Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
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.
UJAM Finisher FLUXX turns you into a mad sound design scientist!
22 Oct 2020 · Twist a macro knob and render your audio unrecognizable as an internal FX engine bends space and warps time! The tech under the hood of this sound design tool a jealously guarded secret.
Shure DuraPlex: A new miniature microphone for harsh environments
22 Oct 2020 · Shure's DuraPlex subminiature microphone is designed to withstand water, dust and dirt. Could this be the ideal choice for location recording and theatre work?
Is Fuse Audio Labs’ Flywheel the best tape machine sim for EUR 25?
21 Oct 2020 · Flywheel brings back the subtle imperfections of tape recording thanks to simulated saturation, hysteresis, upper frequency damping, and head bumps. Is this the best tape sim plug-in for €25?
Solar Guitars A1.6: Vinter is coming… and it is feature-packed
21 Oct 2020 · Solar Guitars' A1.6 Vinter is a super cool six-string in an eye catching, all-over, Pearl White matte finish, and comes loaded with an Evertune bridge and a set of Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers.
NUGEN Audio Paragon: A premium hybrid IR/algorithmic surround reverb
21 Oct 2020 · Paragon is a highly advanced reverb that makes short work of IRs by re-synthesizing them and lets you create surround reverbs from mono sources. It's big and expensive, but it's the way forward!
We used the new FindYourFender tool and it chose guitars we’d never even consider.
21 Oct 2020 · Fender's new FindYourFender tool is an interesting new tool aimed at newcomers to guitar, bass and ukulele that recommends instruments from its vast range based on a few preferences.
Big Fish Audio Aura: 4 sound engines, endless soundscapes
21 Oct 2020 · Aura consists of 4 separate sound engines, each with a dedicated X/Y pad for parameter morphing. These are complemented by a collection of 23+ audio effects, 10 of which can be modulated...
Peavey relaunches the HP 2 following Eddie Van Halen’s death
21 Oct 2020 · Peavey has just officially announced that it will restart production of the HP 2, a guitar based on the Wolfgang model from the 1990s designed in cooperation with the late Eddie Van Halen.
The Taurus Stomp-Head 6.CE: An all-in-one pedalboard amp with classic vintage tones
21 Oct 2020 · The new Taurus Stomp-Head 6.CE pedalboard amplifier packs plenty of power and classic amp tones in a compact unit, and has a 12AX7 tube at the heart of its tone.
Fender Parallel Universe Vol II Troublemaker Telecaster Deluxe: A Fender LP Custom!
21 Oct 2020 · If you've ever wondered what Fender's take on the Gibson Les Paul Custom would look like, here's your answer. Will this new limited-edition hybrid guitar sound like one though?
Jamahook: powerful AI generates harmony, rhythm and drums for your songs
21 Oct 2020 · Suffering from composers' block? The makers of Jamahook say their new tool generates melody and harmony loops that will fit your song's key, tempo and mood.