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Moog Music Ships the MF-107 FreqBox Moogerfooger 

Moog Music's new Moogerfooger features a VCO that can be hard-synced by the input signal, frequency-modulated by the input signal, and much more....

Download of the Month 

Len Sasso

FreeG (free) is a channel strip plug-in with extensive metering and customization options. It is intended for use as a track insert effect and is available...

TC Electronic Ships Reissued Classic Pedal Series 

The Classic effects pedals include the TC XII Phaser, the Booster+Distortion, and the Sustain+Parametric Equalizer. Guitarists can now own fresh versions of classic TC Electronic sounds from the 1970s....

AUDIO ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES (AEA) 

By Myles Boisen

Addressing the unique needs of ribbon mics, Audio Engineering Associates (AEA) has released the Ribbon Pre (TRP; $965), a 2-channel solid-state JFET mic...

BOSS RC-50 Loop Station 

By Larry the O

Numerous musical genres employ looping, and numerous hardware and software tools supply looping functionality. One of the latest hardware devices for...

Spectrasonics Releases Universal Binary Update to Stylus RMX 

Spectrasonics has released the official Universal Binary update to Stylus RMX Realtime Groove Module. ...

DUY Releases DaD Tape for RTAS, AU, VST, and MAS 

Now available in RTAS, AU, VST, and MAS formats, DUY's DaD Tape plug-in features real analog tape sound; physical modelling of four tape machines, including an old vintage machine with valve circuitry, a transistor-based machine from the late 1960s, and an operational amplifier-based machine from the 1970s; and more....

Solid State Logic Announces Drumstrip Plug-in 

Solid State Logic's Duende rackmount workstation has a new complement in the form of a drum-processing plug-in called Drumstrip....

Digidesign Reveals Reel Tape Suite and Structure 

New plug-ins were this year's NAMM focus for Digidesign, which lifted the curtain on a set of analog-tape emulations called Reel Tape Suite ($495), as well as an RTAS sampler dubbed Structure (price TBD)....

A-Designs Audio Releases EM-PEQ 

Seeking to capture the legendary sound of the Pultec EQP-1A equalizer, A-Designs Audio has released the EM-PEQ ($1,500) 500-series EQ module....

PIGTRONIX OFO Disnortion 

By Eli Crews

The Pigtronix OFO Disnortion ($249.99) is a 3-tier analog effects box with three rugged footswitches across the bottom edge of its double-wide chassis....

SoundHack Spectral Shapers Released in RTAS and Universal Binary Formats 

San Diego-based SoundHack has released the Spectral Shapers 1.2 plug-in bundle, which is now compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools 7.0 and higher. This new version also adds Universal Binary support to its VST, AU, and RTAS plug-ins....

Eliosound AirEQ v. 1.2 

Based on Eliosound's AMLT (Analog Matched Linear Transform) technology, the Eliosound AirEQ v. 1.2 (Mac/Win; $269) is a new EQ plug-in that features analog-like curves, no processing delay, and low CPU usage, according to the manufacturer....

Z.VEX EFFECTS Ringtone 

By Myles Boisen

In the ever-expanding universe of way-out boutique pedals, Zachary Vex is a tireless innovator. One of his latest offerings is the Ringtone ($499), a...

MID-FI ELECTRONICS 

By Myles Boisen

As an experimental guitarist, I've always wished for an effects pedal that could inject random, uncontrollable noises into my sound at the touch of a...

MERCURY Grand Pre 

By Michael Cooper

Mercury Recording Equipment began operations in the year 2000 and quickly became known as a boutique pro-audio manufacturer locked in a love affair with...

METASONIX 

By Gino Robair

After turning the world on its damaged ears with a pair of volatile distortion boxes, the Agonizer and the Butt Probe (see www.emusician.com for the reviews),...

JOEMEEK sixQ 

By Eli Crews

Studio-gear manufacturer Joemeek, named after the innovative record producer and audio pioneer from the '50s and '60s, makes a next-generation line of...

FIRST ACT
V-Stack classic and Tweedy 

By Orren Merton

First Act claims its V-Stack pedals are not simply distortion pedals but complete amplifier simulators in pedal form. This review will focus on two of...

BOSS RT-20 

By Nick Peck

The Boss RT-20 Rotary Sound Processor ($299) simulates the sound of the Leslie rotating-speaker cabinet. The Leslie's rich, whirling tremolo is associated...