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Summer NAMM 2017: Fender Ed O’Brien Signature Sustainer Stratocaster
13 Jul 2017 · With some really cool features and an unusual neck profile, this new Ed O'Brien signature model guitar will have every Radiohead fan over-excited about its release later this year.
Summer NAMM 2017: BOSS Waza Amp Head 75 – lower price, same features
13 Jul 2017 · BOSS has followed up its outing last year into boutique-style amplifier country with the BOSS Waza Amp Head 75, which has the same features, half the wattage but knocks EUR 1000 (!) off the price...
Summer NAMM 2017: Eventide UltraTap delay brings H9 sounds to your DAW
13 Jul 2017 · At Summer NAMM 2017, Eventide announced the UltraTap delay plug-in. It comes from the company's H9 Harmonizer multi-effect, complete with the original presets and newly added ones for use in DAWs...
Groove Engine: Desktop MIDI and CV 16 channel step sequencer
13 Jul 2017 · Dax and Winston are looking to crowd fund the Groove Engine. 16 tracks of 16 step sequencing for MIDI and CV in a tabletop console with beautiful RGB pads for a stunning price. But how real is it?
Summer NAMM 2017: New(ish) BIAS Mini heads, Twin pedals from Positive Grid
13 Jul 2017 · The popular BIAS product range has a few new additions: two half-rack amp heads, three pedals and a footswitch controller. Getting déja vu? Yup, these are all cut-down versions of existing gear...
Summer NAMM 2017: Boss DR-01S Rhythm Partner for unplugged grooves
13 Jul 2017 · Rock up with this DR-01S rhythm box of tastefully designed grooves and percussion for your acoustic set, busking or just jamming along to. It doesn't have to be complicated to be groovy and useful.
Walrus Audio APR-87: A digital delay with hidden delights
12 Jul 2017 · Walrus Audio have really upped their game on their latest delay pedal, it is featured packed and comes in at a price to rival many of the more generic delays out there by big name manufacturers.
Enter JOYO’s Atomic 20W head, the latest in the micro BanTamP amp range
12 Jul 2017 · Based on the famous AC30 British tone, this latest in the JOYO BAnTAmP series completes the set. Will you be tempted to part with you hard earned cash for this mini green amp head?
Positive Grid is positively teasing…
12 Jul 2017 · It's pre-NAMM Show time and those advertising gurus are all in a fever and trying to whip up a frenzy and get us all excited. So what could it be?
Mackie refreshes MR studio monitors with ‘Acoustic Space Control’
12 Jul 2017 · Mackie has overhauled its MR studio monitors, stressing features designed to adapt speaker performance to less-than-optimal acoustic spaces. But are these a great advance over other monitors like JBL's LSR ...
Summer NAMM 2017: Eventide Euro DDL – delay module for Eurorack
12 Jul 2017 · A fully analog signal path surrounds and controls this digital delay line module from Eventide. The Euro DDL can give high definition delay up to 10 seconds or 160 seconds of lo-fi looping in your Eurorack.
Dreadbox Medusa: monosynth with a head full of snakes
12 Jul 2017 · Did I say snakes? I meant sequencer - momentarily distracted by the mythical beast that turned Jason's Argonauts into stone. Medusa is a 3 oscillator monosynth with a sequencer and arpeggiator by Polyend.
DeepMind 12 and Jupiter 8 Shoot-out: How close can you get?
12 Jul 2017 · How close can Behringer's low-cost synth get to the sounds of classic instruments like the Jupiter 8? A new video pits the DeepMind 12 against Roland's classic, and offers tips on how to mimic the original.
BandLab unveils Link, 3 cheap, compact on-the-go audio interfaces
11 Jul 2017 · BandLab, the online platform for collaborative music making, is launching three no-frills audio in/out boxes designed for "plug in and go" operation with both computers and smartphones. And they're cheap, too.
Fender gets sparkly with Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster
11 Jul 2017 · Based upon one of Brad's own guitars, a refinished '63 Tele this new signature model has plenty of cool custom features and will certainly get you noticed on stage down the Dog and Duck!
BOSS BOX-40: Celebrating 40 years of compact guitar pedals
11 Jul 2017 · The original BOSS compact stompboxes return in a one-time-only BOX-40 box set to celebrate the maker's 40th anniversary year - not cheap, but pretty cool!
Midimutant: a system that programs synths by artificial evolution
11 Jul 2017 · Do you find programming synthesizer a bit dull? Why not get a machine to do it? Midimutant will analyse your sounds and start programming patches by artificial evolution.
Waves’ Chris Lord-Alge MixDown plug-in: Radio-ready mixes made simple?
11 Jul 2017 · Waves' new CLA MixDown plug-in is designed to simulate two of Chris Lord-Alge's mix buss compression chains, with added console overdrive and a general purpose EQ to enhance bass and treble...
Synergy R1 by Audified: a DAW-controlled hardware reverb and saturation unit
11 Jul 2017 · Audified has created a new hardware reverb/saturator and software controller combination – the Synergy R1. It features seven types of reverb algorithms, paired with three analog saturation modes...
KHDK shoots for bass market with Abyss overdrive pedal
10 Jul 2017 · The Abyss bass overdrive pedal is well laid out, simple and yet promises to be very effective - it's evidently designed from the ground up for low-down dirty tones on tap.
Percussa float the idea of a Super Wavetable Oscillator Eurorack module
10 Jul 2017 · Percussa have asked the Eurorack community if they fancy a Super Wavetable Oscillator in their rack with 64 parallel oscillators, 18 CV inputs and fully configurable routing and modulation. What do you think?
Vox to celebrate 60th anniversary with hand-wired AC15 and AC30 combos
09 Jul 2017 · Vox is recreating two of its classic amp designs to celebrate 60 years in the business, AC30 and AC15 model, and will release them in limited numbers later this year.