Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Ik multimedia - The Real Truth

“It won’t leave your tap water tasting of hot dogs. It won’t make your Hershey’s bar taste of starfish”: This week's hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland's Jackson and a Korn pedal

Jackson and Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland unveil the coolest metal guitar of the year, IK Multimedia go '60s Marshall mad, and someone put Korn's early sound in a pedal

Guitar World

“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if I could go back and emulate all those guitar sounds I had from those records?’” Alex Lifeson used TONEX and Fractal to recreate classic Rush tones – and he’s taking them on tour

Lifeson has become a digital modeling convert in recent years after IK Multimedia cloned his amp collection – and the results blew him away

Guitar World

“I've never found the perfect solution for combining analog pedals with a digital rig before – this could be it”: IK Multimedia Tonex One+ review

With the addition of Bluetooth and MIDI, the Tonex One+ looks to add a ton of functionality to an already impressive pedal

Guitar World

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The most mighty mini amp modelling pedal just got mightier as IK Multimedia offers full MIDI integration and wireless editing on the Tonex One+

The Tonex One+ offers top-class sounds and is just as small as its predecessor – only now you have a lot more control over it

MusicRadar

“It offers the holy grail amp sounds beloved by John Mayer, SRV, and more for just $150. A must-try for Dumble fans”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the angriest fuzz pedal you will ever come across

Plenty of new pedals, amps and more from the likes of Epiphone, IK Multimedia, Fender, Laney, Mesa/Boogie and beyond...

Guitar World

"The sound of six figures”: IK Multimedia models two vintage – and VERY expensive – Dumble amps for the $249 TONEX One Double Special

The limited edition amp mini pedal offers tones modeled from two holy grail Dumble combos with a range of cabinets and classic pedals to boot

Guitar World

“Six highly collectible amplifiers valued at more than most homes are worth”: Looking for the holy grail tube tones of Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Carlos Santana and Robben Ford? IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal

The Tonex One Double Special is a limited edition pedal preloaded with 20 models from two über-rare Dumbles – and the bundled software presents sounds from six Overdrive Specials

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Everything you need to create truly iconic tones”: Fractal goes up against Neural DSP and IK Multimedia with ICONS – its first-ever plugin

ICONS is the first of a series of plugins, and offers 36 Fender-style amps and a load of effects lifted from Axe-Fx

Guitar World

“From functionality through to physical design, IK Multimedia has completely nailed it”: IK Multimedia ARC On-Ear review

Want to improve your headphone monitoring? We might just have the perfect solution

MusicRadar

“Size shouldn’t dictate what a professional rig is capable of”: Neural DSP debuts the Quad Cortex mini – putting the full QC experience into its smallest format yet

The Quad Cortex mini offers the full processing power of the flagship unit but crams it into a new form factor

Guitar World

“This offers the quality of tones I’d expect from a high-end plug”: IK Multimedia Tonex Plug review

IK Multimedia crams its celebrated amp modelling tech into a portable powerhouse – but does it meet expectations?

Guitar World

“A utopia of modeled guitar tones that will suit pretty much any guitarist out there”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review

Universal Audio's debut multi-amp plugin offers effortless, world-class sound with some of the most iconic amps of all time

Guitar World

This new ‘smallest’ subwoofer packs deep bass into a 10-inch cube – 1 driver, 2 radiators, 25Hz, 200W of power

IK Multimedia's small iLoud Sub promises big booms, but with accuracy

TechRadar

“Gibson wasn’t the only company to lose its mind in thrall to technology”: The 21st century gear trends that never caught on

Because not all innovations stand the test of time

Guitar World

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“Back in the heyday we had huge touring budgets and room for large travel rigs. Now you can store all your amps on a USB stick”: The greatest guitar gear of the 21st century (so far)

The guitars, amps, effects, tech and innovations that changed how we play, listen and create

Guitar World

“Time to add a 5th JHS pedal to my rig? With 25% off this just-launched distortion, it’s hard to resist”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the unmissable Black Friday gear discounts I’m eyeing up

The Kilt celebrates its 10th birthday, Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6, and Tom DeLonge reaches for the stars (literally)

MusicRadar

"With a DI box and some time to learn the layout, it's a robust, reliable and ridiculously well-equipped powerhouse for the stage and studio": IK Multimedia TONEX Pedal Bass Edition review

The sonic power of TONEX, ported to a bass-friendly version of the TONEX Pedal

MusicRadar

“If the studio fits on a desktop, iLoud Sub fits right in”: IK Multimedia’s new sub is designed for small setups and includes ARC X room correction

IK boasts that its new sub has the smallest footprint on the market and offers a “tight, accurate, and musical response that can be relied on for every mix”

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“It vacuum-packs superb tones and incredible utility into a compact space”: IK Multimedia TONEX One Bass Edition review

Honey, I shrunk the Ampeg! And the Gallien-Krueger, and the Sansamp, and...

Guitar World

“We weren’t allowed to talk about it at Guitar Summit, but the signature everyone was asking about is now here”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the crown jewel of PRS’ 40th Anniversary year

Wylde Audio's most metal guitar ever, a new contender for Boss and Fender in the headphone amp space, and GNR bass tones in a pickup set. All that and more landed this week

MusicRadar

“Practise late at night, rehearse in silence, or warm up on the go – all without losing the soul of your sound”: IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?

IK Multimedia expands its Tonex ecosystem with the ultimate practice amp, with access to over 40,000 amp/ pedal rigs, tuner, metronome, Bluetooth. And it can be used as an audio interface

Guitar World

“A level of authenticity you've never imagined”: IK Multimedia takes on Fender and Boss with the TONEX Plug – its first-ever headphone amp

The pocket-sized headphone amp looks to win the hearts of players by offering more than 40,000 tones propped up by the same AI Machine Modeling behind the entire TONEX ecosystem

MusicRadar

"Metamorph isn't about replacing the human voice – it's about expanding what's possible when human creativity meets responsible AI": Antares unveils MetaMorph voice modelling plugin

Equipped with 12 ethically-trained voice models, MetaMorph is designed to transform the timbre of vocals in your DAW without relying on cloud-based processing

Guitar World

“A Gretsch guitar for just $189?! Yes please… the no-nonsense, raw-and-raucous Electromatic and Streamliner Jets are here – and they are beautiful”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range

We've got Fender electrics and basses hot out of Cali, a state-of-the-art "vintage" delay pedal, cheap acoustics, expensive acoustics, and maybe the headphones monitoring tech you've been waiting for...

MusicRadar

“The natural depth, width and clarity of a real control room - right in the user’s headphones”: IK Multimedia’s ARC ON·EAR promises to bring a pro studio soundstage to any pair of headphones

This new compact hardware unit can provide exacting recreations of numerous different listening setups, and looks set to be a godsend for producers on the move

1 2 3 4

People

Howard Alexander Dumble

12 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.