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New Toys: Latin Percussion Mona Tavakoli Signature Lil' MT Box Cajons
The improved LP® Mona Tavakoli Signature MT Box Cajon (model # LP14431) is now made from hand-crafted, nine-ply birch wood with a four-string factory-tuned front and a Peruvian-style sound board to ... -
New Toys: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x–Limited Edition
The new ATH-M50xIB and wireless ATH-M50xBT2IB are limited-edition "Ice Blue" color versions of A-T’s popular ATH-M50x. A global crowd-sourcing campaign was used to come up with the most popular color ... -
NEW TOYS: Soundevice Digital/United Plug-ins' Pluralis
Pluralis is a stereo delay plug-in with four operating modes named: Left/Right, Low/Hi, Quiet/Loud, and Mid/Side. Once you discover and learn how these modes work, you will be sufficiently intrigued to ... -
NEW TOYS: Synclavier Digital's Regen
Regen is a desktop-sized module version of New England Digital’s Synclavier® II digital synthesizer keyboard. Its smaller size, lower price, and significantly enhanced performance are due to modern DSP as compared ... -
NEW TOYS: Andy Fuchs Clean Machine II Amp Head
One of five new guitar and bass amps available, Clean Machine II is the latest 50-watt guitar amp head built on Fuchs' standard ODS chassis. It is a "clean pedal platform ... -
NEW TOYS: PSP Stereo Controller2
PSP Stereo Controller2 is a redesigned version of the original PSP Stereo Controller, now with an updated resizable interface (GUI) and the ability to fix many common stereo audio problems. However, ... -
NEW TOYS: Wavesfactory Equalizer
In the plug-in drop down list you'll see a processor called Equalizer listed along with Trackspacer and other worthwhile processors from Wavesfactory. Equalizer is called an "automatic EQ" with 32-bands of ... -
NEW TOYS: D'Addario ProMark Nylon Brushes
ProMark Nylon Brushes have the feel, weight, and precise control and balance of a stick and the sound of a brush. ProMark Nylon Brushes have internal counterweights, a soft-touch handle, and ... -
New Toys: TRX Lets Drummers Custom-Design Cymbals
The new Custom Cymbal builder on the TRX Cymbals website allows drummers the ability to design their own cymbals and have them made by TRX's master cymbal makers. This is ... -
New Toys: Nugen Audio Jotter
Jotter is a note-taking and collaboration software system. Jotter is a time code-linked annotation tool that allows engineers, mixers and producers to collaborate between each other and directly with clients ... -
New Toys: Beyerdynamic Free BYRD Ear Buds
The Free BYRD Ear Buds from Beyerdynamic are Bluetooth-enabled and sound better than my expensive wired models. With their closed-backed dynamic transducers, I've been using them every day with my ... -
New Toys: Warm Audio Warmdrive
Warm Audio's Warmdrive is an overdrive pedal that pays homage to the original "Dumble amp in a box" overdrive pedal called Hermida Audio Zendrive. This stomp box overdrive pedal depends ... -
New Toys: Yamaha FG9 Acoustic Guitar
One of the highlights at the 2023 NAMM Show was Yamaha's FG9 steel-string acoustic guitar. This is an excellently made instrument specifically designed for singer-songwriters pursuing the highest level of ... -
New Toys: Synido MIDI TempoPad
The Synido TempoPAD's small size and simple operation makes is easy to carry and use. So it's perfect for using with a laptop or even a smart phone—anywhere, even when ... -
New Toys: Yamaha DM3 Music Mixers
There are two compact DM3 mixers just out by Yamaha: the DM3-D features Dante audio networking interfacing for connecting to a wide range of compatible audio devices and the DM3 ... -
New Toys: Monoprice Dark Matter Sentry Streaming Microphone
The Monoprice Dark Matter streaming mic is a complete USB stereo interface and electret condenser microphone with four switchable polar patterns. I tried cardioid, bi-directional (figure-of-8), stereo and omnidirectional pickup ... -
New Toys: Neural DSP Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite
The latest from Helsinki-based Neural DSP is Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite plug-in—a collection of emulations of Mesa Engineering's sought-after amp tops along with a choice of three different speaker ... -
New Toys: Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-X Mic Activator
The Cloudlifter X contains a custom-designed Cinemag transformer plus an ultra-clean, phantom-powered pre-amplifier circuit. The two gain ranges available are: a 12dB boost (default) with the More/Max button pushed in ... -
New Toys: Metric Halo/Make Believe Studios Sontec MES 432-D9D EQ
The Sontec MES 432-D9D plug-in is a software recreation of the parametric mastering equalizer originally released in 1972. Burgess Macneal shares the original parametric EQ invention and design with George ... -
New Toys: United/Soundevice Plug-ins VoxDucker
VoxDucker is a very useful plug-in when there isn't time to do a studied, automated vocal ride over a raucous and rowdy track—maybe a quick an dirty demo mix to ...
