Boss's new Legend Series of stompboxes are equipped with Roland's COSM modeling technology, and each one is designed to emulate the sound of a classic...
Although founded to make solid-state control systems for pipe organs, Solid State Logic (SSL) became widely known for its 4000-series large-format mixing...
PreSonus has channeled its knack for designing preamps and handling digital conversion into the DigiMax FS, an 8-channel mic preamp with some interesting...
Universal Audio (UA) was established to further the vision of recording pioneer Bill Putnam, whose company was the first to bear the name. Since Putnam's...
A convolution revolution is taking place. A huge market is developing to take classic effects-processing chains, sample their effect on audio, and come up with affordable models with all the perks of the digital realm....
FreeG (free) is a channel strip plug-in with extensive metering and customization options. It is intended for use as a track insert effect and is available...
The Classic effects pedals include the TC XII Phaser, the Booster+Distortion, and the Sustain+Parametric Equalizer. Guitarists can now own fresh versions of classic TC Electronic sounds from the 1970s....
Numerous musical genres employ looping, and numerous hardware and software tools supply looping functionality. One of the latest hardware devices for...
Addressing the unique needs of ribbon mics, Audio Engineering Associates (AEA) has released the Ribbon Pre (TRP; $965), a 2-channel solid-state JFET mic...
Now available in RTAS, AU, VST, and MAS formats, DUY's DaD Tape plug-in features real analog tape sound; physical modelling of four tape machines, including an old vintage machine with valve circuitry, a transistor-based machine from the late 1960s, and an operational amplifier-based machine from the 1970s; and more....
New plug-ins were this year's NAMM focus for Digidesign, which lifted the curtain on a set of analog-tape emulations called Reel Tape Suite ($495), as well as an RTAS sampler dubbed Structure (price TBD)....
The Pigtronix OFO Disnortion ($249.99) is a 3-tier analog effects box with three rugged footswitches across the bottom edge of its double-wide chassis....
San Diego-based SoundHack has released the Spectral Shapers 1.2 plug-in bundle, which is now compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools 7.0 and higher. This new version also adds Universal Binary support to its VST, AU, and RTAS plug-ins....
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What's New: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE and Guitar Rig Session, Rob Papen's Predator synth, and Haunted House Records's Electronic Critters, a sampling CD of circuit-bent toys.Go