Review: IK Multimedia Pianoverse – The Ultimate Piano Library?

In an exclusive first look, IK Multimedia's Pianoverse delivers more than just a piano sample library, and in some rather strange places!

inMusic and Moog Layoffs – The Official Word

Rumours abound that Moog Music is laying off its staff and moving production to Taiwan as a result of its purchase by inMusic. Is this actually true?

Introducing the Sony ECM-S1, ECM-W3, and ECM-W3S Wireless Mics

We take a look at the new Sony ECM-S1, ECM-W3, and ECM-W3S wireless microphones designed for content creation and streaming workflows.

StaffPad Piano Capture: Uses AI to translate performances in notes

StaffPad can use the AI-powered Piano Capture to listen to a real performance and transcribe it directly into a readable piece of sheet music.

Midweek Modular: Octave Fuzz and a handsome bunch of solid modules

This week Expert Sleepers wakes us up with the Cicely fuzz box while we discover a lot of awesome modules that could underpin any solid modular system

Friedman IR-X Preamp – Dual Channel Tube Preamp pedal

The Friedman IR-X Preamp offers dual channel tube tone and a powerful Impulse Response loader, plus balanced out

Pigtronix Cosmosis Stereo Ambient Reverb with Morphing

Pigtronix Cosmosis Stereo Ambient Reverb comes with three original spaces for washes of reverb and has a powerful Morphing feature

The Classic Reimagined: Meet the Shure SM7dB

The household broadcast microphone design has been updated in the form of the Shure SM7dB, now armed with a flexible integrated preamp.

Sennheiser Accentum: Affordable ANC headphones

We check out the affordable Sennheiser Accentum wireless over-ear headphones with active noise cancelation and astounding battery life.

Roland JUNO-60 v2 – Another Classic Roland Cloud Update

The JUNO-60 gets its v2 update as part of Roland Cloud's ongoing version 2 rollout with improved graphics, browser and modifications.

Strymon UltraViolet Vintage Vibe: Digital Psychedelic 60s Tones

Strymon UltraViolet Vintage Vibe offers classic modulations but with modern digital control and features.

PreSonus Studio One 6.5: Dolby Atmos Integration for immersive mixing

Studio One 6.5 features state-of-the-art immersive mixing with integrated spatial audio production, new plugins, improved score and DAWproject support

Guitar Gear Gems: Gone Fishing Effects Only The Dead fuzz limited run

Gone Fishing Effects Only The Dead fuzz, Nobels ODR-1 30th Anniversary and Wampler Black '65 and Tweed '57 pedals

DAWproject: Has transferring projects between DAWs become a reality?

Updates to Bitwig Studio and PreSonus Studio One support the new DAWproject open exchange format. Can we really move whole projects between DAWs?

Wireless monitoring with the AIAIAI Unit 4 Wireless Plus

The new AIAIAI Unit 4 Wireless Plus is a portable wireless stereo monitoring system with app-controlled EQ and 20 hours of battery time.

Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1963 SG Custom

The Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1963 SG Custom is the latest model from the blues guitarist and is based on a rare custom order Dark Wine Red original

Softube Console 1 Channel MKIII: More Analogue than Ever

Available this fall, the Soft Console 1 Channel MKIII encourages you to mix without a mouse with 27 knobs and dual high-res screens.

Gibson Les Paul Supreme Returns in two versions

Gibson Les Paul Supreme is now back with 4 x push/pull pots that ensure maximum flexibility with Burstbucker Pro humbuckers

Universal Audio OX Stomp Dynamic Speaker Emulator pedal

Universal Audio OX Stomp Dynamic Speaker Emulator combines speaker, cab, mic, and room tones in one compact pedal format

Is Building a Guitar Hard? Everything You Need to Know

It can be expensive to grab yourself that dream axe. However, your new guitar is only a few nuts and bolts away. Is building a guitar hard?

Befaco Fx Boy Gameboy Cartridge based effects module

Befaco's bonkers cartridge-based FX Boy hot swappable effects module is officially released and comes with seven cartridges from very cool places.

The Microsoft Surface Series 2023: Quality over quantity?

The Microsoft Surface Series 2023 was launched at this week's Surface Event, with 2 new models equipped with AI-integrated features.

Loog Piano: Can Loog Guitars redefine the beginners piano?

Loog is bringing its educational and kid-friendly instrument-building to the piano with the Loog Piano. It's portable, compact and looks pretty tasty.

Laney Ironheart IRF-Dualtop & IRF-Leadtop amp heads

The Laney Ironheart IRF-Dualtop & IRF-Leadtop are two compact, yet powerful new 60-watt amp heads