Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
Behringer’s new DI4800A DI Box: A rackmount bargain?
26 Oct 2020 · The new Behringer DI4800A gives you a four-channel DI box, signal booster and line isolator in one rack mount box. A credible rethink of the DI Box format?
Is IK Multimedia about to drop AmpliTube 5?
26 Oct 2020 · Are we about to see a new AmpliTube 5? IK Multimedia has uploaded a video featuring a guitar plectrum-like shape hovering over a barren looking planet, so it's either that or a possible invasion!
Amazing deal: Up to 63% off on these five brilliant EBS effects pedals!
26 Oct 2020 · Another phenomenal deal on Swedish brand EBS pedals, including five great deals on effects for bass and guitar. As usual it is all very limited stock, so don't wait or they will all be gone!
Harley Benton CG-45E: an all-mahogany grand concert acoustic at a crazy price
26 Oct 2020 · The new Harley Benton CG-45E is an all-mahogany grand concert acoustic that packs in all the features you could ever need, and at a price well below £100!
Casio EG-5: The long-forgotten plastic guitar with a built-in cassette player
26 Oct 2020 · The Casio EG-5 was a plastic electric guitar with a built-in cassette player and speaker. Perfect for some hands-on treatment by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER!
Metabolic Devices goes deep on utilities with Papomi and Moonwalker modules
26 Oct 2020 · Papomi is a striking DC-coupled feedback explorer with 3 channel mixer, panning and polarizing while Moonwalker generates AD envelopes, phase variable LFOs and oscillating signals. Complex and Interesting.
Blackstar ACOUSTIC:CORE 30: An acoustic guitar amp for the Covid era
26 Oct 2020 · The new Blackstar ACOUSTIC:CORE 30 is more than just an acoustic guitar amp, adding features to directly integrate apps running on smartphones to live stream your playing to the internet.
Data Bender: bring the sound of failure to your Eurorack
26 Oct 2020 · Qu-Bit has released Data Bender, a module that corrupts and destroys your audio in delightful ways. If there are not enough software bugs, CD skips or defective machines in your life then this is for you.
Fred’s Lab introduces The Töörö mixed electronics hybrid multitimbral polyphonic synthesizer
26 Oct 2020 · From SynthFest France we have The Töörö 6-voice, 4-part digital/analogue polysynth that's colourfully industrial, capable of complex sounds and houses a fabulous analogue filter. Now on Kickstarter!
Hypercube: 6-sided, spinning Eurorack case for patching from all angles
25 Oct 2020 · Why have rows of Eurorack when you can have it in 3 dimensions? Hypercube can be patched on all sides which means you not only explore the journey of modular possibilities but you physically turn corners.
Uli Behringer asks – What analog polysynth would you like us to make next?
25 Oct 2020 · Behringer has announced that their Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer clone, the UB-Xa, is nearly ready for production and Uli wants to know what you'd like next.
Best Sample Packs This Week: Emo beats, dubstep vocals, breakbeat drums
25 Oct 2020 · The best sample packs this week include scenic sounds created with unusual objects, emo beats, dubstep vocals, instruments that help you paint a daydream, and jazz breakbeat drums.
Best free plug-ins this week: Swanky Amp, Bass Deluxe and Monique
25 Oct 2020 · This week's collection of the best free plug-ins brings you two brand-new tube amp simulations! And did we mention that the awesome Monoplugs Monique synthesizer is now free?
How to Optimise Your Apple Mac for Making Music
24 Oct 2020 · When using an Apple Mac for music production we need to consider three main areas of the system, the CPU, RAM and Storage. But how much of each do you need? And how should you set them up?
Solar Guitars has just launched its first bass guitars: the AB2 series
23 Oct 2020 · Solar Guitars has finally launched its very first bass guitars! The new AB2 series includes 4-string and 5-string models that are aimed squarely at the modern metal player.
Seismic Industries PSU II: a Eurorack power supply stuffed into 1HP
23 Oct 2020 · The slightly confusingly named PSU II (PSU 2) is, at 1HP wide, the narrowest Eurorack power supply ever conceived. Designed for small and space-challenged cases it's a very beautiful thing.
Moog marks 100 years of Theremin with the Claravox Centennial
23 Oct 2020 · It's 100 years since Leon Theremin invented a strange electronic musical instrument. Moog is celebrating by releasing the Claravox Centennial Theremin - the most versatile theremin ever produced.
Synthesizer V Studio: Second Generation synthesized vocals from Dreamtonics
23 Oct 2020 · Step into the eerily realistic world of synthesized vocals in version 2 of Dreamtonic's Synthesizer V Studio with realtime rendering and a range of Anime styled vocalists to choose from.
Elysium: Percussion and synth layered in a state of perfect motion
23 Oct 2020 · Wide Blue Sound has fused tonal rhythms with beautiful sounds to give us a utopia of possibility in Elysium their new flagship Kontakt-based software synthesizer.
Harley Benton TE-20HH SBK gives a modern, darker take on a classic design
23 Oct 2020 · Harley Benton's latest T-style guitar is the TE-20HH SBK, loaded with twin Roswell humbuckers. Black throughout and offered at a modest price, this guitar punches above its weight.
Tokyo Dawn Records brings the hammer down with Molot GE
23 Oct 2020 · This is Molot, aka. the Hammer - one of the most intriguing compressors to ever grace a DAW - and though it never went away, it's now back with a vengeance!
PRS Private Stock “Paul’s 85”: An eye-popping premium maple top, and a price to match.
22 Oct 2020 · PRS has pulled out all the stops for the Private Stock “Paul’s 85” Limited Edition, a guitar made from exquisite woods and sporting an eye-popping maple top - and a price tag to match.