Audio & music gear news

At the NAMM, Antelope Audio has displayed the Goliath, a massive audio interface about which very little has filtered, but we tell you more.

Quilter Labs has introduces their new Pro Block 200 guitar amp head.

Amptweaker has introduced the new Jr Series distortion pedals, three compact (but also less complete) variations of some of their original models.

Fender has introduced the Fender In-Ear Monitor Series, with five models claiming to deliver an "immersive listening experience".

Numark has introduced the CDMIX USB, a dual CD player with USB ins to allow mixing from up to two USB keys.

Peavey present the new 6505 subwoofer, the latest addition to their 6505 Series.

Amptweaker has introduced TightMetal ST, the latest evolution of their TightMetal guitar distortion pedal.

Taylor has introduced new 12-string guitars at the NAMM, among which the 858e and 562ce 12-Fret models.

Duesenberg has introduced the Alliance Soundgarden Black Hole Sun, a collective signature model dedicated to the band Soundgarden.

Radial Engineering presents the Key-Largo keyboard interface - a keyboard mixer, DAC, effects loop and remote control all in a compact pedal format.

Thermionic has announced a new 19" stereo tube EQ, and as usual with the British brand it will sport a bird-inspired name: the Swift.

Hughes & Kettern demonstrate their new Tubemeister Deluxe 20 & 40 models.

Alesis present Strike, their new series of electronic drumkits.

With this Limited 1967 Closet Classic Smuggler's Telecaster, the Fender Custom Shop offers a variation on the concept of "hollow body guitar".

SONiVOX has announced its new Pitch[2]MIDI real-time audio-to-MIDI synthesizer and converter software.

A-Designs has presented the Reddi V2, a rack-mountable version of their Reddi all-tube DI unit.

Randall Amplifiers presents its new Kirk Hammett Signature KH103 all-tube guitar amplifier head.

3rd Power has unveiled the Citizen Gain, their latest all-tube guitar amp head to date.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Morton Microphone Systems is at the NAMM Show to present their KickTone co-axial dynamic mic for bass drums.

Peavey has reintroduced their Cirrus 4 bass guitar model at the 2016 NAMM.

Way Huge Electronics has introduced the latest evolution of their Green Rhino Overdrive: this one has a smaller housing and extra control.

At the NAMM, Akai has introduced its new BT-100 and BT-500 belt-drive turntables.

Dunlop keeps miniaturizing its pedals, and this time it's the DVP3 Volume (X) that gets adapted into the (somehow counterintuitively) smaller DVP4.

Mike Levine interviews Avid's marketing manager Tom Graham about the cloud-collaboration features in the soon-to-be-released Pro Tools 12.5.

An presentation of the three new plugins to be introduced with the upcoming UAD software's version 8.5.