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Tascam launch DR-100mkIII hand-held recorder
23 Aug 2016 · With competition amongst hand-held recorders very fierce, Tascam say the DR-100mkIII will 'up the ante', offering even higher quality.
Roland 909 day: Yes, it’s a thing now
23 Aug 2016 · The Future Redefined. That's the tag line and it appears there will be a lot of new equipment launched to celebrate 33 years of the TR-909.
IK Multimedia releases SampleTank 2 for iOS
23 Aug 2016 · This is a major update to the iOS version of SampleTank 2, now with 8 parts, performance and composing modes and over 1900 instruments.
Electric Sexy Drum Pants: Groove with your crotch!
23 Aug 2016 · A crotch-based drum controller, with the ability to lay down a groove with your pants. Why oh why?
New Daking MKII Recording Console is here!
23 Aug 2016 · There's a new pro-level analogue console on the market! Daking have designed an analogue desk for the modern DAW workflow, with 46 inputs!
Cog Effects aim to get down and dirty with T-65,T-47 and T-70 octaves
23 Aug 2016 · These octave pedals aim to give you a sound that will scare your sound engineer and generate enough low-end filth to rattle your audience's teeth...
The world’s most expensive bass?
22 Aug 2016 · OK, so it's rare. Very rare. But someone is selling this Gibson Flying V bass for a frankly ridiculously big sum of money on eBay...
How loud is your music? RTW release the MM3 MusicMeter
22 Aug 2016 · Supposedly at an affordable price, the MM3 MusicMeter is a new audio metering device designed for the music industry by renowned manufacturer RTW.
D’Addario Eclipse: (Yet) another clip-on tuner for guitarists
22 Aug 2016 · The US string manufacturer gets in on the clip-on tuner market, with yet another product added to an already crowded marketplace. But will the Eclipse be cheap enough?
ScrubBoard is back: Scratching with analogue tape
22 Aug 2016 · Intriguing and crazily musical, this failed Kickstarter from 2014 seems to be rising from the ashes like a phoenix, gaining exposure and possibly even a realistic road to manufacture...
PRS Private Stock 8-String Custom 24: How low can this go?
21 Aug 2016 · Periphery's Mark Holcomb has had a hand in the design of the August PRS Private Stock release, a low-end behemoth that will make you shudder and your wallet quake with fear.
Mune: An electronic instrument with an acoustic soul?
21 Aug 2016 · A new Kickstarter project based around an expressive digital hardware interface, the Mune has got Bjork written all over it.
ETHER Transmitter: Wireless monitoring for DJs and musicians
21 Aug 2016 · The freedom to perform without wires and know that you won't drop a beat: could this new Bluetooth transmitter finally untether the wired world of DJing?
Hamstead Soundworks Artist 20 MKII: A single-channel tone monster?
21 Aug 2016 · Updating its single-channel, EL84-based guitar amp, Hamstead's new MKII versions of the Artist series have a few added features that seek to add a little more flexibility.
Spectrus: Light up your fretboard
20 Aug 2016 · No more Spinal Tap moments when playing live thanks to this new gadget that attaches to your headstock and illuminates your fretboard.
Zynaptiq release new reverb plugin: ADAPTIVERB
20 Aug 2016 · Here's a cool new reverb plugin which claims to harmonically trace and 'fit' around your input signal. ADAPTIVERB also has a few party tricks on offer too.
RME update Fireface range with UFX+
20 Aug 2016 · This update for the UFX is RME's latest addition to its venerable Fireface line of interfaces for Mac and PC, and has lots of new features as well as a new price tag...
Mitchell Guitars to launch new range of electric guitars and basses
20 Aug 2016 · On the 23rd August, a range of new guitars and basses are being presented by Mitchell. A bold move, certainly, but what can we really expect?
First Z.Vex Candela user demo on YouTube
19 Aug 2016 · A rare user demo and review has surfaced of Candela, an amazing yet patently ridiculous candle-powered phaser guitar effect.
Pizza Hut DJ box: Deep Pan beats with extra cheese?
19 Aug 2016 · DJ Deep Pan and MC Stuffed Crust had a dream... The Pizza Hut DJ controller built into a regular pizza carton comes to life. Yes, it's real, we just wish it wasn't so laden with corporate advertising.
Meet the Behringer DeepMind 12 this Saturday at Modular Meets Leeds
18 Aug 2016 · The first public showing of the Behringer DeepMind 12 is this Saturday 20th August at the Modular Meets Leeds (UK) event - don't miss it.
Epiphone Bonamassa Firebird-1 signature guitar: Hot stuff?
18 Aug 2016 · Mr Bonamassa has good taste it would seem. A single pickup, classic guitar, released as a limited edition model for 2016, based upon his 1963 original.