The new product announcements are beginning to ramp up in anticipation for the imminent NAMM 2013 show and IK Multimedia have just announced a new Bluetooth MIDI pedal for iPhone, iPad and Mac: the iRig BlueBoard. This handy little gadget allows for hands-free operation of your music apps, allowing you …

The title says it all! Moog have been hinting at it for days but they've now officially announced that they will be releasing a new analogue mono synth this year - the Sub Phatty! It looks great, it sounds 'PHAT' and thankully, it is priced extremely competitively! To get to grips …

Enhancing the ubiquitous line of BOSS compacts, Roland have announced the production of three more flavours of guitar goodness, the TE-2 Tera Echo, DA-2 Adaptive Distortion and MO-2 Multi Overtone. Each give away their sonic character in their name (as with many of the BOSS compacts that have gone before …

Roland have today announced two brand new recorders - the CD-2u SD/CD recorder and the SD-2u SD recorder. Both are designed to be easy to use and operate as standalone units, allowing portable 2-track recording straight to CD-R/CDRW or SD/SDHC cards. Apart from the inclusion of a CD …

A new Roland flagship 16 x 10 USB interface for Mac and PC has been announced in the shape of the Roland Studio-Capture, along with its little cousin, the Duo-Capture Mk2. As portable USB I/O goes, the Roland Studio-Capture takes the prize for microphone connectivity. Boasting twelve premium “VS …

Roland have announced a new CUBE Lite series of table-top portable amplifiers. The CUBE Lite MONITOR Amplifier and the CUBE Lite GUITAR Amplifier (available in a range of colours) are designed for music practice, music lessons, home entertainment, meeting rooms and as a music system for your digital music library …

Drawing on decades of synthesiser experience, Roland have created a performance keyboard that meets the needs of gigging keyboard players whilst retaining world-class sounds. Meet the Roland VR-09 V-Combo keyboard.

If you're a keyboard player, you'll know how important it is to have everything right at your fingertips just when …

Novation have just announced a new product at NAMM - the Novation LaunchKey. Available in 25, 49 and 61 note versions, this excellent range of controller keyboards packs intuitive hands-on control, transport buttons, a synth-action keyboard, powerful software and velocity-sensitive Launchpad pads into a fantastically low priced controller! What's more is …

More NAMM 2013 news with Natal set to launch their Spirit Series of drum kits! These Spirit kits will be mid-priced and will be available in three different sub-models: Fusion, US Fusion and Fusion X, alongside a selection of individual drums. There will be two levels to the Spirit Series …

In preparation for NAMM 2013, Moog have released a teaser video of their brand new analogue synth. Check out Herb Deutsch playing with it whilst explaining some of its features. If you're anything like us, after hearing it you'll be itching for the imminent full announcement at NAMM 2013 later …