The latest additions to Universal Audio’s UAFX digital stompbox range offer faithful recreations of classic studio tape delays, reverbs, compressors — and even a vintage microphone preamp.
Standard & Eddie Van Halen signature models available
The latest delay pedals from Boss emulate the sound of the Roland SDE-3000 Digital Delay, with one model offering an authentic recreation of Eddie Van Halen's live amp and effects setup.
Compressor and boost pedal features a built-in direct output
Wampler's latest pedal has been developed with Grammy-nominated artist Cory Wong, who wanted to combine the company's EGO effect with a boost pedal and add a built-in direct output.
Peter Wade talks to Paul White about his route into the industry, from starting out as an electronics engineer through to opening his own valve amp repair company, Revalver.
Individually catering to both guitar and bass players, Origin Effects' latest offerings offer a mix of vintage-inspired drive and EQ that helps to introduce everything from subtle boosts through to fuzz-like “cranked console” saturation.
Over 10,000 user-created Tone Models for IK Multimedia's TONEX software are now available, and the company are giving away a collection of hardware and software to celebrate.
Blackstar's latest amplifier offers three channels, CabRig modelling technology, a boost circuit and a reverb processor, all in a compact pedalboard-friendly format.
Paul White takes us through the history and evolution of guitar synths, from early attempts at creating onboard sounds and audio-to-MIDI pickups, through to using pedals and plug-ins to emulate synth effects.
High-gain Heroes adds an additional 50 Premium Tone Models to IK Multimedia's TONEX library, bringing the total count of amp and cabinet models to 1100.
HeadRush's new flagship pedalboard system greatly expands on the capabilities of its predecessor, boasting built-in amp cloning, new effects and amp models and onboard Auto-Tune processing courtesy of Antares.
Paul White explains how to get the best out of Amp Simulation software, from achieving a good guitar input signal, setting up effective monitoring for encouraging the best performance and tips on obtaining the desired end-effect.