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Field Kit FX: CV controlled multi effects from KOMA Elektronik
12 Oct 2017 · The Field Kit FX is a box full of wonders for the experimentally minded electronic musician. Containing seven CV controllable effects like looping, delay, bit crushing, and a real spring reverb tank.
Sonarworks Reference 4 frequency correction plug-in adds zero-latency monitoring
12 Oct 2017 · By removing latency, Reference 4 can now be used at the recording stage during tracking. Sonarworks promises "instant response" for its plug-in, which sounds pretty impressive...
Chiptune fans! The Commodore 64 is back from the dead
12 Oct 2017 · An English company by the name of Retro Games Limited has embarked on resurrecting the Commodore 64 as a miniature computer with modern functionality like HDMI output and USB ports. While the SID chip is no...
Rupert Neve Designs brings 535 Diode Bridge Compressor module
12 Oct 2017 · Rupert Neve designs announced the 535 Diode Bridge Compressor - a 500-series format module designed to deliver the essence of the classic Neve 2254 compressor with some modern amenities...
Allen & Heath set to release ME-500 personal monitor mixer
11 Oct 2017 · The ME-500 is tiny - no faders, and only two knobs - but it's able to handle 16 audio channels with mono or stereo sources for personal monitor mixing.
The end of an era: Carvin guitar amp factory closes and liquidates stock
11 Oct 2017 · After 70 years in the business Californian company Carvin Audio are closing their doors on the factory and in doing so have announced a liquidation sale of current stock.
ZVex Effects TB-1 Tea Ball Microphone – A storm in a teacup?
11 Oct 2017 · Yet again Zachary Vex wows us with his weird and wonderful inventions, this time the boutique effects builder has made an otherwise simple kitchen utensil into a cool sounding and unique microphone for all.
Hermod: An 8-channel sequencing modular brain for your Eurorack?
11 Oct 2017 · Squarp Instruments are teasing a new module that could well be the Eurorack equivalent of their Pyramid hardware sequencer. Hermod appears to have 8 channels of CV/Gate sequencing more details to come.
Apogee finally releases Windows drivers for its (old) audio interfaces
11 Oct 2017 · What do you do if you have a warehouse full of USB audio interfaces that your Thunderbolt-equipped Mac users are no longer interested in? Release Windows drivers! Thanks Apogee, you make us feel special.
M-Audio wants to dominate USB recording with the Uber microphone
11 Oct 2017 · M-Audio release the Uber Mic Professional USB microphone - an aggressively named product, to be sure, but will the specs be as superior as the name suggests?
TC Electronics to launch JUNE-60 Chorus Effect pedal
10 Oct 2017 · This pedal has been sneaking around undetected for a few days on the internet now and it looks as though it could be getting an actual release date sometime soon!
Three new Eurorack modules from Joranalogue Audio Design
10 Oct 2017 · Joranalogue have released three new modules. The Mix 3 mixer, the Switch 4 performance signal switcher and router, and the Test 3 simple and obvious module tester.
Livestock Electronics release their first three Eurorack modules
10 Oct 2017 · From new modular makes Livestock Electronics we get a Bang wavetable oscillator, MIR quad VCA, mixer, logic and distortion, and the Felix buffered mult. And this is just the beginning.
Dreadbox Hades: The DIY Kit that lets you roll your own
09 Oct 2017 · Fancy building yourself an evil little bass synthesizer? Dreadbox have re-released the Hades as a complete DIY kit in a cardboard case for a very attractive price. Go get your soldering iron.
VegaTrem boldly goes into any space with the VT1 UltraTrem
09 Oct 2017 · This modern take on the classic '50s Stratocaster tremolo system brings it bang up to date for modern playing styles and yet needs zero modifications to your guitar.
SynthFest UK 2017: show report
09 Oct 2017 · Sheffield hosted the second UK SynthFest on the 7th October presented by Sound On Sound magazine. I walked the floor, played with all manner of synths and noise machines and met the people who made them.
Moodcaster, a Telecaster that reacts to more than just a strum
09 Oct 2017 · Joseph Morinelli, guitarist of the US band Joywave, has a seriously moody Telecaster - dubbed the Moodcaster - which changes its mood whenever it (or he?) gets all hot and bothered.
Grow your own soundscapes in the Folktek Resonant Garden
09 Oct 2017 · The culmination of 10 years of cultivating vibrational interfaces the Resonant Garden pollinates manipulated strings through Alter DSP effects engines to seed beats, glitches and ethereal soundscapes.
Almost there: FL Studio for Mac beta version now available to download
09 Oct 2017 · Finishing up and releasing FL Studio for macOS has been high on Image-Line's priority list and is only a matter of time and effort. Interim, IL published a beta version for 64-bit Mac computers...
The Zoom ARQ AR-48 Aero RhythmTrak is ready for lift-off
09 Oct 2017 · A cross between a disco lamp and an all-in-one audio workstation, the Zoom ARQ AR-48 Aero RhythmTrak is a production and live performance instrument that looks like something from a toy store...
Elektron will update the original Octatrack to the MK2’s operating system
08 Oct 2017 · In a move that will surely delight owners of the original Octatrack, Elektron announced an upcoming software update for the machine which will bring its operating system in line with the MK2 version...
This week: pedals by Massive FX, BSM and Electro Harmonix
08 Oct 2017 · This week we have boutique octave fuzz pedals, Richie Blackmore's box of tricks and a polyphonic, effects-laden synth pedal for you all to check out.