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Blackstar Amped 2 is the new 100-Watt amp in a pedal with built-in effects. In this review, I take this flexible new amp for a spin and share my view
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We check out the Teenage Engineering PO-80, a portable monophonic record cutter that also plays 7-inch vinyl. Smells like Teenage spirit!
We look at Brian Eno's limited edition LED turntable, his latest visual arts offering through the Paul Stolper Gallery in London, UK.
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Capture your modulations with the dual-channel Ephemere signal recorder and play them out with adjusted speed, length and direction.
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DSM & Humboldt puts its Simplifier amp and cab sim on heavy-duty steroids; the Simplifier DLX has more features, more I/O and some great sounds.
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Qu-Bit has released Data Bender, a module that corrupts and destroys your audio in delightful ways. If there are not enough software bugs, CD skips or defective machines in your life then this is for you.
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Initially making an appearance in NAMM 2020, the IK Multimedia Axe I/O Solo is designed for guitarists from the ground up, and comes with all you need to get recording into your computer.
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Next in the fat Fusion line of valve-based modules is the VCF3 bringing softness and light with vactrol-driven resonant filtering and includes mixing, mult-ing and the ability to record CV modulation.
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The new ECCOS pedal is described by Keeley as a "neo-vintage" delay and looper. Eh? That's a flangy, tape-style delay to you and me. Plenty of features and lots of retro vibe on tap here.
Compact, yellow and ever so slightly oddball. Using an integrated camera with advanced image tracking the looperEYE is a looper that goes beyond what you thought was possible from a loop station
Mooer Audio's new GE150 amp modelling and multi-effects unit has 55 onboard amp models, nine effects blocks and a looper with 80 seconds of recording time. Could this be the perfect portable fly rig?
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The brand new LIBRA IR mixer is the world's first to allow guitarists to blend up to eight simultaneous Impulse Responses at once using its Cartesian Mixer front end!
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Fishman launches the TriplePlay MIDI controller system to turn your guitar noodling into MIDI data - and it comes with a rather handy app for the Apple iPad. The best thing: it's non-invasive.
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The new Boss RC-10R adds a rhythm section to the Boss RC range of looper pedals, with 280 presets and 16 kits available as well as 6 hours of recording time.
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Joyo Audio has just launched their new Bantamp Firebrand and it has twin channels, a 12AX7 preamp, Bluetooth and 20-watts of Class D power
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Mooer's GE300 virtual amp/multi-FX system is now available! Given its impressively low price and extensive feature set, we think this unit could become a serious contender...
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The weirdly named Squid Salmple is an old school sampler that gives you 8 channels of sample triggering, loads banks from USB or record straight in. Assignable CV control, 3 channels of pitch control.
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After news about this leaked earlier this week (remember the mysterious "Smoke" teaser?) the HeadRushFX Looperboard has now officially been launched - and it looks pretty impressive, too.
The new Blackstar signature JJN-20R Jared James Nichols is a two-channel, 20-watt amp head in Racing Green and has a few neat tricks up its sleeve. Bluespower!
Blue Cat Audio has just released the Re-Guitar plugin for your DAW and it allows guitarists to access unlimited guitar tones from a single instrument.
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IK launches a new portable, iPhone-friendly practise amp with mini speaker: the IK Multimedia iRig Micro Amp could be the perfect practise and recording tool for guitarists.
The new Tech 21 SansAmp YYZ was designed for Geddy Lee and is essentially a diminutive version of the existing GED-2112 rack system. Yup, a full-on rack-mount amp in a pedal enclosure.
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New MKII versions of Blackstar's HT-1R and HT-5R amp range are aimed squarely at studio and home practice environments, coming in head and combo formats, plus matching cabs.
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Boss has just announced two new amps, the Nextone-Artist and Nextone-Stage. Both combine tube amp modelling and useful features with a light-weight combo design that should be easy to transport.