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Elektron Outbox 8 adds eight audio and CV outputs to its grooveboxes, out now at $349

Elektron has released Outbox 8, an eight-channel audio and CV breakout box that adds individual outputs to its grooveboxes. It is out now at $349, €299 or £259. Separate outputs ha...

Elektron Outbox 8 – Now Available: All the Specs for the New 8-Channel Interface

Elektron Outbox 8 is now officially available. Price, full specs, and important compatibility details for the new audio/CV interface. The post Elektron Outbox 8 – Now Available: Al...

IK Multimedia Releases TONEX Board - Dual-Path Guitar and Bass Processor with Four Simultaneous AI Tone Models

IK Multimedia has released TONEX Board, a hardware floor unit for guitar and bass that runs up to four AI-captured Tone Models simultaneously across two independent signal paths. T...

The Sound Lab: 3 Cool Pieces of Gear for Creative Sound Exploration – Perfect Match!

Into sound research and sonic experiments? Here's the gear for building your own sound lab and discovering entirely new worlds of sound. The post The Sound Lab: 3 Cool Pieces of Ge...

Boss EX-4 Effects Expander review

Boss's new EX-4 boasts a host of the company's famous effects in a compact package, in what could be a valuable addition to your board.

Boss debuts the EX-4 Effects Expander, a compact multi-FX that could be the ultimate pedalboard space saver

The EX-4 crams 120 fan-favorite Boss sounds into one box – and can run four of them at once

Audient Horizon: The Interfaces I’ve Been Asking Them to Build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQiQzChGJ7U&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: I’ve Asked for This for Years… Is the New Audient Horizon the...

7 Pieces of Studio Gear That Are Worth Splurging On

Electro-Harmonix Releases Adrian Belew Echoflanger Hardware Pedal

Electro-Harmonix has released the Adrian Belew Echoflanger, a hardware analog modulation and time-based effects unit. The pedal is a reissue and expansion of the original late-1970...

Angela Autumn Can't Do Without Her Fishman Platinum Acoustic Preamp

Appalachian-born, Nashville-based musician Angela Autumn told us about her love for her Fishman Platinum Acoustic Preamp... Angela Autumn: My most important piece of gear is my Fis...

"Takes the fight to Darkglass with a very distinct character of its own": EarthQuaker Devices Scrolls Bass Odyssey revie...

EarthQuaker and Kentaro Nakao join forces for a new bass preamp. Let's unfurl the Scrolls…

Lofi Vibes 2026: This Gear for Beatmakers Is a Perfect Match

Which gear pairs well for making lofi vibe beats and instrumental hip-hop? And even on the go? Here's our Perfect Match pick. The post Lofi Vibes 2026: This Gear for Beatmakers Is...

"Tonex sounds wrapped in a worthwhile, but imperfect floorboard": IK Multimedia Tonex Board review

IK Multimedia's flagship Tonex unit features a high-definition touchscreen, AmpliTube multi-effects, and significantly increased functionality.

What Weezer’s Brian Bell has got on his Mason Marangella-built pedalboard

A self-confessed gear freak, Bell has got his dream 'board well stocked. Take a deep breath, folks... there's a lot going on here

Players have asked for it for years. Now, Strymon has put one of its most celebrated tape circuits into a standalone ped...

Lifting the most cherished elements of the beloved tape saturation and double-tracker, La Brea takes things even further

Michigan Synth Works MSW-820S Is a Dual-Oscillator Mono Synth With a TB-303 Sequencer

Michigan Synth Works’s upcoming MSW-820S adds a TB-303 step sequencer to a two-oscillator analog synth with 16-mode filter. The post Michigan Synth Works MSW-820S Is a Dual-Oscill...

Sonicware ELZ_1 core, Dirtywave Announces a Performance Mixer, More: Synth Journal

Want a new Sonicware ELZ_1 core? Better hurry, because they’re limited to 50 units only… The post Sonicware ELZ_1 core, Dirtywave Announces a Performance Mixer, More: Synth Journal...

fBox Audio releases fBox Virtual Analogue Studio for Windows (VST3)

fBox Audio has released fBox, a complete virtual analogue studio for Windows. The suite comprises fBox Console, fBox Rack, nine multi-mode processing plug-ins and fMeter, a free me...

Signal Tools Co. Releases Pro Knob Rack - Free 10-Bay Host

Signal Tools Co. has released Pro Knob Rack, a free host for chaining the Pro Knob Series single-control mixing plugins. Chains can be saved and recalled in any session and any DAW...

Modular Hybrid 2026: Synthesizer and DAW in Harmony – Perfect Match!

A modular hybrid setup: a semi-modular synth, a CV-capable interface, and a matching DAW combine into an endlessly expandable Perfect Match. The post Modular Hybrid 2026: Synthesiz...

Rig breakdown: build your own version of Jack White's tricked-out stage setup

You've seen our rig tour, now shop the smorgasbord of pedals and other guitar gear driving Jack’s live sound