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Led by a Strymon co-founder, a professional multimedia designer, and a former Line 6 DSP engineer, Meris combines these disciplines to produce creative, original, and thoughtfully designed guitar pedals and 500 Series processors. Last year, after two full years of design and development, Meris brought to market their most ambitious product yet: the expansive LVX Modular Delay System, an advanced stereo delay processor that’s as powerful and customizable as it is easy to use.  Continue reading →

In June 2021, Universal Audio acquired the TEC award-winning Sphere L22 modeling microphone system and related technology from Townsend Labs, Inc., and the fruits of that deal have just arrived: the new UA Sphere DLX  ($1,499) and Sphere LX ($999). Used in conjunction with the Sphere plug-in, UA Sphere microphones bring the sound of dozens of painstakingly modeled legendary mics to your studio. Continue reading →

This year saw several exciting new monitors enter the market, while other recent favorites continued selling strong. With one exception, active monitors reigned supreme in 2022, including two-way and three-way designs, compact and streamlined cabinets, unique special-purpose models and advanced monitors with powerful DSP. If you’re shopping for monitors, you can’t go wrong with anything on this list of best studio monitors of 2022! Continue reading →

  The audio interface market has been booming recently, with each year bringing new devices that pack more features and advanced tech into ever more compact and affordable packages. The best-selling interfaces of 2022 include many streamlined two-channel units, a few mid-size desktop boxes with greater flexibility and even a couple of advanced rackmount models. With legendary console manufacturers like...

The new SSL 12 interface ($500) from Solid State Logic expands on the popular SSL 2 and 2+, bringing more inputs, outputs, expandability and features to fill a niche between streamlined desktop interfaces and professional rackmount units.  Continue reading →

Long before miniaturization made self-powered monitors with built-in amplifiers, crossovers and DSP chips a reality, passive speakers reigned supreme. In fact, active monitors have only become common in professional-level studios in the last few decades—and many, such as Blackbird, Power Station and Gold-Diggers Sound, still rely on passive monitors anyway. Certain passive speakers such as the Yamaha NS-10 have even gained a cult following among mixing engineers. Continue reading →

Pre-order the new Minimoog Model D synth from Vintage King to download an exclusive Model D Patchbook featuring the custom patches in this video!  As the world’s first portable synthesizer, the Minimoog Model D ($4,999) put the iconic sound of Moog’s massive modular synths into a format that was practical for touring musicians, making Moog a household name thanks to artists like Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Rick Wakeman, Sun Ra and Bernie Worrell (of Parliament-Funkadelic). With prewired modules that didn’t require patch cables, a streamlined layout and an attached keyboard with pitch and modulation wheels, the Model D made synthesis accessible to the masses. Continue reading →

Optical tube compressors are famous for their smooth leveling and transparent sound, but they’re not usually the go-to choice for characterful saturation. However, Heritage Audio’s new Tubesessor ($2,499.00) takes this classic design and kicks it up a notch, offering classic warm and musical compression with the option to spice things up with tube saturation and creative sidechain filters. If you need a great stereo compressor that can go from mild to wild at the turn of a knob, the Tubesessor deserves a place in your rack. Continue reading →

According to Eventide, the next-generation H90 Harmonizer ($899) was designed to be the “heart of your rig.” But with 62 premium effects algorithms, powerful new processing technology, flexible signal routing and an I/O section that rivals some audio interfaces, the H90 might as well be the brain of your rig, too.  Continue reading →

Warm Audio is well known for its faithful recreations of classic analog gear, with dozens of microphones, preamps, compressors, EQs and effects pedals in its portfolio. The company’s latest stompboxes, the Centavo ($179) and Warmdrive ($149), continue that tradition, bringing updated recreations of two beloved distortion effects to the market. Continue reading →