Flanger is Back: The Walrus Audio Polychrome
Want your guitar tone to blend in harmonically with a song? Or are you looking for a standout, vibrant modulation that sounds great on a lead? Walrus Audio built a pedal that lets you achieve both with the same stompbox! The Polychrome is a 100% analog flanger pedal that’s malleable to its environment — a […]
Breedlove ECO Collection: Kind to Our Planet, Music to Our Ears
Breedlove’s ECO Collection of guitars brings sustainable tonewoods to affordable price points. As an environmentally conscious guitar maker, Breedlove is at the forefront of using sustainable materials to create inspiring instruments. Every model from the ECO Collection is crafted from fully sustainable tonewoods with Breedlove’s innovative EcoTonewood technology. The EcoTonewood process eliminates the soft, absorbent […]
Fuzz Worship: Can Fuzz Be Used as an Instrument?
Fuzz as a guitar effect has made its way into rock & roll history with greats like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Its incredible power, long sustain and ability to elevate the average riff to a face-melting experience is well known and documented. But the fuzz pedal and effect in general can be […]
Live With the Denon DJ LC6000
Looking to get a little more out of your DJ rig? Watch our live demo of Denon DJ’s new LC6000 expansion controller! Resident DJ expert Jimmy guides us through the functionality of this unit, and how it can open up new possibilities in your next DJ set. Jun 25, 2021Mason
IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro Desktop Video Demo
IK Multimedia is back, reimagining their original pint-sized analog hardware synthesizer, the UNO, as a next-gen evolutionary instrument. The UNO Synth Pro is more than one of everything — it’s the next level of analog synthesis! In our exclusive video we explore the gamut of sounds and features available on this evolutionary IK Multimedia instrument. […]
Gail Ann Dorsey on Playing With Bowie, Music Man Basses, and More!
We chatted with Gail Ann Dorsey, longtime bassist for David Bowie, as well as Tears for Fears, The National, and many others, all about what she’s been up to and her affinity for playing Ernie Ball Music Man basses. Catch up with a replay of our livestream on the Blog! Jun 17, 2021Mason
Serato Studio Review
What exactly is a DJ company doing making a DAW? I wager, just like me, you had this same thought running in your head when word of Serato Studio software came out. It’s the elephant in the room anyone reviewing this software (as we’re wont to do today) must address. The Road to Serato Studio […]
Get Weird With the Way Huge Atreides
Way Huge has crafted some of the most widely used and potent effects pedals of all time. But now it’s time to get weird — in a good way! The Way Huge Atreides Weirding Module lets you add a ton of spice to your tone with a kaleidoscope of organic synth-like tones from a circuit […]
Akai MPC Live II Retro Edition Video Demo
Go back to the future with our exclusive colorway of the Akai MPC Live II groovebox! The MPC Live Retro Edition takes design cues from Roger Linn’s classic cream, “don’t call it early-’90s-PC-beige” finish with gray pads found on their first iconic MPC60 workstation. They’ve extended this aesthetic to their future classic, the MPC Live […]
