Music Gear and Equipment Reviews

With this coast-crossing, platform-hopping, semi-modular synth, Intellijel aims to win a torrent of new fans. We get into the flow

The single-pickup Tele you've been waiting for?

Iconic studio reverb scaled down for your pedalboard

The unique sound of the Vocoder is synonymous with the future, and thanks to Zynaptiq, the future’s looking particularly orange…

The legendary studio compressor / limiter in a pedal

The most affordable vintage Fender option still comes at a relative premium for a Mexican model – is it a fair deal?

Larger, denser absorption panels for multiple applications. Is your home studio big enough?

Not so much a tweak as a full upgrade, the Akai APC64 acquires new abilities – and a new audience?

Austrian Audio’s new MiCreator Studio is equally at home recording podcasts as it is instruments. Could this be the one mic you need?

The Cambridge effects company gives its OOP limited-edition Focus Fuzz a silicon makeover but again the goal is simple – to be the fuzz for all occasions that even fuzz agnostics will love