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Moogify your iPhone with Filtatron

Moog Music brings high quality sound-shaping to Apple devices with the Filtatron - a real-time audio effects app that's easy to have fun with and comes packed with features. While it's not a synth, the Filtatron combines filtering and effects to manipulate the sound from the on-board oscillator, sampler, or…Click on the title for more

Moogify your iPhone with Filtatron

Fairfield Circuitry Four Eyes Crossover Fuzz

From the shivery north of Canada comes a new breed of fuzz. Fairfield Circuitry’s Four-Eyes Crossover Fuzz is one nerd that fights back with an innovative design. Most fuzz pedals on the market today feature circuit variants on a few retro designs from the ‘60s and 70’s – the Fuzz…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Four Eyes Crossover Fuzz

Fryette Amplification to Release Pedal Line in 2011

Fryette Amplification is best known for their hand-built, high quality guitar amps and cabinets, and soon they'll add a line of pedals to their repertoire. The Sound Effects series of tube-driven pedals will debut with the S.A.S. distortion and Boostassio boost, and should be available for around $199 street. Premier Guitar…Click on the title for more

Fryette Amplification to Release Pedal Line in 2011

Studio Projects CS5 Review

As a rule, I love large diaphragm condensers because condensers tend to be very accurate and the large diaphragm gives their sound a really desirable smoothness. But cheaper mics can sound harsh or they can lack that true-to-life accuracy. So you pay for quality, right? Yes, but you don’t always…Click on the title for more

Studio Projects CS5 Review

Stutter Edit Plugin and a new Nord introduced at NAMM

Gigging musicians will want to check out the Nord Piano 88, which has been designed with live performance in mind. This new 88 key stage piano from Nord weighs in at just 39.6 pounds, but it's heavy on features. In addition to 24 banks of 5 programs totaling 120 different…Click on the title for more

Stutter Edit Plugin and a new Nord introduced at NAMM

More NAMM 2011: Rupert Neve Portico Plugins and AKG Groove Pack

Steinberg is teaming up with Rupert Neve Designs to release the first plugins modeled after Rupert's Portico Series analog gear. The 5043 Compressor and 5033 EQ will both be available in VST and AU formats, for a price not yet announced. "Particularly known for designing all-analog signal processing equipment, Rupert…Click on the title for more

More NAMM 2011: Rupert Neve Portico Plugins and AKG Groove Pack

NAMM News: Blue Reactor Mic, Eventide Space Reverb

New product news from NAMM 2011: A uniquely-styled multi-pattern condenser from Blue Microphones, and the latest addition to the Eventide stompbox line. Blue's new mic, the Reactor, will be available this coming spring for $499 retail. While the mic body could double as a hockey puck, the large diaphragm condenser…Click on the title for more

NAMM News: Blue Reactor Mic, Eventide Space Reverb

Blues Writer An iPhone App for Songwriters

A new App in the iTunes store called Blues Writer, is designed to help songwriters with the creative process. When stumped for a verse, you can double click and select a word from Schirmers Complete Rhyming Dictionary, which includes over 96,000 rhymes. The built in Instrumental tracks help put a…Click on the title for more

Blues Writer An iPhone App for Songwriters

Bucktone Effects debuts with Black Powder Pedal

New pedalmaker Bucktone Effects is officially on the scene, and shipping its inaugural product, the Black Powder. This distortion/overdrive pedal allows you to break up and compress your signal, while affording you control over the tone of the resulting sound. In addition to gain and volume knobs, the Black Powder…Click on the title for more

Bucktone Effects debuts with Black Powder Pedal

3 new pedals from T-Rex

Danish pedalmaker T-Rex Engineering is kicking off the new year with three new guitar pedals which we are looking forward to meet "in person" at the NAMM convention. Facelifts have been given to their Twister Chorus/Flanger and Reptile Delay pedals, and their affordable Tonebug line now includes a sustainer. The Twister…Click on the title for more

3 new pedals from T-Rex

Prizes for The Deli Year End Local Polls!

Here is the list of prizes that our sponsors of The Deli Year End Polls for Emerging Artists are providing for the winners: 10 copies of PreSonus Studio One 1.3 DAW - Full Review here Every now and again, a product sneaks up on the audio public in a way…Click on the title for more

Prizes for The Deli Year End Local Polls!

Audio Repair with iZotope RX 2

iZotope has released the latest version of their audio repair toolkit, with some new features and tools included to help you remove hum, hiss, pops, and any other unwanted noise from your audio. RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced both function as standalone editors, as well as a collection of…Click on the title for more

Audio Repair with iZotope RX 2