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How to choose an audio interface for your home studio and record anything into your computer
An audio interface is a studio essential. Here’s everything you need to consider when buying your first one, or your next one...
Best guitar audio interfaces 2024: Record killer guitar parts at home with our top picks
The best audio interfaces for guitar from IK Multimedia, Focusrite, UAD and more
"Epiphone’s premium recreations of some of the most popular and iconic guitar designs of all time": The 7 new Inspired By Gibson Custom Shop models are a guitar tour-de-force – including Les Paul '59 and Custom models
Four electrics and three acoustics with 'open book' headstocks and some premium features – and Taylor Swift's new favourite stage guitar is amongst them
The best new microphones, audio interfaces and mixers coming out in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The must-have studio gear coming your way this year
How to choose the right set of studio monitor speakers so you can hear how your mix really sounds
Milking monitors.
Listen up: here are the best new studio monitors and headphones making waves in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: These speakers and 'phones are going to cause a stir in home and project studios this year
The biggest names on the biggest brands: the best new signature guitars of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Find out who is putting their names to what this year
From optional to essential: the best guitar accessories of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: From wooden stands to headphone amps, we round up the must-have additions to your guitar setup
Bored of your 'board? Stomp this way for the must-have new guitar effects pedals of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The pedals you need to try this year, from psychedelic to out-of-this-world
The most exciting new samplers, grooveboxes and drum machines for 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: These all-in-one production wonders can handle beats, chords and melodies, and all without a computer in sight
8 of the best new immersive audio plugins for 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Here are our picks of some of the slickest routes to creating and mixing in surround or 3D sound
The 9 best creative and mix effect plugins coming your way in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The delays, reverbs, compressors and more that you can look forward to running your audio through this year
The essential new electric guitars you need to play in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Classic ranges, major updates, all-new designs... and the Strat is 70
How to choose the right type of reverb for your mix
GEAR EXPO 2024: A dash of reverb can make or break the sound of your mix, so careful selection is key for getting the right spatial qualities
The best new pianos and home and classic keyboards to look forward to in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Get ready to audition some of the 'key' releases of the year
The best new acoustic guitars coming our way in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Acoustics for every budget – small and (incredibly) large – as we reveal the all-new arrivals for the year ahead
How to choose the right piano sound for your track
GEAR EXPO 2024: All pianos are the same, right? Wrong. There’s a ton of variety in brands and models, and it pays to know how they differ
The 15 most exciting new hardware synths of 2024: analogue and digital instruments from Korg, Behringer and more
GEAR EXPO 2024: The must-have new monster synths you need to audition this year
