Latest about Plugins & Apps
Gibson launches the Digital Amp, an app that uses your phone’s mic to detect and amplify your guitar signal – no cables required
Available only on the Gibson App, the virtual playing companion offers a wealth of sound-sculpting tools
Positive Grid launches OMNYSS, a collection of amps and effects for “epic soundscapes and massive tonal exploration”
The software looks to be Positive Grid's answer to Neural DSP, featuring three amps spanning “heavenly cleans to visceral heavy tone”, plus synth and polyphonic octave effects
Best guitar tuner apps 2025: top free and paid options
Our list of the best guitar tuner apps for musicians on the move
Moog's Moogerfooger effects pedals are back (as plugins)
The Moogerfooger plugins can be operated in stereo, with users also able to create, save and manage presets
Strymon's versatile BigSky reverb pedal is now available as a plugin
A "direct port" of the popular pedal, the BigSky plugin features the same dozen reverbs found on the original box, at a much lower price point
IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 review
We put IK’s monster package of amp modelling and FX software under the microscope
Electro-Harmonix adds analog warmth to the digital domain with innovative Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin
Offering the versatility of a two-in/two-out audio interface, the new Muff lets you inject your recordings with genuine clipping diodes and overdriving transistors as opposed to software emulation
Rabea Massaad on his synth-equipped Neural DSP Archetype plugin: “You can make it super-wide and go all ‘80s… It absolutely does Stranger Things noises”
Massaad’s signature Neural DSP Archetype plugin suite goes beyond amps and effects, with a fully functioning monosyth you trigger with your guitar, and he promises us it is awesome
