
GearExpo UK 2026
Over 150 manufacturers took part in GearExpo UK, demonstrating everything from mics, synths and interfaces through to large-format consoles and high-end monitoring systems.
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Over 150 manufacturers took part in GearExpo UK, demonstrating everything from mics, synths and interfaces through to large-format consoles and high-end monitoring systems.

Following the news of Native Instruments joining the inMusic brand line-up, Academy and Emmy Award-winning visual effects software developer Boris FX have announced their acquisition of iZotope.

Sine Machine is the debut launch from Melatonin, a Vienna-based developer who have spent the past six years creating what they describe as “a friendly starting point for additive synthesis”.

Along with a range of user-requested improvements, SpectraLayers 13 comes loaded with a suite of new tools dedicated to creative unmixing, speech refinement, audio reconstruction and noise control.

The Anagram Limited Edition Guitar Essentials is finished in a sleek matte-black enclosure, and comes loaded with a curated library of classic amp and effects models chosen by Sweetwater and Andertons.

Bringing together an array of “microtonal, stammering, stuttering, strangulated tones”, Brackish Pads is said to be best suited to heartbreaking, tragic and profound music.

Akai recapture the magic of MPC with a powerful, portable groovebox.

The name Leviasynth suggests an enormous beast of tremendous depth... which isn’t too wide of the mark.

We check out a new FET compressor emulation based on producer Greg Wells’ favourite vintage unit.

Barefoot’s latest compact three‑way represents a significant step up from its predecessor.

Clean gain isn’t exactly a problem for us these days, so we often look to dedicated preamps more for their tonal character and ease of control. The new 1588 offers both.

Cherry Audio’s take on the Crumar DS‑2 could be better than the original...

Could the new Folder Track features in Cubase help you better organise your projects?

When game developers turn their hand to making studio effects, the results are bound to be highly playable!

With two channels, ample gain, character on tap, and an EQ section thrown in for good measure, there’s plenty to commend this capable preamp.

British producer, composer and musician Neil Davidge has worked with David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, UNKLE and Damon Albarn. Asked to recall a sonic highlight from his career, he nominates Massive Attack’s 1998 classic ‘Teardrop’.

Rediscovering the human has helped producer Gabe Simon to enjoy colossal hit albums with Noah Kahan and Dermot Kennedy.

Since RX11 came out, there’ve been huge leaps in AI‑based audio repair and separation tools. iZotope’s boffin’s have now delivered their reply — can RX12 reclaim its crown?

The C706 aims to shine a new light on one of the great capsule designs.

As music production environments become more complex, the challenge of making those environments accessible grows. From a design perspective, macros are an excellent tool for this purpose.