So it's 2018 and someone decides to make an interface "for females" that looks like a make-up box, complete with an integrated mirror and light. We wish this was a joke, but it isn't. Update - it's been pulled.
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Reheated pizza the day after can be a wondrous joy. The re-release of Caroline Guitar Company's Hawaiian Pizza fuzz/OD pedal is a celebration of that delectable meeting of sweet and sour.
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System 1 is an elegantly crafted Eurorack modular synthesizer featuring all of Audiophile Circuits League stereo modules in a 6U, 84HP case with integrated power supply all configured and ready to go.
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If you enjoy Stone Age dirty, fuzzy riffs then you really should go out and hunt down the new limited edition ZVex Germanium Woolly Mammoth before it becomes extinct!
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Dunlop/MXR is reissuing two classic pedals in limited edition liveries by ilovedust, as well as a new, functionally expanded version of its classic Dyna Comp compressor pedal.
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So you can't quite afford the new EVH '78 Eruption guitar? Console yourself with the one of these, the MXR EVH 5150 Chorus instead. But why does it have to be so wide?
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This new boutique Vox AC 30 Top Boost amp sim and drive pedal is hand-built in South Carolina, with a simple design that can provide some classic British amp tones to those on a budget.
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This cool little pedalboard-friendly mixer has enough gain on tap to allow you to overdrive all the inputs and outputs. Could the QuardaMix help you expand your live rig?
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Grayscale has taken the Turing Machine and given it a jolly good upgrade. Individual step outputs and CV inputs take it in all sorts of interesting directions and there are three sizes to choose from.
If you dig around in Output's Instagram Story you'll perhaps catch a glimpse of what could be some kind of controller or hardware synthesizer - or it could just be another bit of furniture.
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Designed by Gary Hurst, these two vintage-toned, hand-built fuzz boxes revisit a design from the 1970s and could be contenders for the 'King of Fuzz' title in 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!
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The XAOC Sewastopol Audio Port and Voltage Extractor Model of 1948 module for Eurorack sounds like a mouthful of nonsense but it's actually a very useful multi-function audio input and output device.
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The Synapse is an 8 input crossfading into 4 channels of voltage controlled switching with integrated LFO, scatter and memory morphing. It's an interesting way to create texture from other sources.
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Empress are debuting their new Zoia multi-effect unit aimed at guitarists and synth players alike at this year's NAMM Show and it is a bit of a cool looking oddball!
Blue Cat Audio has announced a new amp simulation suite using tech from its Destructor distortion software, and it looks to be a comprehensive multi-fx and virtual amp solution.
Universal Audio is about to hit NAMM with a brand new audio interface called Arrow, its new "entry-level" 2x4 interface featuring one SHARC chip and is bundled with 14 UAD plug-ins.
Clarett goes USB - Focusrite has added four new interfaces to its range supporting USB, and they are priced very competitively. This package seems designed to deliver the competition a headache.
JoeCo's new Cello desktop interface will offer the picky professional a quality, compact unit with plenty of tech under the hood - and a $899 price tag for two mic inputs (and 16 ADAT inputs)...
Bastl's newly upgraded Kastle 1.5 gets a paint job, USB power, new synthesis modes and a greatly improved sound engine. It's still a lot of fun even with the annoyingly small knobs and patch wires.
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This week we have found you a cool new UK-made all-valve preamp, overdrive and EQ - then we travelled around the globe to find you a lush new Indonesian Delay and Reverb pedal.
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No tools, no damage, no mess. Just lots of cool extra pickup sounds for your favourite acoustic or electric six-stringed guitar. This new pickup system will give your instrument a split personality.
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Joranalogue have released three new modules. The Mix 3 mixer, the Switch 4 performance signal switcher and router, and the Test 3 simple and obvious module tester.
Lightweight and quite cheap, these new mini-combos offer a whopping 50-Watts of power and come in three new versions aimed at bass players, acoustic guitarists and keyboard players.
