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Casio dash our hopes for a Phase Distortion synthesizer but instead give us a cool portable keyboard with 600 sounds, 195 rhythms, 6 track recording and a monstrous sound engine.
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KORG doesn't just do synths, this announcement says, they're also making inroads in the affordable Live sound category with KONNECT - a self-contained PA unit designed for small-scale venues and uses.
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Finally! Here are full details on the Arturia RackBrute Eurorack enclosure system, which links directly to the MiniBrute 2 and 2S to make an awesome looking performance and modular tweaking rig.
Los Angeles' Elite Acoustics Engineering announced the A2-5 Mini Live Performance Amplifier. The speaker contains a rechargeable battery that's good for more than eight hours of play time on a single charge...
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The Make Noise Black and Gold Shared System Plus is an exquisite collection of artistic modules wrapped up in a new 7U steel case complete with 1U CV Bus routing and utilities.
The TB22++ Thought Box is a Moog-style 5U modular system complete with 15 modules including a 3 oscillators and a Q960 sequencer in a folding cabinet for a lot less than a Make Noise Shared System.
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After last month's pointless guitar plectrum sticker we have yet another doofus invention aimed at guitarists with more money than sense. Is there any limit to the pointlessness of some guitar "innovations"?
Billed as the musicians' portable recorder, the Philips DVT7500 has three (!) built-in mics and two XLR inputs, letting you record from the three microphones, the XLR and line-in inputs, or from both...
BandLab, the online platform for collaborative music making, is launching three no-frills audio in/out boxes designed for "plug in and go" operation with both computers and smartphones. And they're cheap, too.
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Dude is a little 5 channel, battery powered performance mixer that'll connect up all your little external noise boxes. It's a lot more useful than it sounds, check out the video.
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Shaped like a miniature hockey puck, the d:vice connects to PCs, Macs, and iOS devices to capture live audio from microphones. Aimed at journalists, it can also be used with DPA's recording app.
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Will this new budget micro guitar amp steal some of the Fly's thunder?
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A boutique hand built analogue multi-effect pedal. No DSP here!
Building on their LUCAS NANO 600 and 608i portable PA systems, HK Audio introduce the 602, in turn delivering several compact stereo PA solutions.
In their third generation and with a name like 'Stinger G3', you'd expect something special. The name, however, might be the only stand-out characteristic for these boxes...
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dBTechnologies present a new compact PA and wedge monitor solution - but can this speaker be both aggressive and sonically accurate, as their marketing claims? We take a look at how they aim to square that ...
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A very neat little green bass amp that packs in many useful features into a minuscule footprint, so maybe every gig bag should have one?
Amphion package their One12 monitors with amp and cables in a wooden carry case for release at NAMM2017. But at this size, do they have enough low-end to produce the goods?
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What better thing to find in your stocking on Christmas morning than a fabulous little mini synth? Guaranteed to distract you from all the business of preparing food or talking to relatives. Why watch the ...
Synthstrom Audible double the number of pads and invite everyone to the launch party of their Deluge portable sampler, synthesizer, sequencer box
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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.
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Deciding on a Eurorack case is the first hurdle for the newbie modular enthusiast. The TipTop Audio Mantis could be a a good way in.
Musikmesse 2016 saw the U-24 and U-44 released by Zoom. The U-22 is the latest addition and baby to their family of portable audio interfaces.
The H4n is one of the most popular field recording devices. Zoom appear to have addressed durability and quality issues with this new H4n Pro version.
