Audio & music gear news

Mackie extends its SRM Portable Series with the 1200W SRM1550, a 15" Subwoofer with built-in DSP.

IK Multimedia has introduced the DSP-equipped iLoud Micro Monitor, announced as "the smallest studio reference monitors in the world".

Mike Levine met Craig Anderton, who sampled three vintage Gibson basses to turn them into Cakewalk Rapture virtual instruments.

Waves present their virtual room simulation designed to make headphone mixing easier with head movement compensation - for as low as $49.

Casio demo their new MZ-X500 synthesizer at their NAMM Show booth.

Apogee presents the features of the Mk II versions of their Symphony I/O audio interface series.

Young company HEDD Audio has introduced the three monitors that constitute its ONE series - the Type 05, Type 07 and Type 30 models.

Lumit Audio is at the NAMM to demo their first release.

The new MXR M300 reverb offers different reverb models in a Phase90-sized box.

Ibanez has introduces a new silver sparkle version of the PS120 Paul Stanley signature model.

Seymour Duncan keeps extending its pedal range with this Catalina, a chorus box for guitars.

That's not a judgement but its name: Way Huge's new WHE208 is called the Overrated Special Overdrive, and it was elaborated for Joe Bonamassa.

Warwick has presented a new signature model for famous studio bass player Lee Sklar.

While he was at it, John Petrucci also got a new signature Crybaby wah model.

A longtime Mesa Boogie user, John Petrucci finally has his signature amplifier released.

After a period of two years of R&D, Chameleon Labs has introduced its new line of analog audio products at the NAMM Show.

Ibanez has introduced the MDB4 bass, the latest Mike D'Antonio signature model.

Nothing's confirmed, but AudioFanzineFR's Red Led has spotted in Vox & Korg's joint booth what might well be a modernized version of the Continental.

George Benson's Ibanez signature model GB10 is now available in a Standard Edition (SE) variation.

Dunlop's Cry Baby Bass Mini Wah takes everything from the 105Q - but in a way smaller size.

Tegeler Audio presents its Schwerkraftmaschine compressor, a vari-mu style analog device yet one with (more than) one foot in the digital world.

Neumann and Apogee have announced the release of a bundle including the Neumann TLM 102 large-diaphragm microphone and Apogee Duet audio interface.

Garritan has announced the future release next month of version 5 of their Personal Orchestra virtual orchestra software.

Reverend Guitars has introduces the BC-1, the signature guitar of the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan.

Line 6 introduces a new compact combo in their AMPLIFi range.