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The Five-State concept comes for the fuzz pedal and once more offers five different modes with a voltage control for gated to wide open sounds
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Loops, chord hits and multisamples ideally suited to soul, hip-hop and R&B productions
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In our Flashback series, we unearth hidden gems from the YouTube archives for a trip through time into musical nostalgia
David Guetta: "The future of music is in AI"
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Turn your musical ideas into fully-formed tunes
Eastman Juliet P-90-VR and PB
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The new all-original solidbody from Eastman has old-world charm but all the thrill of the new
SampleRadar: 195 free instant hooks samples
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Catchy phrases to spice up your tracks. Stretch 'em, harmonise 'em, distort 'em, smear 'em in delay - or just serve them up raw
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas PJ V
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A hot-rodded five-string that pushes the envelope with performance while maintaining a classy style
Native Instruments and iZotope's parent company Soundwide lays off 8% of staff
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Rick Astley hires Blurred Lines lawyer to sue rap artist over vocal impersonation
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Astley is suing Yung Gravy for violating his right of publicity, false endorsement, unfair competition, and more
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IK Multimedia at Plugin Week 2023: TONEX and AmpliTube 5, working together for ultimate freedom and flexibility
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Capture your real-world rig with all the features and gear you love
Focusrite at Plugin Week 2023: the power of large format studio music in one easy-to-use plugin suite
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Get Focusrite’s massive Hitmaker Expansion plugin bundle for free with all new Scarlett, Clarett+ and Red interfaces
EastWest Sounds at Plugin Week 2023: Create retro nostalgia and modern masterpieces
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String Machine, Forbidden Planet and ComposerCloud+ on show
u-he at Plugin Week 2023: Exploring new technologies for vastly improved analogue synth and delay emulation
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Learn more about the Berlin firm's acclaimed range and ambitious plans
Nugen Audio at Plugin Week 2023: Award-winning mixing, mastering, and audio analysis tools
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The world’s top names in production use NUGEN Audio’s award-winning mixing, mastering, and audio analysis tools
Eventide at Plugin Week 2023: SplitEQ is a transient/tonal equalizer that gets precise, musical results with less time and effort
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"Definitely a gamechanger"
Audiomodern at Plugin Week 2023: Loopmix is a Creative Loop Remixer Plugin that can transform your loops into a kaleidoscope of new sounds
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It's fun and easy to instantly remix and rearrange your audio loops with Loopmix
Auto-Tune at Plugin Week 2023: Auto-Tune Producer suite delivers creative tools for home studio producers and vocalists
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Turn your home studio into a hit factory with the Auto-Tune Producer creative vocal suite!
SampleRadar: 97 free digital bass samples
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Screw the purists and go digital with our latest collection of free sounds
Aclam The Woman Tone
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Unlock your guitar fretboard by learning to play the same lick in different positions
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Elixir® Strings and Grammy Award-winning artist Massimo Varini shows you how in this video guitar lesson with tab
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