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May 30
- Drum stars on why they love John Bonham
May 29
- Zervas & Pepper talk golden Guilds and new album Abstract Heart
- Brighton Music Conference reveals full line-up and schedule
- Classic albums featuring Mike Bordin
- Jason Graves on the art of game and movie soundtracking
- Who's getting the first Sequential Prophet-6 synth?
- Ryley Walker: the last living drifter talks new album Primrose Green
- VirSyn's Arpeggist could be the ultimate iPad arpeggio generation app
- Bonzo's Birthday Weekend: Brian Tichy's Play Like John Bonham
May 28
- Joe Satriani: 10 guitarists that blew my mind
- Waldorf Nave synth now available as a plugin
- Greg Mackintosh talks Paradise Lost's The Plague Within
- Meet your maker: Taylor's search for the ultimate maple guitar
- Fender takes American Standard Tour on the road
May 27
- The Ultimate Guide To Logic Pro X is on sale now
- James Holden on using modular gear live and Max for Live patches
- Ronnie Wood interview: dear diary
- Exclusive video: Anika Nilles and Kaz Rodriguez drum duet
- Audition any REX file and play slices via MIDI using REXPlayer
- Elixir announces enhanced bass string range
- Chris Spedding's 10 lessons learned from a life in guitar
- Free DAW: download Tracktion 4 for nothing
May 26
- Mark Tremonti's top 5 tips for guitarists
- AmpliTube 4 for iOS promises desktop-quality sound
- Get your preset fix with free SynthMaster Player for iPad
- Korg iM1 app brings the M1 workstation to the iPad
- Audio Damage releases free FuzzPlus3 distortion plugin with MS-20-inspired filter
- In the studio: Northlane
- Old gold: Del Vecchio Dinâmico Resonator
May 25
- On the radar: As it is
May 22
- New free VST synth could be the missing Lynx in your plugin folder
- PRS announces SE Ace Signature guitar
- In praise of: Fender Mustang
- DrumPants 2.0 turns you into a human MIDI controller
May 21
- Martin Simpson's gear - in pictures
- Could Studio One 3 become your new favourite DAW?
- Martin Simpson on Magnatones, Murmurs and 'nu' folk
May 20
- Wave Arts Tube Saturator 2 promises improved modelling and lower CPU usage
- FREE VST/AU/AAX synth plugin: miniBit CM
- FREE VST/AU preamp plugin: 6X-500 CM
- Computer Music issue 218 - VIRTUAL VINTAGE - July 2015
- The Track: Portico on creating Living Fields
- Strymon announces DIG dual digital delay pedal
- Periphery's Matt Halpern picks 10 essential drum albums
May 19
- VIDEO: The Dead Daisies studio diary part 4
- The drummers of '60s British pop
- 5 minutes alone: Michael Angelo Batio
- In pictures: George FitzGerald's Berlin studio
- Catalinbread's Fuzzrite recreates '60s classic
May 18
- Wishlist: Avalon L2-340B-ISM-Baritone
- Classic album: Boca 45 on Pitch Sounds
- Decimate your audio with Glitchmachines' "savage" new Subvert plugin
- Is Gibson becoming a major player in the DJ market?
- On the radar: Dan Patlansky
- Andy Timmons' top 5 tips for guitarists
May 15
- Use your Android phone/watch sensors as MIDI controllers with midiHook
- BB King: Boy to King - the big breakthrough
- Classic albums featuring Clem Burke
- Is Full Bucket Music's Kern the streamlined free VST plugin synth you've been looking for?
- BB King dies aged 89: guitarists react
- 8 classic BB King albums you need to hear
- BB King: From Riley to BB - his early years
- King of the Blues BB King dies aged 89
May 14
- The Novation MoroderNova is a real synth and it's going on sale
- Could this bolt-on transform your guitar's tone?
- Blast from the past: Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm
- John 5's top 5 tips for guitarists
- Divide and conquer with Sinevibes' Fraction audio slicing plugin
- Randy Bachman on new album Heavy Blues
May 13
- AudioRealism ABL3 released as a Reason Rack Extension
- The chips are down: Moog explains why the MF-104M delay pedal is off the menu
- Wishlist: Chris George Custom
- MOD Kits DIY releases MOD102+ tube amp kit
- The full version of AmpliTube 3 for iOS is free for a week
- KickR is a new plugin synth devoted to creating kick drums
- Les Claypool: 10 bassists that blew my mind
- Learn now to master using iZotope's Ozone - for free
May 12
- John Scofield on his workhorse Ibanez and advice to his younger self
- Meet the Programmers: Plogue
- Xilent on crossing genre boundaries and working with some of the biggest names in pop
- 7 of the best: high volume acoustic guitars
- Waves promises better reverb tails with H-Reverb plugin
May 11
- VIDEO: The Dead Daisies studio diary part 3
- Eastwood guitars reveal latest retro rebirth
- MasteringBOX is another instant online mastering service
- The Thomann "Case Factory" flight case configurator is online
- Noel Gallagher on Marr, Les Pauls and songwriters vs bands
- Kuassa puts two classic Pultec EQs in one plugin
- Gibson Custom Shop release Ronnie Wood L5S
- 20 Britpop guitar gods
- Alan Fitzpatrick's favourite music software
May 10
- Mike Johnston on the future of drum education
May 8
- Graham Coxon on his Gilmour/Beck Franken-Strat and Magic Whip
- Total Guitar 267 on sale now: The Mini-Pedal Revolution!
- Free Ableton Live Racks from Puremagnetik
- In the studio: Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Roland's synth history celebrated in new book
- 'King of Bass Music' Joker on making that tricky second album and why genres don't matter
- Welcome to the Doppler Dome: free VST/AU plugin based on the Doppler effect
May 7
- Will Paul Vo's Wond make you a more expressive guitarist?
- Steven Wilson on taming Guthrie Govan and Hand. Cannot. Erase.
- Issue 292 of Future Music is on sale now
- 5 minutes alone: Mikael Åkerfeldt
May 6
- The 30 greatest blues guitarists of all time
- Brighton Music Conference announces line-up of gear exhibitors
- Hit Like A Girl drum comp winners to be crowned
- 13 of the best new sample and soundware packs (April/May 2015)
- Get the Muscle Shoals drum sound in your DAW
- In praise of: Boss DS-1 Distortion
- Is the MoroderNova an actual synth?
May 5
- Rig tour: You Me At Six
- Win an Ahead Mach 1 bass pedal!
- Ali Richardson's metal masterclass
- Talking Shop: Hackman
- B.Serrano updates Anubis, free Windows VST synth
- Yamaha's AN2015 iOS synth just got more useful
- June issue of Rhythm on sale now
- A Korg Volca Sample version of SampleRobot arrives
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (May 2015)
May 4
- Download Cubase Elements 8 trial version
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (May 2015)
May 1
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (May 2015)
- What's better than a compressor? A double compressor
- On the radar: We Are Harlot
- Clear out your hard drive: Omnisphere 2 is here
- Classic album: Aphrodite on Aftershock