Roland SE-02: The first reviews, user demos and shoot-outs are here!

Roland's recently announced SE-02 caused some shockwaves to ripple through the synth community - now the first demos and reviews are in! Sit back and enjoy some twiddling!

The Atom Smasher hacks the digital delay guitar pedal

So you want a digital pedal that will destroy your world? Well, this UK built and designed pedal will certainly crush your expectations of what a digital delay can achieve.

TabBank: Write, save, and print guitar tabs on iOS

This week will see the release of a new iOS app for guitarists that need to create, curate and share their tablature, promising lots of handy features. Oh, and it's free, too...

Ibanez BTB Bass and Premium Series get a cool boost for summer

With four new bass models added to its BTB Series, Ibanez adds some more smooth low-end tones to the range just in time for the summer.

Euclidean Circles Standalone: cool rhythms outside your Eurorack

Euclidean Circles generates complex interlaced rhythms through a simple algorithm of even distribution with stunning rings of bright LEDs. It's now available outside the Eurorack box.

Dwarfcraft Devices’ The Curse: an evil new twist on guitar delay pedals

Dwarfcraft Devices' The Curse is a new delay pedal with a Horror theme that allows for some mean and extreme settings going into dark sonic territory - your average nice little delay box this ain't!

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error: A crazy glitch pedal from the 80s dial-up era

When you use (abs(INPUT^3))^3. to create your distortion sounds, you know you aren't following the herd. This new effect from the USA might blow your mind - or your speakers!

Moog Minitaur analog bass synthesizer gets a healthy update

Version 2.2 of the Minitaur firmware brings in some very welcome modulation modes and waveforms and a nice bit of hard sync along with all the refinements we've been asking for.

Leak! Is this a Roland SH-101 Boutique?

Grabbed from an Instagram Story video posted in the middle of the night, could this be a Boutique Roland SH-101? Check out these images and tell us what you think.

Guild Jumbo Junior short scale acoustic bass: Too short for the low-end?

With a short 23¾" scale length, can Guild's new Jumbo Junior acoustic bass pack enough low end to produce some bottom-heavy tones? If it can, this could be a great travel companion for bass players on the go.

FabFilter summer sale: 25% off all plug-in bundles until 1 August

FabFilter are taking a substantial 25% off their their bundles for the rest of July - if you've held off buying into their gear because of the price, this offer might nudge you over the edge.

ART TubeMix ships from mid-August: a 5-channel mixer with tube preamps

What's a TubeMix? This is ART's compact five-channel mixer featuring two tube microphone/instrument preamps and a built-in USB audio interface. Wooden sides and VU meters asidе, it's a rather no-frills ...

Order a Shure SM58 in your favourite colour via Colorware

If you ever wanted to inject a dose of personality in your trusty Shure SM58, you now have the opportunity to choose the color of the mic and windshield yourself, thanks to the master colorists at Colorware!

Radial DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX: Dante-enabled DI boxes

Radial, maker of assorted live sound and studio gear, is shipping its DAN-TX and DAN-RX. These sturdy steel DI boxes are capable of sending or receiving two channels of analogue audio over a digital Dante ...

ARC TKB Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer for Serge Eurorack

Serge modules have been making their way to Eurorack via Random Source but they've been missing the classic TKB Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer - until now.

Otem Rellik presents masterpiece DIY ‘Raspberry Pi FM Touch Synth’

The Raspberry Pi FM Touch Synth is a DIY project that's ripe for Kickstarter. Designed and built by electronic musician Otem Rellik he needs some encouragement to release it as a product.

Funk Unlimited ‘RevOLite’ is a new Flea-weight carbon-body bass by Modulus

This 'secret prototype' was finally announced at Summer NAMM and brings lightweight, rigid and super-strong construction to their Funk Unlimited model for 2017. It's as light as a Flea...

Mystic Circuits invent the 0HP modular format with logic gates

Your modular bursting at the seams? Mystic Circuits have the answer with their 0HP logic modules. Hang a VCA/AND or OR gate off your rack for some space saving logic.

HoRNet Tape plug-in: four tape machines in one for that vintage vibe

HoRNet thinks your digital recordings sorely lack the distinct hiss, flutter, and warm musical saturation of magnetic tape. Tape is another but intriguing cure for this problem...

Fender ’68 Custom Princeton Reverb FSR Black & Blue Limited Edition

A high-end speaker upgrade and a new black, limited run, colour scheme are what makes this Princeton stand out from its siblings. But why only 100 units in Europe?

Acid Box: another plug-in of the classic TB-303 Bass Line Synthesizer

We can't get enough of TB-303 emulations and so Acid Box is welcomed with an eager mouse ready to spin those knobs and step that sequencer. Does it have anything to make it your go-to bassline VST synth?

PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio: a $199 recording bundle with a full-blown DAW

Yet another all-in bundle of DAW, interface, condenser mic and headphones! Not the first, but the best value package of its ilk we've seen yet! Here's why PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio is killer value for money.

Logic Pro X 10.3.2 update: three new Drummers and many improvements

Now at version 10.3.2, the $200 Mac-only DAW grows with the addition of three new Drummers, new ready-made Drummer loops, several improvements to Alchemy, the Touch Bar, and tons of fixes and improvements!

Gretsch to release some cool new guitars for Summer 2017

These super cool new guitars are all new for 2017 and include something for all budgets. With a couple of limited runs and a cool short scale flat top to choose from as well.