Studio & Stage
Walrus Audio has introduced Canvas Expression, a pedal built to replace the mechanical guts of a traditional expression pedal with something that doesn’t wear out. Where most expression pedals rely on a potentiometer, string, or gear track to translate foot…
Ravine DSP has released version 1.3 of Inter::State, the VST3/AU plug-in host built to organize the effects musicians already own. The update centers on Slot Scenes, a new way to save and recall a hosted plug-in’s settings without leaving the…
Alesis Drums and Zildjian have announced a partnership that brings sampled Zildjian cymbal sound into Alesis electronic drum kits and BFD software, giving electronic drummers access to cymbal tones drawn directly from Zildjian’s own sample library rather than generic presets.…
Most firmware updates are quiet, incremental things: a bug fix here, a minor UI tweak there. But every so often, a piece of software fundamentally changes what a piece of hardware can do. HeadRush’s latest update for its Prime, Core,…
Reverse reverb has always sounded better than it was ever easy to make. Swelling in ahead of a sound instead of trailing behind it, the effect has anchored countless vocal entrances, drum fills, and drops, but building one meant printing…
PRS Guitars is bringing its Birds of a Feather inlay to a Core guitar for the first time in the Custom 24 “Birds of a Feather” Limited Edition, a 360-piece run that pairs the design with one of the company’s…
Native Instruments has released SuperStarSaw, a synthesizer built with A. G. Cook, the PC Music founder and 2025 BRIT Producer of the Year, around the stacked sawtooth technique that runs through his work with Charli xcx, Caroline Polachek, and Oklou.…
Gamechanger Audio has redesigned the PLUS Pedal, the Riga, Latvia company’s best-selling sustain effect, building it around an entirely new sound engine and a broader set of performance tools. The original became a favorite across genres for its ability to…
Blackstar has expanded its Doug Aldrich signature lineup with the new DA5 Ruby, a 5-watt all-tube combo designed to deliver the character of Aldrich’s 100-watt DA100 Ruby in a format built for home practice, recording, and smaller studios. Rather than…
Marshall has unveiled the 1959BJA Billie Joe Armstrong Artist Signature, its first artist-signature amplifier in 14 years. Developed with the Green Day guitarist, the handwired 100-watt head is built on Marshall’s legendary 1959HW platform while incorporating a custom “Dookie Mod”…
