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04 Dec 2020 in
If you're a fan of looper pedals, check out the new LOOPEREYE, a smart looper system powered by an app and combined with a configurable stompbox interface.
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What a year it's been for amazing effect pedals! We sifted through all the releases in 2019 to come up with the best 5 (ok, 6) best guitar effect pedals we think you need to have on your pedalboard.
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Boss has just unveiled its most powerful guitar and bass synthesizer system to date, the SY-1000. Yup, it packs in a lot of features and has an epic-looking blue frame. But is it simply too expensive?
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
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Featuring dual analog synth oscillators, each with its own level, decay and octave switching. The Synthotron Ii from Red Witch will have you tweaking for days!
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The new Boss SY-1 compact pedal manages to squeeze in 121 synthesiser sounds into one small unit and gives you the ability to easily manipulate them in real time.
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The updated Drone Tone MK III from Mattoverse Electronics lets guitarists add a synth drone to their guitar sound from this compact, easy-to-use pedal, which now has a tap tempo control.
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This pedal has been sneaking around undetected for a few days on the internet now and it looks as though it could be getting an actual release date sometime soon!
This mother of a pedal is all about bringing us guitarists some heavenly synth tones - but be warned: Mothership 2 not for the faint-hearted! This purple pedal might get your head in a twist...
Behringer goes on the offensive after Roland and Studio Electronics muscle in on their cheap-as-chips Moog Model D clone with the release of the SE-02. How far will the Behringer D go to stay cheapest?
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Analog Strings combines sampled orchestra with vintage synths and weird tape loops, controlled by wires of pulsing liquorice. Have they found a different take on the string sound library?
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Electro Harmonix seem keen to put synth sounds within easy reach of guitarists, with this latest offering including 9 virtual analogue synth models.
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Waverazor is an aggressive new virtual synth with a Tron-like interface and support for Klingon.
Ken MacBeth teases a new synthesizer prototype on Facebook. The Exacta looks like something we need to hear sooner rather than later.
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Hypermorph gets kinetic with this 4 oscillator, morphing sound shifting device for Ableton Live and Max For Live
NAMM 2017 is all about the limited-editions for Korg this year. A full sized ARP, a gold Kronos, a platinum Krome and a white MS-20.
Korg's virtual synth box music studio Korg Gadget transitions from iOS to the Mac - things are getting serious
A new updated version of a popular boutique synthesiser, this new Murmux has a more aggressive darker feel all round.
This looks very much like an OB-6 Desktop module hiding behind these two gentlemen posing in the Dave Smith Instruments showroom.
Dark and mysterious with a Waldorf heart and Italian styling, this updated version invites you to climb on board the new Black Edition Sledge.
Fancy a $10,000 modular synth stuffed into your iPad?