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- July 11
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- "This was a special instrument to him and it's kind of crazy to get to look at it and play it": JD Simo demos Mike Bloomfield's old '63 Strat and proves more than worthy of it
- “It’s about starting in a really subtle place and then bringing it to a really big place:” Dan Nigro talks tempo, vocals and artist relationships as he gets his teeth into the production of Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire
- “It’s like having a compositional companion”: Moog’s Labyrinth synth finally breaks cover, and its dual generative sequencers give it a mind of its own
- "We love its West Coast sound and experimental design": Moog Labyrinth review
- "Really, really cool... his guitar style is so unique and he really didn't let us down”: Def Leppard’s Phil Collen on their collab with Tom Morello
- Does the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop model sound that much better than the standard version? These demos may have the answer
- Ex-Chili Pepper Klinghoffer sued for wrongful death after "tragic accident"
- “Not Like Us”: Argentina troll Drake after rapper loses $300,000 betting against Messi and co
- “An immersive targeted device suitable for a broad range of multichannel applications”: Audient ORIA review
- July 10
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- “The crown jewel of the family”: Cherry Audio’s Wurlybird 140B emulates a lesser-known electric piano that some consider to be one of the best
- "Why can I barely be bothered to play?": Rob Chapman has some good advice on what to do when you lose motivation as a guitarist
- “When you hear what it does with full dynamic range in a live situation? I think it’s even more magical”: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ FOH engineer reveals the classic studio compressor that’s providing some “analogue love” on their current tour
- "It's become the best guitar for really every genre, at every point in time, for those that choose to use it": See Julian Lage make the new Fender Player II Tele sound truly world-class
- How to build a beefy mixing chain for your drums and beats
- "The impact and influence of music artists like The Beatles, Oasis and others from the north of England have had on the music industry in decades past is redoubtable" – so why are young northern musicians less supported than the rest of the UK?
- “Faster delivery and access to all our products”: Behringer says that it’s exploring the idea of a direct-to-customer shipping option
- “It’s compact, it’s live-ready… but it’s still an engine from an older synth”: Korg KingKorg Neo review
- “Easy to use, with very desirable saturation-style effects”: Universal Audio Verve Analog Machines review
- “Bass from the back of my car feels soothing. A Cadillac Fleetwood is what I'm using”: Check out the Beasties’ cool set of wheels
- The classic Space Echo RE-201 has arrived in the Roland Cloud, but can it become the definitive plugin emulation?
- July 9
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- Issue 337 of Computer Music is on sale now
- “Every effort was made to push through and play for you, but it is no longer an option to continue”: Queens Of The Stone Age cancel European dates with Josh Homme to undergo emergency surgery
- “Whether you’re playing smooth jazz, hard rock, country, or blues, this guitar can handle it all with ease”: Gibson gives the ES-335 the Supreme treatment and it sure looks mighty fine
- “I feel like if I don’t approach it from a fun angle right now, I’ll just freak out!”: The Mars Volta’s Philo Tsoungui plays drums to Rush, LimeLight after hearing it for the first time
- “It’s angry and ready to bite”: GForce Software releases an authentic but enhanced version of the OB-1, the best Oberheim synth you’ve never heard of
- “It’s got its own voice... I don’t think I’ve ever found something that speaks to me more than this one”: Is Vince Gill's '53 the greatest Telecaster on earth?
- "A strong statement from Fender in 2024 about accessibility and quality": Fender Player II Telecaster and Stratocaster review
- “The new benchmark for quality and performance at this price point”: Fender launches the Player II Series, featuring rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, upgraded specs and archive finishes
- “A retro-contemporary beats machine of the highest detail and calibre”: Cherry Audio CR-78 review
- “I have a really, really spiritual feeling about this next one”: Slipknot’s Shaun Crahan on the band’s next album
- “An enormously tempting proposition for anyone who enjoys the process and artistry of mixing”: Softube Console 1 Channel Mk III review
- Taylor Swift ditches the synths on new acoustic version of Fortnight, featuring Post Malone
- Ableton Live 12.1 - 5 things you should know: Auto Shift, Drum Sampler X/Y, MIDI enhancements and more
- "We’ve never had it so easy": 5 ways music gear has improved over the years... and 5 it hasn't
- How to set a perfect chain for bass
- How to design a mixing chain that'll work on any vocal
- July 8
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- "I definitely think you can play faster with the shoulder": Guthrie Trapp's guitar pick hack could be a gamechanger for your playing
- "It was an enormous part of Rory Gallagher’s life and was with him from the very start of his career right until the end": The Irish bluesman's legendary '61 Strat is going up for auction
- PMT just added hundreds of products to their colossal Summer Sale - score up to 60% off gear from Gibson, Fender, Pearl, Yamaha, SSL, Roland and more
- "When he died, I cried. And I actually jumped into the ocean at San Francisco. And let me tell you, the ocean at San Francisco is cold": Bass legend Jaco Pastorius
- “It’s the double act you didn’t know you needed in your life”: Watch as Robbie Williams performs Blur’s Parklife with actor Danny Dyer in Hyde Park
- Panning for gold: How to pan properly for an engaging mix
- “Takes filters to another level”: Noise Lab Formantic review
- Have DAWs made song melodies in hit records less complex? Research suggests that they could be partly to blame
- Tama is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a star-studded live event in London this November
- "You can sing it, you can hum it – you can play it": Jared James Nichols teaches you Mississippi Queen by Mountain
- “Billy Joel’s engineer said that you’re trying to get to a point where your collaborator feels so nurtured they become like a child”: Hot Chip man Joe Goddard on his solo return with Harmonics
- How to set up a new audio interface
- “Combines rigid and random sequencing styles, and can double as a controller too”: 4ms Catalyst Sequencer/Controller review
- Practical music theory: how to build a simple hook in 3 easy steps
- “It's a song with enough twists and quirks to make it stand out from the pop landscape”: A music professor breaks down Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!
- July 7
- July 5
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- "It's not just about having the ripped jean look": The one crucial thing that relic guitar haters might be missing out on
- “He was a very melodic player. He wasn’t always just pulling things out of his bag of licks”: Duane Betts pays tribute to his father and shares what he learned from him
- Two guitarists have the ultimate 4th July cookout as they crank two Marshall stacks in an empty warehouse and let rip with The Star-Spangled Banner
- YouTuber buys the cheapest Squier Strat he can find – proves age-old truth about tone, but also something else
- “The pinnacle of compact stereo phrase looper development”: With hi-def audio, 35 mins of onboard stereo looping, DigiTech’s JamMan Solo HD is a super-powered stompbox for solo performance, practice and writing
- "It was kind of like being in a Def Leppard production with Mutt Lange": Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson talks playing guitar for Ghost and avoiding a blood explosion in the studio
- “I’ve played some new Gibson and Fenders that really nail it”: Joe Perry says guitar making is as good now as it was in the golden era – and explains why you don’t need to spend $7000+ on a vintage Klon
- Chromeo left all of their synths in the studio on their latest tour - except this one: “This was the easiest way to recreate all of the sounds that we have on the album”
- Kiasmos on the “perfect mono synth”: “It doesn’t need anything on the chain and it still sounds great, which you can’t say about most synths”
- July 4
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- Steinberg’s free X-Stream synth can “turn any samples into smooth evolving soundscapes and textures”
- "There’s a contingent of people who somehow think I’m depriving the world and other players of gear": Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations
- “Huge storage and ability to load your own loops make it an instrument in its own right”: DigiTech JamMan Solo HD review
- “It’s like having your own James Bond theme. They’ll play that at my funeral one day”: Eddie Murphy on Axel F, which has been re-recorded using the original synths for Netflix’s new Beverly Hills Cop movie
- Sonicware's new LIVEN Ambient Ø synth is designed for creating immersive ambient soundscapes
- July 3
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- "People are so misinformed": Sepultura is the one metal reunion that hasn't happened but Max Cavalera seems to now have the final word on the matter
- “We’re confident we’ve nailed this synth”: Behringer says that its PPG Wave clone is nearly ready, but we’ve heard that one before
- "Live 12.1 puts real-time pitch correction within reach for anyone working with vocals": Ableton update brings a new vocal tuner and drum sampler to Live
- "I'm just noticing my fingers are getting a little harder to keep moving a lot”: 95-year-old Las Vegas pianist announces that it’s finally time for him to retire
- "I wanted to be able to do that because if he doesn't know who I am now, he will know who I am in the future" – While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar
- “Bad mics, in-ear monitor situations, drowned out vocals”: Who or what was to blame for the Glastonbury sound problems?
- “I love it mate, so good,” says Dua Lipa, but her nonverbal reaction to the busker who insisted on playing his song to her at Glastonbury seems to tell a different story
- “If we go mental enough on the PA… we can make the best-sounding thing ever”: How Fred again.. turned a 77,500-capacity stadium into a nightclub for his biggest ever show
- Computer Music 337 September 2024: free downloads
- "70 years on, it’s a sound that is still in demand": The producer's guide to the EMT 140 plate reverb
- “Does all the basics very well, providing a beautifully clean signal”: Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer review
- July 2
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- “You can now have the sound of your favorite Nirvana record all in the computer without touching a single physical amp”: Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash releases The Utero Sessions IR Pack
- "John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits
- “Full-frequency wireless audio with sparkling clarity across any stage”: Fender unveils the Telepath Wireless System – is it finally time to ditch your guitar cable?
- Taylor Swift to open her "personal archives" for new V&A exhibition that tells the story of her career
- "I think it will really change your mind about semi-hollows": Wolfgang Van Halen on the EVH SA-126, why rhythm comes first and who his unsung guitar hero is
- “Designed for players who demand a rock solid instrument”: Harley Benton unveils the SC-Custom III, aggressively priced singlecut electrics with stainless steel frets as standard, and plenty of spec options
- How to connect studio monitors to your audio interface
- “We’re famous for music with The Beatles... and the government is just putting importance on maths and banking": Ed Sheeran bemoans the lack of arts funding in UK schools and says he's trying to do something about it
- “Legendary design and quintessential tone for today’s aspiring guitar hero”: Squier expands beginner-friendly Affinity Series with lightweight, slimmed-down guitars and basses at affordable prices
- “Then of course, both of us realised neither of us had any experience of making drum 'n' bass tunes”: How Ros Atkins gave the BBC News theme a junglist re-rub at Glastonbury
- Frustrated by recording your guitar? Blackstar's new Polar 2 is a USB audio interface designed for you – with bundled software that really sweetens the deal
- FL Studio's huge 2024 update brings new synth, effects, AI-powered MIDI tools, CLAP support and more
- Classic Fender electrics reimagined in spruce, sugar pine and sassafras? Meet the limited edition American Performer Timber Series – US Strats and Teles with cult tone woods and Yosemite pickups
- “We had some incredible musical adventures together… He truly was our Mr Big”: Geddy Lee pays tribute to Rush, Bon Jovi and Gary Moore producer Peter Collins, who has died aged 73
- “Feels like you’re playing through an amp with excellent low-latency performance”: Blackstar Polar 2 review
- How to design a patch using a synth's built-in sequencer
- 7 ways to work smarter with MIDI in your DAW
- July 1
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- A revolution in your hand: Happy 45th birthday to the Sony Walkman
- “Something so amazing and so big that it has lived on for decades since its inception”: New doc tells the story of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios, and how it could have ended up being a nightclub
- Watch the first videos of the leaked Moog Labyrinth synthesizer
- SampleRadar: 371 free fuzzed-out psych samples
- It’s official: New study shows that songs are getting lyrically smarter
- Thomann drops a fresh batch of 70th-anniversary savings - including hundreds off a Gibson Custom Les Paul Special and so much more
- “The main reason why we’re in a band is because of watching Back to the Future”: Coldplay bring on Michael J Fox to play guitar during emotional Glastonbury performance
- “As we prepare for the next chapter of Moog Music, the Moog Store will be closing its doors”: Iconic synth manufacturer to shutter its Asheville factory outlet
- Erica Synths at Synth Week 2024: "PĒRKONS HD-01 tears down the borders between drum machine, synthesizer, and drone instrument."
- Mike Paradinas: "I experimented with Ableton but it did my head in, so I'm still using Logic"
- Is Tame Impala about to launch his own synthesizer?
