Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
How to sound like J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr
15 Oct 2016 · Coming out of the post-punk hardcore scene of the United States, J Mascis transformed from a drummer into guitar legend, his unique style was complemented by his love of classic rock and melded with his ...
Frank Zappa’s Utility Muffin Research Kitchen is up for auction
14 Oct 2016 · Lady Gaga, who has acquired Zappa's estate, is selling the contents of the house including his legendary home studio. Go grab a piece of history.
Radial Tonebone Classic V9: What, no tube?
13 Oct 2016 · The classic tube based overdrive pedal gets a makeover and yet loses a certain something integral to its original tone...
Steinberg Dorico notation software ships next week
13 Oct 2016 · Steinberg's new flagship notation software is almost ready to go. With attractive crossgrade pricing Dorico is looking to take the score writing market.
Dialog Audio MP3244: Modulation made easy?
13 Oct 2016 · The Modulation Processor 3244 gives you modulation control over your hardware synths, your analogue gear and your software instruments all from within your DAW
Roland System-8 now shipping very slowly
12 Oct 2016 · Roland say they are available now but where can you buy them? No one has the System-8 in stock outside America - that's rubbish!
Ableton Live 9.7 available now!
12 Oct 2016 · Ableton Live 9.7 is now available featuring lots of updates for Push which is exciting if you have the hardware and rubbish if you don't
Famidrums – the Nintendo NES drum sounds brought back to 8 bit life
12 Oct 2016 · Is it a new percussive feminine hygiene product or a bunch of 8 bit drum kits from the Nintendo NES? It's the Famidrums.
Verbos Electronics announce Bark Filter Processor for Eurorack
12 Oct 2016 · 12 bands of Bark scale filtering in a wide and comprehensive Eurorack module - the Bark Filter Processor is coming soon - can we have some video?
Fender launch PM-3 Limited Adirondack Triple-0 and PM-1 Limited Dreadnoughts
12 Oct 2016 · Fender has announced four new acoustic guitar models with premium features and in two popular acoustic guitar sizes.
LunaStone’s The Pusher: One booster too many?
12 Oct 2016 · This new boost pedal aims to give you some more clarity and that extra push when you need it. But it's not exactly the only product of its type out there...
eowave jam their Domino bass synthesizer into a Eurorack
12 Oct 2016 · eowave shrink the Domino down to Eurorack size, take out the LFO, throw in some patch points and a whacking great cutoff knob.
Elysia’s “compressor from the future”: Mpressor 500
12 Oct 2016 · The well-respected compressor from Elysia is now available as a mono 500 series module. The Mpressor 500 also has a unique new saturation feature.
IK Multimedia MODO is brewing up some physical modelling
11 Oct 2016 · Physical modelling the likes of which we've never experienced, or so they say. IK Multimedia is getting real with MODO and I'm hoping it's not just a bass guitar.
Ocean Way RM1-B ribbon mic reaches 25kHz!
11 Oct 2016 · Is this the beginning of a new era for ribbon microphones? Ocean Way Audio's new RM1-B has high-intensity magnets to deliver a full-bandwidth.
Reactable ROTOR gets touchy-feely on the iPad
11 Oct 2016 · Reactable brings its object orientated music making to the iPad in the ROTOR app with some tangible knobs to play with directly on the glass.
Overloud TH3 Rock and Metal Collections: Monsters of rock?
10 Oct 2016 · Based on the TH3 virtual guitar amp collection, these new software bundles are all about the rock! And the metal.
TC Electronics Corona Chorus Anniversary Edition: A limited-run TonePrint pedal
10 Oct 2016 · This limited run of the ever popular Corona chorus pedal looks like a squashed version of the classic TC effect.
Dark Matter: Unsettling sounds from String Audio
10 Oct 2016 · Dark Matter is chillier than the icicle hanging from an alien monster's beard who is about to jump out at you from behind a disturbingly shaped landscape dripping with the terrors of a thousand haunted worlds.
Kastle, the mini modular synthesizer from Bastl
10 Oct 2016 · It's a battery powered, pocket Kastle synth with 3 modes of messing with oscillators, loads of patch points and wants to modulate anything you plug it into.
J Rockett’s SOS Buffer pedal aims to rescue your tone
09 Oct 2016 · J Rockett Audio Designs have announced a new buffer to keep your guitars signal intact on large boards.
Turning heads: KLANG:fabrik 3D binaural in-ear mixing
09 Oct 2016 · Based on 3D binaural processing, this new in-ear monitoring system has caught our attention. Fabrik by KLANG is a whole new experience.