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Review: IK Multimedia UltraTuner for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch

A guitar tuner for iPhone used to be a revolutionary concept. But IK Multimedia want to take this further with UltraTuner for iPhone, iPad and... Apple Watch. How does it perform? Find out below.

Review: Sample Logic Cinematic Guitars Infinity

There's no point hiding it. Our review for Sample Logic's Cinematic Guitars Infinity is very positive. The reason? CGI is one of the most impressive instruments/sample libraries we've encountered.

Strum GS-2 Now with Acoustic and Electric Guitars

Strum GS-2 is a plug-in for guitar track production. And features an impressive collection of acoustic and electric guitars, automatic chord recognition, sophisticated chord voicing, strumming & more.

ACPAD: An Innovative Wireless MIDI Controller for Acoustic Guitar

ACPAD is about to launch via Kickstarter. What is it? In a nutshell, it's a wireless MIDI controller that fits around the body of an acoustic guitar and lets you trigger sounds from your DAW. Cool.

Review: BIAS FX: Dream Pedalboards for iPad Guitarists

With their earlier JamUp app, Positive Grid made a splash with guitarists. Now with BIAS FX, they hope to bring on a flood. Matthew Loel T. Hepworth takes the plunge to find out more.

IK Multimedia AmpliTube 4 for iOS Includes Superior Sound, 4-Track Looper

IK's mobile guitar and bass tone studio adds a new ultra-realistic DSP, new dual 3D mic positioning, a new Looper feature, an updated interface with an improved browsing system and more. Videos below.

Review: Universal Audio & Softube Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959 Amp

I like when you open a guitar plug-in, play a few notes to sound check, and say '˜whoa' to yourself'"in a good way. That's just what happened when I plugged into the new Marshall Plexi Super Lead amp.

Universal Audio Releases Neve 88RS & Marshall Plexi Super Lead with UAD 8.1

New software for UAD-2 DSP Accelerators and Apollo interfaces offers most powerful Neve channel strip emulation to date, as well as first genuine Marshall Plexi emulation plug-in in history.

Mixing Tips: How to Improve Your DI Acoustic Guitar Recordings

Sometimes recording acoustic guitars and finding that sweet spot can be tricky. Joe Albano explains how to improve the quality of your recordings depending on the pickups used in the mix.

Review: IK Multimedia iRig 2

When iRig was released it became the standard for recording guitar into your iOS device. And now there's iRig 2. Matt Vanacoro finds out what improvements have been made to this second edition.

Review: Jim Dunlop Il Torino Overdrive

Are you looking for a guitar pedal to help you recreate the sound of classic tube preamps? Sara Simms puts the Jim Dunlop il Torino Overdrive to the test.

Taking 3 Universal Audio Stomp Box Plug-Ins on Vacation

With some choice hardware and plug-ins, even when you're out of the studio you can get some truly excellent sounding guitars. Rich Tozzoli uses his UA Apollo and 3 stomp boxes in UAD v8 to good effect

Positive Grid Launches BIAS FX, Pro Guitar Effects & Amp Rig

BIAS FX for Mac, Windows and iOS provides any pedals, amps, stereo FX and routing options any guitar player could dream of. Plus, Positive Grid tell us it has the best sound quality possible.

UA Apollo Thunderbolt 2 Interview

Soon after the release of the new Universal Audio Apollo range (Thunderbolt 2 and special Firewire version) and the Marshall Plexi Super Lead plug-in, we interviewed Gannon & Amanda from UA at Messe.

Pittsburgh Modular Patch Box Makes Modular Effects Pedals Dream Come True

Pittsburgh Modular wants keyboardists and guitarists to get into the modular, patching vibe. And their newly released Patch Box looks set to do just that!