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May 31
- Learn 3 blues guitar turnarounds to enhance your playing
- M-Audio M-Track Solo and Duo review
- Interview: Johnny Marr looks back on Electronic's debut album 30 years on
- GForce Software OB-E review
May 28
- 15 questions for... Morcheeba: "It's best not to overwork things; it’s either good or it isn’t"
- Eventide UltraTap Delay review
- TC Electronic reaches up to the heavens to bring us the Zeus Drive – “a golden chalice among overdrive pedals“
- My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields says a butcher chased his sister with a cleaver during an epic live performance of You Made Me Realise
- Cableguys DriveShaper review
- Black Lion Audio Revolution 2x2 review
- Expert Sleepers ES-9 review
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 2: New Order - Blue Monday
- 129 popular plugins slashed to just $29.99 in the Waves Memorial Day sale
- ThorpyFX unveils the Pulse Doppler – an analogue phaser with tremolo, vibrato and wet/dry outputs for stereo rigs
- Me in my studio - Noisy: “I love the idea of blending organic instruments in with the more electronic stuff”
- Blackberry Smoke: a full rig tour from the new kings of southern rock
- Keeley Electronics brings back the Katana Clean Boost in ‘Throwback White’
May 27
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 3: Donna Summer - I Feel Love
- Slash on AmpliTube 5: "It makes it a lot easier to write"
- Oasis planned to issue an unreleased archive collection featuring Beatles and George Harrison covers
- Get the feel of a “full-blown” SSL console with the UC1 channel strip and bus compressor plugin controller
- M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49 review
- Get more out of your Jupiter-X or Xm synth with Roland’s free software editor
- Test and improve your sight-reading skills for free with ToneGym: learn to recognise notes, chords and intervals on sheet music
- Gretsch injects more P-90 power into its value-packed Streamliner series with two new guitar models
- The greatest bassists of the 21st century, ranked by you!
- Elektron’s Power Handle BP-1 makes the Model:Cycles and Model:Samples truly portable, and could be the accessory you actually need
- The new Strymon Conduit offers smart control for your effects pedals
May 26
- School of Rock’s Kevin Clark has died aged 32 after being hit by a car
- Harley Benton showcases its SC-Custom Plus EMG FR guitar with a stunning demo
- Muscle Shoals Session drummer Roger Hawkins has died aged 75
- Best nylon guitar strings: Find the right set for classical, hybrid and flamenco players
- Gibson reveals new Olive Drab and Ebony guitar models
- Wolfgang played Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitar on his debut album
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 4: Van Halen - Jump
- Learn Marty Friedman's spider powerchord shape
- 10 tips on how to get your guitar playing position right
- Minimal Audio’s Rift plugin promises to deliver “a new type of distortion”
May 25
- Jason Becker issues positive update after “many months of scary health issues“ left him fearing the worst
- Watch Marcus King's intimate performance of Wildflowers & Wine
- Unleash the beast (or your inner child) with Accusonus’s easy-to-use Voice Changer plugin
- Eddie Van Halen and Prince guitars, a Kurt Cobain self-portrait, Bob Dylan lyrics, a KISS drum kit and more go up for auction
- Alesis’s new Prestige Series digital pianos promise advanced features at an affordable price
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 5: Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt 4
- VS Audio packs two flavours of classic Fender-style tones into the Blackbird overdrive
- Solaris is a new AI-powered virtual vocalist that’s based on a professional singer
May 24
- David Ellefson officially out of Megadeth
- Soul Clap: "We probably do step on each other's toes, but it couldn’t be any worse than Fleetwood Mac or The Stones"
- 6 beat programming tricks to make your arrangements sizzle
- The great outdoors: how to start making field recordings to use in your music
- How to transform your guitar licks with chromatic passing tones
- Yamaha Piaggero NP-12 review
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 6: Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
- All guitarists should try this rhythm exercise
- "It sent my guitar playing, or the thought of what I could do, in a new direction" – AFI's Jade Puget on the 10 albums that changed my life
May 21
- Blanck Mass: “The last year I haven’t really ‘felt’ very techno so I haven’t made any techno"
- Perry Farrell teams up with Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins for Kind Heaven Orchestra song, Mend
- "The riffs were written with literal Giraffes sticking their heads in the window" – Mike Dawes on his new track with Plini and Jack Gardiner
- Vic Firth launches Stories Behind The Sleeves artist video series
- Randy Rhoads‘ family welcome the return of his first electric guitar and a prototype Marshall amp after they were stolen in 2019
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 7: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
- All of Moog’s iOS synth apps are currently free: get the Minimoog, Model 15, Animoog and Filtatron for nothing
- Could Ampeg’s SVT Suite plugin give you all the bass guitar tones you need?
- Joe Satriani, Metallica, KISS and more donate signed guitars to help raise money for Jason Becker's medical expenses
- Prosthesis powered by Google’s TensorFlow AI allows amputee drummer to play again
- Your pedalboard's new secret weapon? Old Blood Noise Endeavours reveals the Expression Ramper
- Audiomodern’s Chordjam plugin is a smart songwriting partner for your DAW
- Orange is auctioning off a “graphics only“ OR50 amplifier head, signed and used by Biffy Clyro, in aid of Cancer Research UK
- SampleScience’s 909 Lab plugin lets you play classic drum machine sounds that are always in key
May 20
- Could Audiomodern’s Chordjam plugin be a better composer than you are?
- KMRU: "I stopped buying sample packs and spent all my time outside recording sounds and taking them back to the studio"
- SolidGoldFX reveals compact EM-III Multi-Head Octave Echo delay pedal
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 8: a-ha - Take On Me
- Speed up your guitar playing in 3 steps
- Boss announces anniversary versions of the SD-1 Super Overdrive and MT-2 Metal Zone pedals
- Lindell Audio 50 Series review
- PRS SE Custom 24 and SE Custom 24-08 review
- Guild Starfire I Jet 90 review
- IK Multimedia’s SampleTron 2 plugin is more than a Mellotron, offering tape-based instruments galore
- SoundMorph Dust review
May 19
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 9: Kraftwerk - The Model
- 10 ways to optimise your laptop for music-making
- A redesigned Apple silicon MacBook Pro is rumoured to be coming this summer, with new iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Air and Mac Pro models set to follow
- Travis Barker is selling his Adam’s Song drum kit - plus a lot of other gear - on Reverb
- Steve Gadd to release his first ever drum instructional book, Gaddiments
- Mdou Moctar: “My intention is for the guitar to be spitting out the sound of revolution”
- Songwriting basics: How to program the perfect bassline in your DAW
- Eric Clapton: "I feared I would never play again" after Covid vaccine
- How to bend in tune on your guitar like a pro every time
- Free Native Instruments and iZotope plugins: get Hybrid Keys and Ozone Elements for nothing!
May 18
- John Petrucci and Ernie Ball Music Man celebrate 20 years of collaboration with limited edition Majesty and JP models
- Sarah Longfield demos the Korg MS-20 fs
- Interview: Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on tone, bluegrass and why we should all listen to the Rolling Stones
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 10: Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
- Harley Benton expands its Custom Line with the impressive CLF-100E parlour acoustic
- Best Yamaha acoustic guitars: 8 top choices for all levels of player and budget
- R.E.M. reissue their original Hib-Tone debut single, Radio Free Europe – plus limited edition '81 demo cassette
- IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro review
- Could Devious Machines’ Infiltrator multi-effect sequencer plugin be the shaper of things to come?
- Is Mooer Audio’s GTRS S800 Intelligent Guitar the future of electric guitar design?
- Sound Of Metal’s Paul Raci: “Deaf people should be included... when you don’t provide a sign language interpreter at a venue, then you are being exclusive“
- Reason 12 is coming, with hi-res graphics, a new creative sampler and more sound design options than ever
- Guitar lesson: get started with string bends
May 17
- Fender reveals the Final Fantasy XIV Strat
- Guitar tips: learn the vibrato of BB King, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Brian May, Steve Vai and Zakk Wylde
- Cherry Audio’s PS-20 plugin is a “hot-rodded” VST version of Korg’s MS-20 synth
- 8 tips to improve your mastering
- K.Flay: "Collaboration decreases pressure, and when you decrease pressure and expectation you make better music"
- Apple embraces Dolby Atmos as it brings Spatial Audio to Apple Music, and Lossless Audio is coming, too
- Bono and The Edge flirt with EDM as they join Martin Garrix for official Euro 2020 song
- The greatest bassists 1980-'99, ranked by you
- DeepRemix makes it easy for anyone to separate their MP3s and audio files, then edit each vocal and instrument track
- 5 great phaser pedals guitar players need to try
- EVE Audio celebrates 10 years of making top-quality studio monitors
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 11: Vangelis - Titles, aka Chariots of Fire
May 15
- Better legato lead playing in 20 minutes with this easy guitar lesson
May 14
- Build a bassline house beat in 4 steps
- Daft Punk One More Time sample creator has never received any royalty payments
- IK Multimedia releases the T-RackS Comprexxor plugin, so does it distress or impress?
- Interview: Myles Kennedy explains how plugins inspired his new solo album
May 12
- The beginner’s guide to: synthwave
- Songwriting basics: how to produce an authentic ‘80s-style synth track in your DAW
- Your first shred guitar lesson
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 12: Yazoo - Don't Go
- PRS refreshes its Archon guitar amp as a 50-watt head and combo
- Harrison Consoles’ 'all-in-one' AVA Drum Flow plugin promises to help you hone your acoustic drum sound to perfection
- Ernie Ball Music Man reveals Joe Dart Signature Bass Collection
- There’s now a USB-C iLok, meaning one less adapter for MacBook users
- The lowdown on 'feel' and 'groove': how they affect your music, plus 8 quick tips to try
May 11
- Universal Audio’s LUNA update turns its DAW into an API analogue console
- Gilby Clarke‘s 5 tips for guitar players: “You need to be unique. It’s all right to have influences but originality is what’s going to set you apart“
- Walrus Audio offers a spectrum of colourful modulation options with the Polychrome analogue flanger
- It’s Party Mix time at Numark as it introduces new DJ controllers with built-in LED light shows and speakers
- Akai goes old-school with the ‘80s-style MPC One Retro music production box
- Gone Fishing Effects unleashes The Rage Of The Tsar – a limited edition germanium fuzz pedal with unique artwork
- Hit’n’Mix offers more affordable automatic vocal isolation and audio separation with RipX: DeepRemix
- Dean releases a heavily relic'd, limited edition Leslie West Signature USA Thoroughbred
- Guitar skills: Create slick guitar solos using tapping and bending
- Fender officially launches the Jason Isbell Custom Telecaster
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 13: Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Oasis to commemorate 25th anniversary of their legendary 1996 Knebworth shows with a feature length documentary
- Moog Sound Studio review
- Try these 12 banging drum processing tips
- Epiphone Embassy review
- Peavey‘s flagship electric guitar, the HP 2 Tremolo, is launched in the UK
- EBS Stanley Clarke Acoustic Preamp review
- Video Q&A: How can producers and DJs stay on the right side of the law?
- Behringer takes a swing at Mackie’s Big Knob with the Studio M controller
- Meet the audio interface upgrade you really need
May 10
- FabFilter releases version 3 of its Timeless delay plugin, and it’s about time too
- Master the melodic solo techniques of guitar's masters
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 14: Visage - Fade to Grey
- Your face will light up when you wear this flashing LED mask that responds to music
- Taylor’s American Dream series brings a new level of value to its US made solid wood acoustic guitars
May 8
- Chad Smith offers update on new Red Hot Chili Peppers album: “There’s something coming. We’re coming for you”
May 7
- Yngwie Malmsteen announces new album Parabellum, fires a gun in the studio, and debuts a stunning new track
- Interview: Chris Buck on his new band Cardinal Black, '62 Strat, Klons and going down the pedal rabbit hole
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 15: Human League - Don't You Want Me?
- Master the seemingly impossible old style of stride piano
- TC Electronic summons the Magus Pro – a super-affordable option for high-gain magic
- Learn the guitar style of classic Smashing Pumpkins with these 3 exercises
- Tedeschi Trucks Band to release Layla Revisited (Live at LOCK'N) featuring Trey Anastasio
- Best Yamaha keyboards 2024: Our top picks for home music makers
- A free firmware update means that Arturia’s “do-it-all” KeyStep Pro MIDI keyboard and sequencer now does even more
- Kurt Cobain‘s 4x12 Marshall cab, a signed Stinger Strat copy, and six strands of the late Nirvana frontman‘s hair go up for auction
- Wampler releases the Andy Wood Gearbox Signature Overdrive
- Interview: Karnivool on their Sound Awake livestream and long-awaited new album
- Minimal Audio’s “next-gen” Rift Filter Lite looks like a cracking free VST plugin
- The greatest pre-1980 bassists, ranked by you
May 6
- Deceased drummer propped up behind drum kit at his own funeral
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 16: Ultravox - Vienna
- Everything you ever wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) about modular/Eurorack synthesis in the June 2021 Computer Music!
- Best drum thrones 2024: top stools for comfort behind the kit
- Oxi One: is there anything that this flexible MIDI sequencer and controller can’t do?
- Sonible introduces “the world’s first multitrack EQ” plugin: can smart:EQ 3 fix your mix with a single click?
- Issue 370 of Future Music is on sale now
May 5
- Gibson’s 2021 hot streak is just getting started
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 17: Kraftwerk - Computer World
- Jimi Hendrix guitar lesson: learn clean chords and psychedelic lead
- Nugen Audio Paragon review
- Zeppelin Design Labs' new contact mic could be your gateway to creative sound design
- Atelier Z Beta 5+ Deluxe review
- Ampeg BA-108 v2 Combo review
- Orchestral Tools Modus review
- Antelope Audio’s Axino Synergy Core puts an audio interface inside a USB microphone
- How to recreate the Phil Collins '80s gated reverb drum sound
- Clon Minotaur is a free VST plugin that models a classic guitar overdrive pedal
- "This is my dream acoustic" – Gibson releases the Orianthi SJ-200
May 4
- Gibson officially releases the Peter Frampton ”Phenix” Inspired Les Paul Custom
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 18: Talk Talk - It's My Life
- Ableton Loop Create is a free online event for music-makers from around the world
- Aguilar Amplification unveils the DB 599 Bass Compressor pedal
- M-Audio BX3 and BX4 review
- Fender launches its highly-anticipated Noventa series, bringing P-90-style mojo to three classic electric guitars
- Baby Audio Spaced Out review
- ALM Busy Circuits Akemie’s Taiko review
- Akai MPC 2.9 Air Drumsynth review
- Adam Jones teases an Epiphone edition of his signature 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom
- Ultimate Guitar owner Muse Group acquires Audacity, pledging to keep it free and open-source
May 3
- 12 tips on how to play guitar and sing at the same time
- 3 rhythm guitar skills all players should learn: pentatonic riffing, folky chord strumming and rock groove
- Learn Stevie Ray Vaughan blues lead guitar and funk-rock rhythm
May 1
- Kilohearts at Back To Live
- Neutrik at Back To Live
- GroundControl Room
- IK Multimedia at Back To Live
- KV331 Audio at Back To Live
- HH Electronics at Back To Live
- Victory Amplifiers at Back To Live
- Shure at Back To Live
- Guitar Showcase 2021: A-Z