Equipment news, leaks and tips
PreSonus are getting weird with their new teaser campaign
05 Oct 2016 · What is the guy in the tash trying to steal? What do the three lines mean? And why does it have a George Foreman Grill built it? Wtf PreSonus?
Behringer augment reality with Deep Mind 12 and HoloLens
05 Oct 2016 · The Behringer Midas engineers have been playing with Microsoft's HoloLens. Is this the future or just so much arm ache?
Providence Sonic Drive SDR-4R: A rhythm overdrive reissue
05 Oct 2016 · This reissue is based upon the most popular version of the old Sonic Drive pedal, with its makers claiming that its special tone best complements rhythm guitar playing.
Rivolta Guitars: Dennis Fano and Eastwood Guitars new collaboration
04 Oct 2016 · A well-respected boutique luthier joins forces with a more budget guitar brand, well that sounds like a great idea!
Fender launches new offset range of Duo-Sonics and Mustangs
04 Oct 2016 · Fender presents some new and updated takes on some classic short-scale offset guitars from Fender's rich history. But will the purists get all bent out of shape?
Positive Grid BIAS Distortion Pedal: Virtually every distortion on tap?
04 Oct 2016 · In a world of boutique overdrives, reissued classic distortions and vintage fuzz oddities, how does the modern guitar player know what dirt boxes to carry with them? Well, if you had them housed in one neat ...
Parawave Audio layer up the sounds with Rapid
04 Oct 2016 · Rapid is a modern polyphonic hybrid synthesizer that's fatter than a fat man swimming in lard.
Free Brainworx guitar tone in bx_rockrack V3 Player
04 Oct 2016 · Here's some seriously free guitar tone for your DAW with bx_rockrack V3 Player - 8 amp models and 26 presets, just don't touch those dials.
JBL 7 Series: A powerful new passive monitor – for music production?
04 Oct 2016 · With lessons learnt from their flagship monitors and live sound products, JBL announced their new 7 Series at AES this weekend. But is this passive speaker solution also suited to music production?
AES 2016: API large-format Legacy AXS Console
03 Oct 2016 · API announced the new Legacy AXS console at AES 2016 this weekend, the latest large-format analogue console to the API range.
D16 Repeater – the ultimate delay plug-in?
03 Oct 2016 · A dual delay featuring 23 vintage models is announced as a collaboration between D16 and Slate Digital. Is the Repeater every delay you ever wanted or do you just have a bad case of wind?
SynthFest UK 2016: Show Report
03 Oct 2016 · A round up of all the fabulous synthesizers and modular on display at the Sheffield SynthFest. The industry is changing, you could feel it in the circuits.
Magnetic Effects’ Sonic Tailor: A vintage-inspired overdrive from London
03 Oct 2016 · This London based boutique effects company are about to release yet another unique circuit with its roots firmly in the past. It's a limited run so could be very popular, but do you need one?
Geppetto Guitars’ Camelot Humbucker: Born in Texas and raised on tone
02 Oct 2016 · This vintage-correct pickup is based on Seth Lover's original 1950s humbucking pickups. Is it the best priced authentic PAF clone out there?
PRS Guitars CE24 Standard Satin – A smooth operator?
02 Oct 2016 · A new nitro finished version of this classic PRS model which is based around a bolt-on neck instrument. For a snappy attack and woody tones try a CE24.
AES 2016: Avid unveil new HD interface Pro Tools MTRX
02 Oct 2016 · Avid have announced a new interface for Pro Tools HDX and HD Native platforms, which is effectively a rebadged version of the DAD AX32 interface.
Top 5 Signature Guitars and Basses 2016
02 Oct 2016 · Artist associations have come a long way over the years and this year we feel these are the best so far. What do you think?
Experience the newly restored first recording of computer music
01 Oct 2016 · Is all computer music a direct descendant of Alan Turing's Electronic Computer Mark II? Listen to the newly restored first beeps of EDM from the 1950's.
AES 2016: Waves Abbey Road Vinyl Plug-in
30 Sep 2016 · Waves have partnered with Abbey Road again, this time emulating a model of their vinyl cutting and mastering gear, to add some vintage warmth to your mixes.
SSL Nucleus2: DAW controller, interface and more
30 Sep 2016 · An update to the Nucleus DAW controller and interface brings better monitoring, talkback and a Dante connection.
KRK present new incarnation of the V Series monitors at AES
30 Sep 2016 · KRK's most extensively researched and developed powered nearfield monitors, the latest incarnation of the V Series offers critically accurate reproduction in black and yellow.
iZotope invent Auto-Mix with Neutron (almost!)
29 Sep 2016 · Neutron will suggest EQ nodes, recommend compression thresholds, saturation types and carve out sonic spaces for automatically detected instruments - but it's certainly not auto-mixing