IK Multimedia and Notion Music have announced the integration of AmpliTube 2 DUO software with Notion’s Progression software.
The inclusion of AmpliTube 2 DUO with PROGRESSION lets you hear guitar-modeled sounds within Notion’s notation application.

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 […]

At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Eric Barbour of Metasonix introduced the G-1000 Fucking Fucker (not the sucking fucker), a high-end tube amp that brings Barbour’s interest in using using vacuum tubes in original ways to amps.
We caught up with Eric at the show and this was what he had to say about the new […]

Moog has introduced the Multi-Pedal, a programmable four channel CV/MIDI foot pedal controller.
It has four analog control outputs, MIDI In & Out and USB connectivity (MIDI over USB). It can transmit controller information on up to 4 MIDI channels and CV outputs simultaneously.
Each CV output can be programmed individually. Signals can be foot pedal controlled […]

Sonoma Wire Works has reduced the list price of RiffWorks Standard recording software from $169 to $129 (99€, 69£ exc. VAT), a reduction of more than 20%.
With RiffWorks, musicians can record ideas, create songs complete with drums and effects, jam online with musicians from around the world, and broadcast to a the online community.
Doug Wright, […]

Native Instruments has announced Guitar Rig 3, an update to its digital guitar studio.
It now offers more amps and effects, new live features, a completely reworked tone library complete with improved preset handling, and a redesigned Rig Kontrol pedal board with optimized control and audio interface functionality. Both a “Kontrol Edition” with foot pedal and […]

Roger Linn Designs has released the AdrenaLinn III, the successor to Linn’s Adrenalinn II, which featured guitar effects beat-synced to an on-board drum machine. Adrenalinn II owners can buy an upgrade kit to take their machine to III status.
“AdrenaLinn III provides a guitar modeler, plus a wide variety of unique modulation and delay effects,” said […]

Summer NAMM Show: The Roland RE-201 Space Echo has been reborn as the BOSS RE-20 Twin Pedal. According to BOSS, they’ve recreated every sonic detail and nuance of the original, providing users the warm, unpredictable and highly tweakable retro sounds of the RE-201.
Description:
The original Roland RE-201, commonly known as the Space Echo, was an analog […]

At the 2007 Summer NAMM Show, Notion Music introduced Progression, a new sequencer, tablature and playback application designed for guitar players.
Description:
Progression is designed to be a powerful, yet easy-to-use guitar application for creating, learning, and distributing music. Guitar tablature or standard notation can be entered with a keyboard and mouse, or played into the program […]

Ultrawave Studios has released an update to Guitar Multi Fx, a guitar effects processor that contains 21 guitar effects, as well as a guitar synthesizer, analog harmonic analyser, recorder and tuner.
New Features for version 1.2:

The combined multiband effect has been split into 3 separate effects, multiband echo, distortion and fuzz
Tone controls have been added to […]

Cakewalk has released Cakewalk Studio Instruments, designed to be an easy-to-use and affordable consumer software instrument collection for Mac and PC. Cakewalk Studio Instruments has an estimated street price of $49.99.
Cakewalk Studio instruments provides a Drum Kit, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, and String Section that can be played stand alone or can compliment popular consumer […]

Native Instruments have introduced the Guitar Rig 2 Producer Pack, a professional bundle for recording and arranging guitars and bass.
The package consists of the Audio Kontrol 1 Audio Interface and the Guitar Rig 2 Software Edition. Also bundled are Steinberg Cubase LE (for Windows XP), Keyboard Collection with 8 keyboards, organs and pianos and the […]

IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality have announced their latest collaborative effort, Sonik Instruments, a series of virtual instrument plug-ins dedicated to focused collections of rare and top-of-the-line instruments and sounds. The first announced of this series are SampleMoog, SampleTron, and Studiophonik.
Each of these Sonik Instruments offers a full synth-sampler engine powered by SampleTank with an […]

Soniccouture has released eBow Guitar - the first sampled re-creation of the unique sound of the eBow.
The ebow ( Energy bow), is a small, hand-held device that ‘bows’ the strings of a guitar using an electromagnetic field. It produces a unique guitar sound, with a very slow attack and infinite sustain.
Two guitars were painstakingly sampled, […]

Source Audio is now shipping the Hot Hand Wireless Motion-Controlled Guitar Effects System.
Compatible with all Hot Hand systems, the Hot Hand Wireless Adapter can be used as a alternative to the wired sensor and consists of a wireless motion sensor ring unit and a small receiver that plugs directly into the back of the Hot […]