Maxon AD-999 Delay pedal

Building on the legacy of the respected AD-900, the AD-999 Analogue Delay offers a massive 900ms of true analogue delay delivered via eight BBD chips. Like all of the vintage series, it has a 4PDT mechanical switch for noise-free bypass operation and runs on 9V DC for easy integration into standard …

Maxon CS-550 Stereo Chorus Pro pedal

Designed from a brief that stipulated true analogue circuitry, low noise and versatility, the CS-550 has a built-in compander to eliminate unwanted noise and features four-knob operation. Sounds Adjustable delay instance (which changes the shifted frequency) combined with standard speed and depth …

Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master pedal

The DS-830 is a distortion pedal that additionally features adjustable bass and treble controls. The Distortion Master has a claimed 59dB of boost available via its gain and level controls. It’s a large, very solidly built pedal like the rest of the series, but Maxon says that the …

Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro pedal

Maxon was responsible for the design and manufacture of many Ibanez products until early 2002, including the original TS-808 and TS-9 Tube Screamers. The Overdrive Pro features a similar overdrive circuit, but can additionally be used as a clean boost, outputting clean signal only when the drive kno…

Propellerhead Software Record 1.5

Reason 5 might be grabbing all the headlines, but its sibling, Record, is no slouch either. Whereas Reason is aimed primarily at electronic music styles, Record is more akin to a traditional DAW, with full-on audio recording, superb real-time timestretching and a mixer that’s modelled on an SSL cons…

Wallander Instruments Brass and Wind collections

The world is awash with orchestral string collections, with all formed of mammoth sampled libraries. Other orchestral sections aren’t represented in the marketplace to the same extent, but Swedish company Wallander Instruments is addressing that balance with its WIVI Instrument libraries. Rather tha…

Adam Audio A3X Monitors

Adam speakers have garnered a great reputation among studio bods by the past few years and, never one to rest on its laurels, the company are continually seeking to improve their designs wherever possible. The A3X is no exception. Straight out of the box, the compact design is a thing of utilitarian…

Framus Mayfield Pro Mahogany

By its own admission Warwick took a while to get Framus right. by a decade into the brand’s relaunch, however, the quality and design has gone from strength to strength and the new Mayfields really are up there with the big boys. The inspiration is obvious, but proper laminated-body thinlines in the…

BR Distribution Mic Holders

In our experience, miking your on stage gear reveals much about the pecking order in a band, with mics invariably being distributed in favour of the other musicians. And don’t get us started on monitor allocation… Investing in your own set of mics is no guarantee as mics require stands and, rarely…

Tanglewood TSB C 58 LTD2

Tanglewood has such a good rep for its acoustic guitars that it’s easy to forget that the company plus makes some pretty decent electrics. Its latest baby, the snappily named TSB C 58 LTD2 (need to work on that model name, folks) is a well constructed, separate cutaway electric that at first glance …

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