Guitar Technology

With a built‑in analogue compressor, Apogee’s Jam X is designed to get your guitar sound right from the start.

Blackstar have an enviable track record in building genuine valve amps. Can their first modelling plug‑in maintain those lofty standards?

This dual‑distortion box is equally at home with guitars,synths and drum machines, on a dusted‑daily desktop or a filthy stage pedalboard...

Still searching for an ‘always on’ overdrive that works with your guitar’s volume control turned up or backed off? Your search might be over...

This pedal brings Roland’s classic ’80s rackmount delay into the 21st Century, with dual delay engines and modern control options.

No synthesizers were used in the making of this plug‑in.

Does Line 6's streamlined approach to amp modelling manage to provide all the features needed for stage, studio and home?

The launch of the original Jamstik Studio marked a real advance in the world of pitch‑to‑MIDI guitars — and there’s now an alternative model for guitarists who prefer to play something more familiar.

Walrus Audio have come up with a pedal whose five switchable preset program types interact with the other controls to provide a range of granular effects that range from smooth and hypnotic to glitchy and agitated.

These two stompbox amps may look superficially the same and do have quite a lot in common, but each one seems to have been optimised for a different type of user.

There’s more to this stylish‑looking pedal than meets the eye!

IK Multimedia’s mini Axe has everything you need for recording solo guitar.

The Tonex Pedal makes IK’s powerful amp‑capture technology available in a standalone hardware unit.

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.

Croatia‑based manufacturer DryBell’s Module 4 design aims to recreate the famous Orange Squeezer compressor.

The BP1 and BP1 Compact are superb bass guitar preamplifiers in a pedal format.

MusicLab’s virtual guitars get a major overhaul.

These new all‑analogue simulations run a real tube on a high‑voltage supply, and cover a useful range of tonalities.

I recently had need of another looper pedal, but as it wasn’t something I’d need very often I wanted to...

Want to use a real Big Muff Pi in your DAW session? With this one, you can just plug and go...

What could possibly budge your favourite ‘big box’ delay off your pedalboard? Meris might just have the answer...