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Erica Synths Dual FX: twice the DSP in two identical channels of effects
11 Oct · 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
11 Oct · 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
10 Oct · 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
10 Oct · 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
10 Oct · 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
10 Oct · 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?
09 Oct · 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
09 Oct · 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
09 Oct · 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.
Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 – Less is more?
08 Oct · The new Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 is lower wattage version of its recent Fillmore 50 amp head and is available as a head and combo. Will this new smaller version find its niche in the studio?
Fluid Audio SRI-2: An ergonomic 2×4 24-bit/192kHz USB interface with retro styling
08 Oct · The SRI-2 seems a reasonably priced and well-designed USB interface in desktop format that probably delivers on its maker's promises - hopefully the drivers and preamps are up to scratch.
It’s official! Moog One is their first analog polysynth for 35 years
08 Oct · At last we get the real images and the detail we've been lacking on this extraordinary polyphonic analog synthesizer from Moog Music. The Moog One is here, let's bask in its dreamy fatness.
Riffer: a randomising MIDI sequencer that runs inside your sequencer
08 Oct · If the sequencer in your DAW is feeling a little stale try Riffer - the randomising, scaling, motion moving, pattern and beat generating MIDI sequencer that runs as a plug-in.
Apogee makes Jam+ – a EUR 200 audio interface successor to Jam 96k
08 Oct · Apogee's dinky wee Jam+ lets you record an electric guitar, bass or keyboard directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac - and adds the important option of using headphones to monitor on the device.