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Best Electric Guitars 2019: 10 new guitars that pulled our strings this year
07 Dec 2019 · The Best Electric Guitars 2019! What a year it's been for an instrument that's often reported to be dead (or dying). Here is our roundup of the hottest and best value guitars from the past 12 months.
39 instead of 149 Euros: An incredible deal on the Lunastone True Overdrive 1 pedal
06 Dec 2019 · But that's cheaper than a plug-in! The Lunastone True Overdrive 1 is going for a song while supplies last! If you want one, you'd better be quick at this bargain price.
DrumComputer: Synthetic beats and audacious kits from Sugar Bytes
06 Dec 2019 · DrumComputer pulls together 8 sound engines, layered synthesis, sequencing, performance controls and effects into a deliciously vintage-looking beat making virtual drum machine.
Moogfest synthesizer arts festival has been shelved for 2020
06 Dec 2019 · Moog Music has announced that they've put Moogfest 2020 on hold for logistical reasons in order to focus on the future and to investigate new ways of exploring the future of music, art and technology.
Boss Waza-Air: Wireless headphones with a built-in guitar amp!
05 Dec 2019 · These headphones have a Katana amp stuffed in, with bags of amp sounds and effects! Oh, and there's some 3D spatial imaging tech going on in there, too. The perfect home practise set-up?
Teenage Engineering M-1: foldable, voice sampling headphones for OP-Z
05 Dec 2019 · Teenage Engineering has come up with some headphones that pair nicely with the OP-Z and other devices for on-the-move music listening and music-making.
KISS my signature! Epiphone launches Tommy Thayer Electric Blue Les Paul
05 Dec 2019 · Epiphone's new Tommy Thayer Electric Blue Les Paul is an eye-popping new model in a blue, sparkly finish. This new signature model screams for attention. Can it win over anyone who's not a KISS fan?
Best Eurorack Modules 2019: Top 5 Modular Synths and Effects
05 Dec 2019 · Eurorack modular continues to generate interesting pathways into sound and synthesis and is becoming more accessible all the time. Here's our choice of modules that stood out this year.
Boss SY-1000: An expansive – and expensive – new guitar synth floor pedal
05 Dec 2019 · Boss has just unveiled its most powerful guitar and bass synthesizer system to date, the SY-1000. Yup, it packs in a lot of features and has an epic-looking blue frame. But is it simply too expensive?
Korg teases a New Legendary Synthesizer Recreation
04 Dec 2019 · It's Korg's turn to tease with a little video on the Korg UK Instagram channel. It reports to be a "New Legendary Synthesizer Recreation" and Korg says that "something super exciting is coming!"
Tesseract Modular Radioactive: toxic analog modelling digital oscillator
04 Dec 2019 · Radioactive is a 6HP digital chiptune-inspired synth voice for Eurorack with 5 different waveshaping modes, 3 oscillators with selectable waveforms, multi-mode envelope, quantizing and slew.
Waldorf Quantum Shadow Limited Edition anniversary synth
04 Dec 2019 · Waldorf Music celebrates 30 years in the business with a very limited edition version of what they are calling the Quantum Shadow. They will make only 30.
Tesseract Modular Sweet Sixteen Eurorack MIDI controller
04 Dec 2019 · Tesseract has taken the Open Source 16n Faderbank project and respun it into a Eurorack module with 16 CV inputs and outputs, MIDI and USB MIDI, and I2C connections.
Pittsburgh Modular releases the Analog Delay from the Voltage Lab
04 Dec 2019 · Pittsburgh has released a neat and perfectly formed bucket brigade "Analog Delay Unit" taken straight from the Lifeforms Voltage Lab modular synthesizer.
The Mad Professor Super Black: A Blackface amp in a pedal (and a bit of a bargain)
04 Dec 2019 · Mad Professor's new Super Black is a Fender Blackface amp-in-a-box pedal, adding classic '60s valve amp sounds to your favourite guitar amp. Plus, it has a built-in overdrive pedal too!
Can you write about Live Sound? We’re hiring.
04 Dec 2019 · Are you an experienced live sound pro that can write interesting and timely posts for gearnews.com? We're looking for someone to cover the Live sound universe for our dedicated Live zone!
Former Catalinbread mastermind Howard Gee is building a new fuzz pedal!
03 Dec 2019 · Mr Kittycastermusic aka Howard Gee almost vanished from the pedal scene after leaving Catalinbread. But is a new fuzz pedal in thew works? Are we witnessing the birth of a new pedal company?
EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) LifePedal 2019 Silver: The final limited edition!
02 Dec 2019 · Back for a final limited run of 250 units, one of the most sought-after pedals around is back. Miss out on the last Black or Gold editions? Here is a last chance to grab a limited edition version.
Waves Abbey Road Saturator: analogue console saturation for your DAW
02 Dec 2019 · Waves has released the Abbey Road Saturator plug-in, based on saturation chains from two of the studio's vintage EMI consoles. It also includes the EMI TG12321 Compander circuit for pre-saturation signal ...
DNIPro DOT Polyrhythm: a striking 3-channel pattern generator
01 Dec 2019 · DOT is a compact and rather lovely looking Eurorack module that can generate up to 3 channels of trigger patterns either Euclidean or entered by hand. Interesting patterns are bound to ensue.
Best free plug-ins this week: ITS, 7Q and Upright Piano
01 Dec 2019 · Amidst all the Black Friday madness, here's our collection of this week's free plug-ins! We've got a synth with some cool rhythmic features, a graphic equalizer and an Upright Piano VSTi.
Colour your space with Perfect Room de-metalized reverb and Slappy hysteresis delay
30 Nov 2019 · Perfect Room (reverb) and Slappy (delay) appear just in time for the Black Friday frenzy, the latter being a free download with the former.