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IK Multimedia has drawn key tone-shaping features from its mighty Axe I/O instrument interface and put them into the Z-Tone Buffer Boost preamp pedal for gigging and Z-Tone DI active box for studio work.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTags: … Continue reading Z-Tone stomp and box let guitarists take control of their tone
For the last few years, the G5n has been Zoom’s flagship multi-effects floor unit for guitarists, but not for much longer. After launching at the NAMM show in January, the new G11 has now gone up for pre-order.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Technolog… Continue reading Zoom puts over 30 years of tone know-how into G11 multi-effects unit
Rather than haul around lots of amp heads and cabinets on tour, the Kemper Profiler Amp allowed guitarists to take thousands of accurately modeled amp sounds in one unit. Players were then offered tone switching control at their feet with the Remote, a… Continue reading Kemper releases a cabinet specifically designed for its Profiler Amp
There’s no denying that vintage guitar amps sound great, but they can be huge, expensive and prone to frequent breakdowns. Digital modeling has been getting better and better over the years, but there are folks who swear that the tones just don’t sound… Continue reading Neural networks create authentic digital models of analog amps
Back in 2014, guitarist Andy Alt launched a Kickstarter for an electric guitar pickup that added a separate drop-octave signal to the instrument’s lowest strings, The crowdfunding campaign was successful and A Little Thunder started shipping mid-2015. … Continue reading Thunderous guitar pickup brings out a guitarist’s inner bass player
Digital delay pedals are pretty good nowadays and even the cheaper ones do a pretty good job at emulating the sound of old analog delay effects. And that’s good, because the original delay effects can run you a pretty penny. If you’re in to DIY electronics, though, analog delay effects …read more
Back in 2011, Christoph Kemper introduced guitarists to a powerful digital amplifier that could accurately recreate the sounds of any other amp and store loads of them in one place. Four years later, players were offered the ability to switch… Continue reading Kemper takes the Stage with combined Profiler amp and Remote
Five years ago, Fishman’s TriplePlay controller gave us the opportunity to wirelessly tap into an almost infinite world of digital sounds on our laptop. Now the company has unveiled a new version called the Connect that offers a similar exper… Continue reading Fishman reveals MIDI guitar controller for the iPad generation
Back in 2016 we tried out a funky tremolo stomp that was wirelessly controlled by an on-guitar device called the Aero. We liked it. A lot. But sadly the company which made the system went bankrupt in late 2017. Wireless effects control didn’t… Continue reading Airpatch puts wireless pedal control on your guitar
If your band doesn’t have a keyboard player but your guitarist wants to rock the house with the spirit of Rick Wakeman or Jean-Michel Jarre, you can use something like Fishman’s excellent TriplePlay to tap into some sweet synth sounds. Or you… Continue reading Boss squeezes 121 synth sounds into a floor stomp