Hardware Effects

I’ve kind of got a thing for cheap guitar effects - they usually sound pretty awesome on synths and cost almost nothing because guitarists buy them by the score.
Waves Audio’s iGTR Personal Guitar Processor puts the GTR family’s guitar amp and effects sounds into a snack-sized device. It offers a variety of Virtual Amps, variable-speed [...]

At the Winter NAMM Show, Line 6 introduced the ToneCore DSP Developer Kit, a programmable stomp box effects development platform that lets anyone with a PC and an interest in Digital Signal Processing become a hardware effects developer and distributor.
For the first time, anyone with an interest in DSP software development can write, develop, test, [...]

2008 Winter NAMM Show Update: BOSS announced the GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor.
According to Boss, the GT-10’s DSP engine provides a more natural and musical response. It also offers Phrase Loop,and Parallel Effects Chain, while new USB audio/MIDI capabilities add flexibility.
The GT-10 also offers the COSM technology found in many BOSS and Roland products, including the [...]

At the Winter NAMM Show, DigiTech introduced the Vocalist Live Pro vocal harmony and effects rack processor.
The Vocalist Live Pro can create multi-part harmony by analyzing a musical accompaniment signal. The Vocalist Live Pro accepts MIDI, so you can get musically intelligent harmonies just by playing in a natural accompaniment style.
You can choose harmony shifts [...]

NAMM Update: TC Electronic announced Nova System, a new floor-based all-in-one effects solution that combines analog distortion and overdrive with the advantages of digital control.
What makes Nova System interesting is an innovative drive and distortion circuit that offers true analog sound under preset and expression control. While the drive circuit is 100% analog and physically [...]

BOSS announced the GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor, a floorboard effects processor designed to offer a big improvement in sound quality, features, and user interface from previous generations.
The GT-10 comes loaded with features including Phrase Loop, and Parallel Effects Chain. The GT-10 also comes equipped with a rear-panel USB port, where audio and MIDI data can [...]

Remember the steampunk music sequencer? Here’s something even more lo-fi.
The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software.
The Bubblegum Sequencer senses the position of the [...]

IK Multimedia has announced that StompIO, an advanced USB floor controller + audio interface + modeling software bundle, is shipping.
StompIO comes fully stocked with 5 full software packages:

AmpliTube 2
Ampeg SVX
AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix
AmpliTube Metal (only for previously registered AmpliTube 2 users) and
AmpliTube X-GEAR

That’s over $1,200/€990 worth of software, totaling over 150 different modern and vintage gear [...]

A demo of the Percussa AudioCubes in action, being used to control drum and bass samples via Ableton Live.

Source Audio plans to introduce its new Soundblox effects pedals at this year’s Winter NAMM Show.
After creating the first effects system enabling guitarists to control proprietary Wah and Phaser/Flanger effects using hand and body motions, Source Audio was committed to bringing the same level of innovation and creativity to the new Soundblox effects pedals. The [...]