Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
Cog Effects’ Rogue One: A Death Star-sized bass fuzz pedal!
18 Dec 2016 · A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... came a massive, feature packed bass fuzz pedal from the UK that can emulate not one, but two Big Muffs - and has an octaver!
Mad Professor revs up for NAMM with Big Tweedy Drive
17 Dec 2016 · Due in early 2017 and inspired by classic American valve amps, the Big Tweedy effect pedal is the result of Mad Professor's latest lab experiments...
Kinetic Treats: free toys from Native Instruments
17 Dec 2016 · Kinetic Treats is a fun and joyful free gift from Native Instruments along with £22 to spend in the store.
NYX: Analog Paraphonic Synthesizer from Dreadbox
16 Dec 2016 · Dreadbox release another cool tabletop synth full of analog goodness and patchable control. NYX will be available in the New Year.
Korg Kronos LS appears on Japanese website
16 Dec 2016 · Seen previously in a leaked image, the Kronos LS has now arrived on the Korg Japan website. Let's see if we can get the gist through Google Translate.
Top 5 new guitar ranges of 2016
16 Dec 2016 · Here are five new guitar ranges launched in 2016 that should be on your radar!
Zoom F-Control remote mixer for F8 and F4 announced
15 Dec 2016 · Zoom continue to pioneer the field recorder market by introducing the F-Control mixer and remote for their F8 and F4 recorders, adding new features.
Top 5 MIDI Controller keyboards of 2016
15 Dec 2016 · Our fingers need a decent way of injecting music into our DAW. Here's my pick of this year's MIDI Controller Keyboards that stood out for me.
Vermona ’14 Analogsynthesizer becomes a reality
15 Dec 2016 · The long awaited Vermona '14 Analogsynthesizer is finally available in a production run of 222. You'll have to be quick to snag this boutique analog mono-synth.
World Suite: UVI captures the planet in a virtual instument
15 Dec 2016 · Go travelling in UVI's massive World Suite instrument and delve into the planet's musical culture and heritage.
Flare offer more “revolutionary” ear protection with ISOLATE MiNi
14 Dec 2016 · Following their hugely successful ISOLATE campaign, Flare Audio are back with a new line of their ear protectors, the ISOLATE MiNi.
Black Cat OD-Fuzz Deluxe: Two for the price of one!
14 Dec 2016 · Based on an OP275 overdrive and Silicon / Germanium transistors for fuzz, this twin dirt box is vintage and fuzzy!
Audified deliver (yet another) new saturation tool, the U78 Saturator
14 Dec 2016 · That's right, it's not a spelling mistake: the U78 is one more saturation plug for your toolkits, and isn't Neumann-related in any way.
FLOWs: Algorithmic Loop Sequencer from Tim Exile
14 Dec 2016 · Immerse yourself in 5 years of loops from Tim Exile in FLOWs, the algorithmic loop sequencer - and it's completely free
Crazy new keyboard concept from Dodeka
13 Dec 2016 · Dodeka thinks music is hard, really very hard So hard they've had to invent their own system of notation and keyboard form factor. Is this nuts? (Spoiler - oh yes I think so).
FM Wave XR7: Draw your own waveforms FM synthesizer
13 Dec 2016 · Mystified by the FM Wave XR7 virtual synthesizer. G-Sonique should consider writing a manual or perhaps creating a demo video? Good presets though.
Extract samples and remix loops with Regroover Pro
12 Dec 2016 · Regroover Pro extracts drum parts and individual hits from impossible places and lets you remix your drum loops.
Amelia – Jet City’s long-awaited guitar amp – is here at last!
12 Dec 2016 · Jet City are at it again, bringing quality tube tones to the huddled masses - and the new Amelia looks promising...
Top 5 Hardware synthesizers of 2016 under £500
12 Dec 2016 · Which synthesizers have floated your boat this year? For under £500 I've found my Top 5 source of beeps, sweeps, bubbles and noises - how do they compare to your list?
Look inside a Roland TR-808 – in 3D!
12 Dec 2016 · Now you can impress your friends with your in-depth knowledge of the Roland TR-808 drum machine
Empress Effects party on with “10th Anniversary” Tremolo edition
12 Dec 2016 · Á rewnowned builder of Tremelo guitar effects, Empress boutique is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by releasing a very limited run of its first pedal design.
Is Spaceship Delay the best free delay plug-in ever?
11 Dec 2016 · Spaceship Delay crams a lot of functions and options into one free effect plug-in - and actually sounds good!