Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
Behringer TD-3 : new colours for the New Year
05 Jan 2020 · To celebrate the New Year Behringer has come up with two new colours for the TD-3 their TB-303 Bass Line clone. You can have it in black or a limited edition acid yellow complete with smiley face.
NAMM 2020: Danelectro 3699 fUZZ, a fOXX Tone Machine clone and more
05 Jan 2020 · Danelectro is to launch three recreations of classic effects pedals at Winter NAMM! the 3699 fUZZ, Back Talk and Roebuck pedals are all based on some highly sought-after vintage effects.
NAMM 2020: AMT Pangaea VC16 VirginCab pedal with footswitchable IRs
04 Jan 2020 · Super-flexible and simple to use: AMT's new IR loader pedal has a host of built in options that make it a real Swiss Army knife for your setup. The new Pangea VC16 VirginCab has it all. No, really!
NAMM 2020: ProCo Sound debuts the W.I.E.M.S. in-ear monitoring system
04 Jan 2020 · ProCo Sound has announced the W.I.E.M.S. wireless in-ear monitoring system. The company says that the W.I.E.M.S. is the most compact wireless in-ear system on the market.
Klark Teknik 3rd Dimension BBD-320: a clone of the Roland Dimension D
04 Jan 2020 · Klark Teknik has announced the 3rd Dimension BBD-320, a clone of the famous Roland SDD Dimension D analogue chorus of the 80s. Here's an affordable way to sound like Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel.
NAMM 2020: Guild primes its stunning X-175 Manhattan Special for launch
03 Jan 2020 · Launching at Winter NAMM, the classy new Guild X-175 Manhattan Special is a stylish hollow-body guitar loaded with a pair of DeArmond Dynasonic pickups. Could this be the star of the show?
Korg pulls their second tease of 2020 from a flight case – could it be the ARP 2600?
03 Jan 2020 · Korg has already teased us about something happening on the 7th January and now we've also got to put the 10th in our diaries for what looks like another synthesizer or perhaps an ARP 2600?
Studio MIDI and CV Interface offers complete Synthesizer control
03 Jan 2020 · TA Programming Studio MIDI and CV Interface claims to offer a full control system for your synthesizers. How does it do that? Through MIDI, CV, USB, MPE and some clever tuning and control software.
First look at the finished SP-2400 from Isla Instruments
03 Jan 2020 · The SP-2400 is the "Spiritual successor" to the E-Mu SP-1200 sampling drum machine. Isla Instruments are almost ready to ship and have posted a video tour of the finished prototype.
The best music production books for 2020
03 Jan 2020 · 2020 is here - now's the time to sharpen up your music production skills! Whatever genre you're into, these books will help you improve how you produce, mix and master music and audio.
Milkman Sound doubles the power for The Amp 100, a hybrid amp-in-a-pedal
03 Jan 2020 · This super-flexible yet amazingly simple 100-Watt amp-in-a-pedal is doubles the power available on its smaller sibling while retaining the tube sound, FET boost and on-board reverb.
NAMM 2020: Reverend launches signature model for Nine Inch Nails’ Robin Finck
02 Jan 2020 · Reverend has just announced a new signature model for Nine Inch Nails lead guitarist Robin Finck and it looks like it should give you hard-hitting industrial tones galore!
NAMM 2020: New guitars! New synths! New pedals! New studio gear!
02 Jan 2020 · NAMM 2020 will see gazillions of new products announced - but we're on hand to sift through it all and bring you the big news and hottest gossip from Anaheim, California.
PreSonus announces the StudioLive ARc series mixers with USB-C
02 Jan 2020 · PreSonus has announced the StudioLive ARc mixers. The StudioLive AR8c, AR12c and AR16c feature analogue mixing sections and multichannel audio interfaces with a USB-C connection.
Warm Audio BUS-COMP: all the mix glue you can get for USD 699
02 Jan 2020 · Manufacturer Warm Audio roars into 2020 with a no-bull replica of the fabled Oxfordshire stereo bus compressor at a price that will make its competitors take note.
NAMM 2020: Reverend Roundhouse, Contender and updated Warhawk
02 Jan 2020 · Reverend has revamped the Warhawk and added two new designs to their Set Neck Series of guitars for 2020, the new Roundhouse and Contender models. Both come in several tasty variants.
NAMM 2020: Ibanez re-releases the Echo Shifter pedal – and more old favourites!
01 Jan 2020 · The Ibanez Echo Shifter gets a re-release for NAMM 2020 called the ES3, along with new mini effects, the FLMINI and TRMINI. A great start to the year from Ibanez!
NAMM 2020: Ibanez reveals new models – and some bold finish options!
01 Jan 2020 · Ibanez has just announced some new models and finishes ahead of Winter NAMM 2020, with over 100 to browse through! But we suspect the big reveals are still to come...
The Top 10 stories of 2019: Your favourite posts ranked!
01 Jan 2020 · 2019 was a great year for gear - here are the most often-viewed posts on gearnews.com from last year. They included a courtroom battle, some destroyed guitars, some leaked guitars an more!
Behringer unleashes the Cat, a clone of the Octave Cat analogue synth
31 Dec 2019 · They're still not done yet: On the last day of the year, Behringer has unleashed the Cat, a clone of the 1970's duophonic Octave Cat analogue synthesizer.
WoodStepper sequencer, synthesizer, sampler and effects plugin
31 Dec 2019 · From the oddly named Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio comes the WoodStepper sequencer, synth, sampling and effects plugin that pretty much does everything.
NAMM 2020: Suhr teases new Mateus Asato Signature Classic T
31 Dec 2019 · Suhr is teasing a new Mateus Asato Signature Classic T on Instagram - ahead of its official release at NAMM 2020. Definitely one to drool over for fans of T-style guitars!