Hello New Gear – August 2024

The Gewa G5 Studio 5 complete e-drum set is based on the GEWA G5 drum module. Here, you get 901 sounds, 40 ready-made kits, and 128 slots for user drum kits. Each kit uses up to 1,000 individual samples. This e-drum kit includes a 10″ mesh kick pad, two 10″ mesh tom pads each with two zones, a 12″ mesh tom pad with two zones, a 12″ mesh snare pad with two zones, a 14″ hi-hat pad with three zones, a 14″ crash pad with three zones, and an 18″ ride pad with three zones as well. Check out the drum kit’s product page for additional details.

The legendary Whammy pedal is now available as a special Thomann 70th Anniversary Edition! This sleek black version comes with 9 Harmony Bend presets, 10 Whammy presets, and 2 Detune presets (Shallow & Deep). You can also switch between presets and effects via MIDI input. The Whammy’s metal housing is built to last, and it’s true bypass. Plus, the guitar pedal comes with a power supply unit.

This active 2-way bass reflex nearfield monitor is now available in a limited edition Arctic White color! The ADAM Audio A7V White includes a 7″ MLM woofer and a rotatable X-ART tweeter with a special HPS waveguide. The studio monitor has a frequency range of 41 Hz to 42 kHz, with a max SPL of 105 dB (1 m). You can quickly adapt the monitor to your mixing and production environment thanks to the included preset sound profiles via its app. The A7V is ideal for high-quality mixing at close range.

The Nightverb from Erica Synths is a desktop audio effect. It comes with 12 real-time adjustable parameters, including pre-delay, size, shape, feedback, and more. You can save and recall every parameter, and there’s even a freeze function included, which can be chromatically tuned through MIDI notes. Nightverb’s pre-delay time ranges from 4 to 200 ms, while the decay time goes from 1 ms to 1,000 s. The effect’s aluminum housing is robust, so it’s perfect for your next live performance. Have a listen to what Nightverb sounds like in the video below:

Katana amps are now in their third iteration since Boss released them in 2016. Boss Katana 50 EX with added the GA-FC and GA-FC-EX compatibility as part of the third generation update is now available! As with the last update, Boss made a few tweaks here and there, like the Tube Logic Engine, which now comes with a new “pushed-type” amp model for even more sonic versatility. The 50-watt Katana 50 EX Gen 3 with its 12″ speaker is 2-channel combo amp that offers a lot of bang for your buck. For further details, check out the product page.

This audio production studio was designed with podcasters, streamers, musicians, and content creators in mind. It’s now available in a white version. With four combo inputs, broadband Bluetooth, nine freely assignable channels, eight programmable SMART pads, and operation via the 5.5-inch HD touchscreen, you can get started right away and go live! You’ll also find professionally produced sound effects and 4 GB of internal memory for additional SMART Pad Audio. Rode product specialist Daniel Augustin is here to give you a quick start overview of the possibilities in this video:

This new amp modeling and multi-effects processor for electric guitar is a great entry-level solution for anyone looking for a compact, yet versatile multi-fx pedal. The Harley Benton DNAfx GiT Advanced includes 55 classic and modern high-quality guitar amp models, 26 IR speaker model simulations (including support for third-party IRs), and 151 different high-quality effects (from drives and compressors to modulation, filters, delay, and reverb). The new version also offers an 80-second looper and a drum machine with 40 patterns so you can start jamming right away.

The new 16×16 Thunderbolt 3 audio interface with Dante from Universal Audio convets at 24 bit and with up to 192 kHz. Its 6-core SHARC DSP provides internal UAD real-time processing, which makes 16-channel immersive audio mixes for Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and other immersive formats a breeze. The 19-inch interface (1 U) comes with the Essentials+ Edition plug-in bundle.