News Pro Audio Fender goes back to where it all began with the 70th Anniversary Esquire by Jeremy Span The Fender Esquire was the first solid-body electric guitar. Now, its 70th Anniversary is being celebrated with a new model. In 1950, Leo Fender revolutionised the guitar with a slab…
News Pro Audio Warm Audio launches the Foxy Tone Box and Jet Phaser by Jeremy Span Warm Audio make their guitar pedal debut with faithful recreations of vintage fuzz and phaser stomp boxes: the Foxy Tone Box and Jet Phaser Throughout the last decade, Texas-based company…
News Pro Audio Love Hultén’s MMXS creates music at the drop of a marble by Jeremy Span The MMXS is Love Hultén’s small scale tribute to Martin Molin’s design – a fun, self-playing synth with a Meccano-inspired finish It’s been quite a time for eccentric musical instruments…
News Pro Audio The Circle Guitar: an innovative design that offers up impossible sounds by Jeremy Span The Circle Guitar pushes guitar playing into “new, unexplored territories” with self plucking sequencer designed by Anthony Dickens. Just when you thought the guitar couldn’t get any more wild, London…
News Pro Audio AT2020 V and AT2020USB+ V: new limited edition microphones from Audio-Technica by Jeremy Span Silver is the new black. Meet the new limited edition AT2020 V and AT2020USB+ V microphones from Audio-Technica. In the realm of home recording, Audio-Technica‘s condenser microphones are highly respected…
News Pro Audio Jimi Hendrix’s rare Japanese guitar fetches a mighty price at auction by Jeremy Span Following the mammoth $6M sale of Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ guitar, another iconic lefty’s axe has sold at auction for more than four times its asking price, going for $216,000 USD….
News Pro Audio The Roland TR-808 has turned 40 and celebrations are in full-swing by Jeremy Span “Four decades, one sound.” The legendary Roland TR-808 celebrates it’s 40th birthday with free plugins and never-before-seen content that explores the legacy and continued influence of the iconic drum machine….
News Pro Audio Winter NAMM 2021 is cancelled, ‘Believe in Music’ virtual event announced by Jeremy Span The musical instrument and tech industry’s favourite trade show, Winter NAMM, is yet another major gathering cancelled due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic with its January 2021 event called off….
News Pro Audio smart:reverb is the new AI-powered ambient plugin from Sonible by Jeremy Span Sonible’s foray into the world of AI-powered processing continues, delivering customised ambience with the smart:reverb. After releasing similar options for compression and EQ, the new smart:reverb analyses the incoming audio…
News Pro Audio Elon Musk wants you to hear sounds like you’ve never heard them before by Jeremy Span If you have serious frequency FOMO, SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk has the answer: Neuralink. Musk has been using his Twitter page to drip feed details about his mysterious…
News Pro Audio TheoryBoard Thy333 puts the building blocks of music at your fingertips by Jeremy Span Learning music theory can be daunting. It can be all the more frustrating when you just want to pick up your instrument, play and get straight into the creative zone….
News Pro Audio Serek unveils the Grand bass guitar, complete with a built-in fuzz circuit by Jeremy Span Stop everything, the bass just became cool again! Okay, it has always been cool. But never before has there been a bass that merges those sweet, juicy tones you’ve come…
News Pro Audio Meet Koala FX: a pocket-sized effects library from Elf Audio by Jeremy Span The brand new pocket-sized effects library from Elf Audio, Koala FX, lets you tweak anything that you’ve created in your mobile device’s host DAW instantly. It’s designed to be intuitive…