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NAMM 2024: Martin remasters its affordable X Series acoustic guitars – available from $599
Playability and cosmetics upgraded
NAMM 2024: Love the sound of your own voice? iZotope’s AI-powered Vocal Enhancement Assistant plugin promises to make it sound even better
At least the quality of your spoken word recordings will be high, even if what you’re saying doesn't make sense
NAMM 2024: "One of the best days of my career was the day I opened up that case with that guitar and my name on the 12th fret" – Mark Tremonti demos and reflects with his signature guitar and MT-100 head at the PRS factory
The full 'Monti: 23 years on from its launch, the guitarist recalls the beginnings and why the model has barely changed
NAMM 2024: Korg’s Poetry, a ‘Chopin piano’, could be the most unexpected signature instrument ever
Surely it should have been called the ‘Chopiano’, though?
NAMM 2024: "The perfect practice partner"? Korg's cute new KR-11 drum machine's mission is to make beats for players, with minimum fuss
Battery-powered beat machine looks a lot of fun
NAMM 2024: Ibanez refreshes the FRH10N nylon-string electro with two smart new finishes – a more affordable option for Tim Henson tones
The FRH10N doesn't have the ‘Tree of Death’ inlay and Fishman system of the Polyphia guitarist’s model but it offers Playing God tones and a hybrid feel for under 500 bucks, and those fresh colours look sweet
NAMM 2024: IK Multimedia’s iRig Stream Mic USB is a more affordable version of its compact mic/audio interface
Here are the key differences between the USB and Pro models
NAMM 2024: “Brazil in the ‘70s had some genuinely unique fuzz tones, and that's what we've aimed to capture with this pedal”: Beetronics packs three classic flavours into the Abelha Tropical Fuzz
Here's a vintage-inspired fuzzbox to help you nail the sounds of Os Mutantes and their fellow travellers in the Brazilian Tropicália movement, but it does a whole lot more besides
NAMM 2024: It’s a Stylophone, but not as we know it - CPM DS-2 is a compact, portable analogue drone synth
Out with the stylus, in with the serious synthesis
NAMM 2024: Epiphone launches the Rex Brown Thunderbird, and the Pantera bassist’s new signature model is a classy display of low-end power
Finished in Ebony with gold accents, and a fun little doddle on the rear control cover, this is Epiphone applying going high-end with a serious signature bass for the rock and metal player
NAMM 2024: “Explore a unique and wild sonic landscape”: Walrus Audio teams up with Hagerman Amplification for the tube-equipped Silt Harmonic fuzz
A premium fuzz pedal with a 12AU7 preamp tube for added warmth. Now that is luxury
NAMM 2024: Mackie makes moves with new mixers, interfaces and an all-in-one portable performance system
Musicians, content creators and streamers are all being catered for
NAMM 2024: Yamaha's Seqtrak is an all-in-one synth, drum machine, sampler and sequencer that could be an affordable rival to Teenage Engineering's OP-1
Could this be the coolest piece of music-making gear to be unveiled at NAMM 2024?
NAMM 2024: “Harmonically rich American tone in a compact and easily portable package”: Gibson’s relaunched guitar amplifier line takes flight with the Randall Smith-designed Falcon tube combos
The Falcon 20 and Falcon 5 are all-tube combos, based on the Gibson amps of the '60s and designed with Smith and his Mesa/Boogie team in California
NAMM 2024: Laney antes up with the launch of the world’s most-powerful FRFR guitar cabinet – a 4x12 monster packing 2600W that was developed with Devin Townsend
You will hear the Laney LFR-412 in action on Guthrie Govan's forthcoming tour with The Aristocrats... With max volume a jet plane rivalling 139dB, you will hear it from anywhere!
NAMM 2024: Korg updates its Gadget music production software and plugin suite with new gadgets, effects and VST3/AUv3 support
You can now use all of Gadget's 40+ instruments and effects as plugins in your DAW
NAMM 2024: Prince’s stunning custom Yamaha grand piano, the last instrument he played on stage, to go on display
"He played chopsticks first, then a few minutes of classical music without singing. He finished with the piano and did not play again publicly”
NAMM 2024: “The purest snare sound ever achieved…” Tama’s 50th Anniversary Mastercraft Bell Brass puts the snare drum behind Metallica, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine and more back on the market
Watch Gojira’s Mario Duplantier put the Tama 50th Anniversary Mastercraft Bell Brass through its paces
