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.

Digital Sunset Studios have been busy working on an interesting project: a free software tool that provides computer-based editing for a range of Behringer’s synths.

Limited to a run of just 80 instruments, the Rhodes MK8/80AE will feature a gloss-varnished black oak case, chrome detailing and a transparent hood, with each unit handcrafted in the UK by Rhodes Master Builders.

LSO St Luke’s have recently launched brand new recording facilities as part of a multi-million-pound investment in the their creative and technical infrastructure.

The latest addition to VSL’s ever-expanding sample library collection introduces three new Single Pack instruments to the Synchron Brass series, along with a new bundle that brings together all of their muted brass offerings. 

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.