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Recording guitars at home: Top tips for better tones

25 Mar 2020 in Guitar, Studio

Tracking good-sounding guitars at home can be a challenge if you're tackling it for the first time! Follow these simple tips on using household items and mic placement to get a great recording.

IK Multimedia wants to Rock You! Is something majestic due soon?

21 Aug 2019 in Guitar

It looks as though IK Multimedia are about to release a new set of Brian May signature tones for their Amplitube software. But, will it rock you?

NAMM 2019: Blue Cat Audio Re-Guitar – Infinite guitar tones?

23 Jan 2019 in Guitar, Studio

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.

Audiophile Circuits League takes over Sinfonion complex harmonic CV processor

03 Sep 2018 in Synths

Instruo has passed the Sinifonion torch onto Audiophile Circuits League who will finish and produce the long awaiting complex harmonic processing and sequencing module designed by Mathias Kettner.

NAMM 2018: Casio CT-X Series keyboards – go anywhere, sound monstrous

25 Jan 2018 in Synths

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.

Is the new PRS Custom 24-08 2018 the year’s most versatile US-built guitar?

08 Nov 2017 in Guitar

It might be a stretch to say that the new PRS Custom 24-08 is the only guitar you will ever need, but there's definitely a lot of versatility built-in here with 8 tones on tap from two humbuckers.

Expert Sleepers General CV module brings GM sounds to Eurorack

28 Sep 2017 in Synths

Has General MIDI really been the thing missing from my modular setup? With General CV you can now have Orch Hits, Voice Oh's, Alto Sax and Ocarina patched, CV controlled and modulated.