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Show Us Your Studio #5: "There's an immediacy with synths and guitars you just don't get with the PC"
By MusicRadar published
Disabled composer Paul Jelfs talks us through his accessible studio set-up and highlights the challenges faced by music-makers with disabilities
SampleRadar: 493 free Moog synth samples
By MusicRadar published
The latest edition of SampleRadar has everything from arpeggiated loops and filtered beats to experimental FX and acid-tinged multi-samples, all produced using Moog's synthesizers
Show Us Your Studio #4: "I'm a huge fan of Arturia's gear - The KeyStep Pro really changed how I look at production"
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This week on Show Us Your Studio, Parsoa Khorsand invites us into his music-making space and waxes lyrical about the KeyStep Pro
Show Us Your Studio #3: "You never know exactly how the Moog is going to sound until you start fiddling around with the patch cables"
By MusicRadar published
It's time for the third edition of our weekly peek into our readers' home studios
Musicians' Union at Keys Week 23: Join a bigger band
By MusicRadar published
You are a musician. You are not an accountant, or a lawyer, or a politician. That’s why you need the MU
Kurzweil at Keys Week 23: It's the sound
By MusicRadar published
Kurzweil manufactures Pro Keyboards, Home Digital Pianos and Studio Gear and has built a reputation among professional musicians, studios and producers around the world
Studiologic at Keys Week 23: Trust your feeling
By MusicRadar published
When music and technology come together, something really important happens.
Rediscover keys with Expressive E's Osmose next-gen MPE synth
By MusicRadar published
Osmose is the new standard for musical expressivity
Nektar keyboards have more features and DAW control than you thought possible
By MusicRadar published
Expand creativity with a keyboard that’s part of your DAW
Roland's digital Pianos are in a class of their own for sound quality, ease of use and fun
By MusicRadar published
The FP digital pianos are boosted with exceptional feel, sounds and features to fuel your playing passion
Keys Week 2023: Exhibitor A-Z
By MusicRadar published
Whether you’re a piano player, a music producer or simply keyboard-curious, this is for you
Could an AI win a Grammy? Recording Academy CEO says "we are going to allow AI music and content to be submitted - if there's an AI voice singing the song, we'll consider it"
By MusicRadar published
Though Grammy hopefuls are permitted to use AI in music submitted for consideration, it must be written and performed "mostly by a human" in order to be eligible
10 great blues guitar chords to learn
By MusicRadar published
Including John Mayer and Eric Clapton-style progressions
78-year-old man turns to producing synth-pop to cure depression: "I hope what I'm doing inspires other people in their '70s"
By MusicRadar published
Brian Hug found a new lease on life after entering the recording studio and says "it's never too late" for others to do the same
Show Us Your Studio #2: "Synths like the Ensoniq Fizmo and the Elektron Monomachine are prone to happy accidents"
By MusicRadar published
The second edition of our weekly peek into our readers' home studios reveals a treasure trove of classic and obscure digital synths
Learn to play John Mayer's Continuum song I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
By MusicRadar published
Elixir® Strings artist Shannon Lauren Callihan is here to teach you an accessible slice of Mayer brilliance
Queens of the Stone Age engineer Eric Valentine on how Dave Grohl recorded drums on No One Knows: "It did sound ridiculous before we replaced the cymbal samples with the real ones"
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As Queens Of The Stone Age return to the fray, we take a look at the making of a stone-cold drum classic
SampleRadar: 151 free track builders samples
By MusicRadar published
We've put together six track-building construction kits for you to mix, remix and mangle into something new
Hip-hop don't stop... or does it? For the first time in 30 years, hip-hop hasn't hit No 1 in the first half of the year
By MusicRadar published
As it turns 50 in 2023, has hip-hop been knocked off the top spot?
Improve your rhythm guitar playing now with these three types of chords
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12 extended, wide interval and partial chords
Hear how the same iconic guitar riffs sound played on an SG, Tele, Les Paul, ES-335 and more
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Only the Elixir® String type is the same as guitarist Zach Comtois plays riffs by Guns N' Roses, AC/DC and more
Show Us Your Studio #1: This modular madhouse is giving us serious gear envy
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We kick off our weekly peek into our readers' home studios with Yann Le Vot's absolute beast of a set-up...
The unlikely story of Aphex Twin's weirdest gig, when he DJ'd with sandpaper and stuck a microphone in a blender
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"I mixed some sandpaper together, played a food mixer and threw it at someone. I thought I would get sued for that, but he wanted me to sign it afterward"
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