play has 128 sounds and 10 drum kits and can also act as a USB MIDI controller, run on batteries and has onboard speakers. So it's a cool little portable music device. But who is it for?

4ms Pods: mini modular cases for holding a Eurorack module or two

Cool little Pods for running a module or two that are cheap, compact, portable and can daisy chain their power for a very versatile desktop bit of modular dabbling.

Erica Synths Dual FX: twice the DSP in two identical channels of effects

Two channels of effects in a handy sized single Eurorack module. The Dual FX has delays, reverbs, drive and pitch shifting and a little bit of CV control.

Carl Martin Atlantic Chorus: Boosting the Volume to solve an old problem

The new Atlantic Chorus pedal has a handy level control to help boost your modulated chorus signal. This seems a simple solution to an age-old problem with chorus pedals...

Novation SL Mk III – MIDI and CV Controller with 8 track Sequencer

Novation updates their SL range of controller keyboards with five little screens, dual CV/Gate outputs and a polyphonic 8-track sequencer. The SL Mk III is packed full of versatile controlling action.

Scanned: an organic wavetable oscillator that dynamically grows waves

Scanned contains a string floating in space and time onto which you attach mass, stiffness and damping and then excite it with a hammer. Sounds like a fun way of generating wavetables.

Ableton Live 10 Suite gets some new possibilities with the Probability Pack

Ableton and Sonic Faction have got together to introduce 5 new probability-based sequencers into the Live 10 Suite. The Probability Pack is a free download and will bring some barely controlled chaos to your ...

2HP MMF: A multi-mode filter in the smallest possible space

Where other manufacturers like to emphasise the filter cutoff with a whacking big knob, the 2HP MMF strives keep a three output multi-mode analogue filter under fine fingertip control.

Solar Guitars V2.6 Halloween: Trick or treat?

Ola Englund's take on modern-day 'Metal/Hard Rock' guitars is definitely worth checking out and this new Halloween model will certainly turn heads.

Brunswick: an affordable, naked DIY synthesizer from Future Sound Systems

Future Sound Systems bring their particular blend of dirt and phase modulation to a remarkably good value synthesizer kit. Brunswick will bring the beef if you bring the soldering iron.

PreSonus updates its most portable audio interface, the Studio 24, for the current generation

The PreSonus® Studio 24 2x2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio and comes equipped with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps & high-end converters.