Equipment News, Leaks and Tips

Universal Audio updates UAD to version 9.5 with Helios 69 EQ and Preamp

14 Feb 2018 · Universal Audio have released a new update to its UAD software, with new goodies for 9.5 including an emulation of the Helios 9.5 preamp and EQ, Friedman's Buxom Betty amp and the A/DA flanger.

Elektron’s Overbridge DAW integration app delayed again

14 Feb 2018 · 9 months since the release of the Digitakt and there's still no Overbridge. Elektron put back the release date for a second time and ask for our patience as they try to get their awesome integration to work.

Krotos is coming in guns blazing with Weaponiser, a hot shot sound design tool

14 Feb 2018 · Krotos' upcoming tool looks interesting and capable. It's focused on weapon sounds, with a library of SFX organized by gun type and firing mode. The sounds can be edited in great detail!

Time-stretch any sound into oblivion with PaulXStretch!

14 Feb 2018 · If you want to do some seriously mean time-stretching with your audio - we are talking stretching a 3-minute song into a 10-hour ambient masterpiece, for example - you are going to love this one!

Olympus’ new LS-P4 looks like a great portable recorder for the money

13 Feb 2018 · Olympus introduced a new portable recorder, the LS-P4. Up to par with competing offerings from Roland and ZOOM, the LS-P4 records audio in 24-bit, 96kHz lossless .FLAC format.

TEM Mini monophonic synthesizer inspired by the Minimoog

13 Feb 2018 · In light of the Behringer Model D is there still room for a boutique analogue synthesizer based upon the Minimoog? ADSR seem to think so and offer up the TEM Mini for your consideration.

TouchPad: groovy programmable shortcut and macro controller

12 Feb 2018 · Navigate your DAW like a boss with this palm-sized programmable keyboard shortcut and macro controller. TouchPad has 36 keys for up to 5 commands per key for super fast audio editing.

Behringer VC340 Vocoder Plus spotted in the wild

12 Feb 2018 · A prototype Behringer VC340 Vocoder Plus was spotted languishing in the studio of Facebook user Firechild. Now with a video demonstrating the awesome heart of this nonsense instrument.

Golden Age PRE-73 Premier and PREQ-73 Premier 1073-style preamps are coming

12 Feb 2018 · Golden Age is introducing Premier versions of its affordable Neve 1073-style preamps, the PRE-73 and PREQ-73 Premier. Priced reasonably and built with high-quality components, these could eat up the market!

Get those 50s and 60s vibes going with Audiority’s Tube Modulator plug-in

12 Feb 2018 · Audiority has released a really cool-looking vintage modulator and tremolo effect called Tube Modulator. It emulates several tremolo, vibrato, and spatial positioning effects, starting with a late '50s unit.

Free plug-ins this week: A mic sim, a saturator, a distortion and two synths!

11 Feb 2018 · After a brief hiatus, we're back with coverage of the best free plug-ins that popped up throughout the week. We have a whopping five of them to present and we think they will make a fine addition to your ...

Gibson Modern Flying V boldly goes where no guitar has gone before

11 Feb 2018 · Finally! The full details of the Gibson Modern Flying V are now official - this guitar first beamed onto the Earth's surface at this year's CES. Make it so!

Line 6 Helix 2.5 Update now available – and it was worth the wait

10 Feb 2018 · As we reported during NAMM, Line 6 had planned a big Helix 2.5 update - now it's here and adds a bag of effects and two very convincing boutique amp models.

Vermona release randomRHYTHM trigger sequencer Eurorack module

09 Feb 2018 · randomRHYTHM is an 8 channel 2 x 4 rhythm section with on and off-beat randomisation, CV controlled muting, swing, clock division and endless percussion pattern generation.

Is the PRS John Mayer ‘Stratocaster’ about to drop?

09 Feb 2018 · It's been rumoured for a year, and for the first time John Mayer has posted the first clean photo of a PRS model that looks a lot like a Fender Stratocaster...

DDMF Plugin Analyzer tells you what your plug-ins are doing to your audio

09 Feb 2018 · Plugindoctor is an analyzer for VST and AU plug-ins that comes recommended for plug-in developers who want to test their creations or users who want to understand exactly what a plug-in is doing to their audio.

Output’s new Analog Brass & Winds instrument: “Next level air”?

08 Feb 2018 · We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!

OkaiR2R: a 1965 Akai tape recorder inside your DAW

07 Feb 2018 · Evil Turtle Productions (don't you just love the name?) released a plug-in, OkaiR2R, that emulates the preamp section of the Akai X-100D reel-to-reel recorder. This is a 4-speed, 3-head unit way back from ...

Can UVI Meteor make an impact on the modern rompler market?

07 Feb 2018 · Meteor is designed to bring the most content to producers and sound designers involved in film, games, music production and anything else in need of a variety of moods and timbres.

Erica Synths releases mini modular Pico System II

07 Feb 2018 · Gathering all their little 3HP Pico modules together Erica Synths created the Pico System complete modular synth. With a couple of changes and improvements to the line-up here's Pico System II.

Miasma: Classic Dual VCO based on the legendary CEM3340

07 Feb 2018 · One of the first modules to feature the CEM3340 VCO chip that famously produced the sound of the SH-101, Prophet 5 and other classic synths. Miasma's dual VCO could bring a familiar sound to your rack.

Gibson Les Paul Custom Chambered Blackout series: Too bright for the Custom Shop?

06 Feb 2018 · Gibson has launched yet another limited edition Les Paul Custom, but is this what players actually want? Or are they just testing how far they can push the iconic guitar design?

Roll your own Eurorack modules with Otto’s DIY prototyping environment

06 Feb 2018 · Ever wanted to build your own Eurorack module? Otto's DIY Eurorack Modules is a prototyping ecosystem that lets you quickly and easily put a module together in a durable and safe format right into your rack.

Fredenstein F610: a bad-ass 500-series EQ with a big ol’ touchscreen

06 Feb 2018 · Fredenstein announced a badass-looking equalizer in 500-series rack format - the F610 Universal Entzerrer UE-1. Yeah, it's named like a piece of lab equipment and it very much looks like one!