Equipment news, leaks and tips
Apple’s MacBook Pro Touch Bar: A new audio production tool?
28 Oct 2016 · Apple's new MacBook Pro has been announced, featuring a new Touch Bar. We take a look at the interactive possibilities for DAW's.
Microsoft Surface Studio for music production?
27 Oct 2016 · Is Microsoft's new iMac killing Surface Studio up to the task of being a recording studio?
Deluge portable sequencer pricing and walk-through videos
26 Oct 2016 · The Deluge has launched and you can buy it now and have it delivered sometime around the end of March 2017. Somebody sort out their production line!
Novation celebrate the Circuit’s anniversary and tease an update
26 Oct 2016 · Happy Birthday Circuit! Novation are hinting at an exciting new update for their 1 year old groovebox on the 1st November.
Korg tease something new for November 1st
26 Oct 2016 · An image appears with the date stamped as the 1st November and then disappears - what could this new Korg tease mean?
FL Studio Mobile 3: Music making for every platform
25 Oct 2016 · FL Studio Mobile 3 is released on Android. The iOS, Windows App, Windows Phone and desktop plug-in version will be along shortly. That's mobile music making on pretty much everything.
Does McDSP’s new AE600 Active EQ offer too much power?
25 Oct 2016 · The AE400 'Active' EQ from McDSP receives an update, adding even more control with a crazy amount power. Is the AE600 a case of "too much of a good thing"?
Sibelius First 8: “Lite” composing software from Avid
25 Oct 2016 · New version of Avid's Sibelius First gives most composers everything they need to write scores of up to 16 staves.
Waves build new Greg Wells’ ToneCentric plug-in
24 Oct 2016 · Greg Wells describes his latest ToneCentric plug-in for Waves as a "homage to the great analog gear that leaves a wonderful sonic footprint on your sound". Is this new effect genuinely useful or just shameless ...
Kemper firmware update to v5.00 adds some seriously cool delays
23 Oct 2016 · The makers of the renowned Kemper Profiling Amp have released a new firmware update as Public Beta that adds some very appealing delay effects.
Strymon announce Riverside: A new level of control for your drive tones?
23 Oct 2016 · What happens when analogue meets digital in an overdrive pedal? Well now you can hear it for yourself!
Dreadbox snorts new White Line affordable Eurorack modules
23 Oct 2016 · Get affordably high with Dreadbox new White Line modules to feed your Euro(c)rack addiction - no snorting required
Metric Halo TransientControl sale at 86% off
23 Oct 2016 · Need an additional transient designer effect plug-in for your next mix? Metric Halo are offering a wopping 86% off theirs until 1st November.
Goodbye Fender American Standard models: What’s next?
22 Oct 2016 · With prices being slashed left, right and centre on the American Standard series, is now the time to buy? What is going to replace them? What will the post-Brexit Fender models cost us in the UK?
New Guitars 2016 GearQuiz
22 Oct 2016 · There are people who play guitar. And then there are full-blooded guitarists who know their 2016 releases like the backs of their hands. Which are you?
Joué modular pressure sensitive MIDI controller
21 Oct 2016 · Joué is a customisable MIDI controller with modules for pads, knobs, XY controls, fretboards and weird knobbly nipples for the ultimate in modular tactile control
Ninja Stars: Audio/CV stereo hub from Plankton Electronics
21 Oct 2016 · Terribly useful little Ninja Stars shaped splitters for audio or control voltage to send signals all over your modular synth.
New TC Electronics guitar pedal range: High quality at low prices?
21 Oct 2016 · A new range of analogue pedals at a very competitive price point: the TC brand is stepping away from its image as premium, digital-centric maker of boutique effects. Who exactly is this new release aimed at?
Tines from Klevgränd – the simplest electric piano yet
20 Oct 2016 · Not another electric piano? Oh yes but Tines is simpler, groovier and much cheaper that any of those massive Rhodes emulations.
Apogee gets JAM all over Windows
20 Oct 2016 · Apogee actually release an interface for Windows but the JAM 96k's use of ASIO4ALL is going to seriously hamper its performance
Focusrite publish free iOS Control App
20 Oct 2016 · Recent Focusrite audio interfaces can now be remotely controlled via a free iOS Control App. These interfaces just keep getting better.
Can Warm Audio land a Christmas number 1 with the WA-412?
20 Oct 2016 · Warm Audio have done it again, emulating another piece of classic hardware. Will these 4 'API-style' mic pres be on the top of your Christmas list?