‘The Solution’ FX pedalboard system: A new game in town?

Nexi Industries are launching a new guitar effect and pedalboard system called The Solution, and exhort us to "forget conventional notions of what stomp boxes and pedalboards look like".

IK Multimedia iRig Nano Amp sighted on Thomann

A new mini guitar amp for when you need to travel light. Plus you can use it with AmpliTube software package as well!

Bias FX LE free via Plugin Collective

More free stuff is pumped into the marketplace by Focusrite in its "Plugin Collective" guise, this time a 'lite' amps and effects bundle from Positive Grid: Bias FX LE.

Virtuoso Ensembles: The playable orchestra from Kirk Hunter Studios

Virtuoso Ensembles maps sections of instruments across your keyboard for a very customisable and playable orchestra.

Seymour Duncan Hendrix signature pickups: Marketing Voodoo ?

Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's name carries a lot of weight and can sell just about anything. Will these new signature pickups get you close to the great man's tone? Who knows, frankly.

Korg ARP Odyssey seen with full sized keys

A handful of images on social media reveal a prototype full sized Korg ARP Odyssey plus a Kronos with 88 keys and a Vox Continental with Korg Nutube technology.

Is Adobe Project VoCo Photoshop for audio?

Adobe Project VoCo can edit, replace or add words to recorded dialogue and have it sound flawless. Is this the end of the world as we know it?

FabFilter Teaser Part 2: It’s a reverb plug-in called Pro-R

Last week we reported on a teaser video from FabFilter. Turns out it is a reverb plug-in and part 2 sees Rik Simpson taking a first glimpse of "Pro-R".

Can Klark Teknik’s 1176-KT win the clone wars?

Klark Teknik producing a clone? Something feels amiss. Surely Behringer who own Klark Teknik are abusing the name.

Game Boy transformed into an analog synthesizer with Nanoloop Mono

Dig out your old Nintendo Game Boy and discover some remarkable sounds with the Nanoloop Mono analog synthesizer cartridge.

Has Icon’s Qcon Pro X DAW controller arrived too late?

With so much interest around the release of the Qcon Pro X, many have waited a long time to actually buy one. Limited stocks available later this month.

Black Widow MGP-1A preamp: Blending old and new

Is this the future of guitar tone? Old-world valve technology meets modern-day modelling in the form of the MGP-1A. But don't expect this kind of technology to be cheap...

Teaser alert! New FabFilter plugin coming soon

FabFilter have published a teaser video on their YouTube channel highlighting an imminent plug-in release. But what is it, a new reverb? We're in the dark until 15th Nov.

Epiphone’s Korina hat-trick: Explorer, Flying V and Explorer Bass

Epiphone has just announced two classic-looking guitars and a bass - and they all look great! All feature Korina throughout, here's hoping the price stays down.

Elektron’s Analog Drive: Hot, slick and pricey

Normally associated with synths and drum machines, Elektron has just released a new overdrive pedal aimed at both guitar players and synth players alike.

Universal Audio UAD 9: Its biggest update ever?

UAD version 9 brings Thunderbolt compatibility to Windows 10, support for MacOS Sierra and a bundle of new plug-ins.

Augmented Reality music making with Oak on Kickstarter

The Oak dock uses your iPhone camera and a laser to map objects and your interaction with them to create an instant modular music making augmented reality, or something.

Sequential Circuits Pro-1 emulated in the U-He Repro-1

U-He has released a public beta of the Repro-1, a reproduction of the vintage Sequential Circuits Pro-1 monosynth - it's fat and fun if a little too brown.

Rupert Neve Designs’ Shelford Channel now available

Rupert Neve has finally been persuaded to re-design and release a modern version of the famous 1073 mic pre-amp: The Shelford Channel has arrived.

MOTU ships UltraLite Mk4 interface

When it comes to choosing an audio interface, feature set can be one of the biggest deciders. MOTU's UltraLite Mk4 seems to offer everything you might need.

ROLI Blocks: Make music on funny pad things

ROLI introduce Blocks, a fun new way to make tunes in 5 dimensions. All you need is an iPad, an App, some more Blocks and a big bag of cash.

Earthquaker Devices upgrade four effects to V2

The new "V2" versions have some neat upgrades. But are they enough to warrant labelling them as a new version number? We find out.

Novation Circuit 1.4 brings a small bag of goodies

Circuit 1.4 firmware update brings drum pattern length editing, instant pattern switching and a pack of new sounds.

iLok 3: Smaller, bigger and faster

Pace have announced a smaller - or should that be larger - version of its iLok USB licenser.