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October 30
- Buddy Guy talks gun-toting promoters and plantation roots
- UVI's new Falcon hybrid synth's specs are pretty epic
- On the radar: Black Moth
October 29
- Discover the technology behind the Focusrite mic preamps
- Periphery's Misha Mansoor to hold Jackson Guitar Masterclass in Guildford
- AmpliTube 4 plugin promises "hyper realistic" tone and maximum flexibility
- Blast from the past: Yamaha CS-80
- Soul star Judith Hill lifts the lid on Prince collaboration
- One Direction bassist Sandy Beales on playing with the biggest band in the world
- Vintage Trouble's guide to groove drumming
- Me and my guitar: Tom Williams (Stray From The Path)
- Positive Grid's BIAS Pedal plug-in is "the first tone match distortion modeller"
October 28
- Find out more about Akai's MPC Touch in an official overview video
- Lifehouse's Jason Wade on 20 years of songwriting
- Tyondai Braxton (and colleagues) on performing and recording with his amazing modular setup
- Drummer Phil Gould explains the secrets of groove
- 10 things your guitar says about you
- Talking Shop: System 7
- Get your hands on Novation's Circuit on its UK tour
- Synth fan proposes Lego Minimoog set
- Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale: my top 5 riffs of all time
- Create your own MIDI controller with Livid Instruments' $99 Builder Box kits
October 27
- 5 minutes alone: Bernard Butler
- Adam Anderson of Hurts talks tech and their stuttering rise to stardom
- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: my top 5 tips for guitarists
- Vintage Paul Brett Signature Viator travel acoustic guitar gets a USB upgrade
- Fender's Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster flips the traditional Strat on its head
- In the studio: Skindred
- MXR's EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal delivers "whole spectrum" of Eddie Van Halen guitar tones
- IK Multimedia offers 2-track mobile recording with iRig Pro Duo
- Acustica Audio Navy "can replace standard console, EQ and filter plugins"
- The drumming wisdom of Paul Cook
October 26
- Me in my studio: Tempers
- On the road: Richard Hawley
- In pictures: Rory Gallagher's blues guitars
- On the radar: Heyrocco
- New '3D music controller' announced as part of Abbey Road Red innovation initiative
- Round-up: Eurorack modular filters
October 25
- Chad Smith: My Life in Music
October 23
- James 'Munky' Shaffer talks Korn's debut album track-by-track: "It blew people away"
- The 15 best ever groove drummers
- Black Stone Cherry's Ben Wells: the 10 records that changed my life
- New Sequential Prophet-6 synth module will be shipping in November
- Total Guitar November 2015 on sale now: 30 Guitars Under £500 you need to try!
October 22
- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine fires "stupid" guitar tech
- Me in my studio: Le Galaxie
- Paul Rivera on modding Marshalls, Eddie Van Halen and the 80s session scene
- JR Robinson on Groove
- Issue 298 of Future Music is on sale now
- In pictures: Disciples' London studio
- Vintage unveils V501 acoustic and USB-equipped VEC501 electro-acoustic guitars
- First look video: Fretlocks demo
- Watch Roots Manuva's Witness (1 Hope) being deconstructed in Ableton Live
October 21
- Record broadcast audio anywhere with iRig Mic Lav
- PRS unveils Final Run 30th Anniversary Custom 24 in five new finishes
- Washburn's new Parallaxe Solar Ola Englund models feature exclusive Seymour Duncan pickups and V body shapes
- 10 of the best ways to make music in your web browser
- In pictures: 1964 Marshall JTM45
- Pioneer brings its RMX-1000 effects processor to the iPad
- Pleasurekraft's Kaveh Soroush on his top 10 albums of all time
- Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale on the band's debut album: "I was old enough to know not to blow the opportunity"
- Paul Kossoff's 1959 Gibson Les Paul to be auctioned
- SynthAxe: back to the future of guitars
- SoundRadix gives away Muteomatic plugin for free
- PreSonus Eris E44 and E66 monitors promise "the widest stereo field in their class"
October 20
- 8 great vocal processing tools
- 8 milestone Marshall amp heads
- MIA Awards 2015: Rhythm Percussion Product of the Year award
- Organelle: a musical computer with knobs on
- John Newman talks about his latest album and studio setup
- Keith McMillen aims to take the keyboard controller to another dimension
- Marcus Miller's top 5 tips for bassists
- November issue of Rhythm on sale now
October 19
- WIN! Dorje VIP band clinic tickets and signed CDs
- First look: Wild Custom WildOne
- Me in my studio: Garibay
- ViaDSP's Crush Filter plugin does what it says it will
- 50 years of the Marshall stack: the birth of the 100-watt stack
October 16
- Feel the bass with the SubPac M2 vibrating vest
- The Black Dog on building their own MIDI controller and over two decades of making music
- On the radar: Biters
- Sam Smith drummer Jamiel Blake on big gigs, pop grooves and miming for TV
- Choose between mini and full-size keys in IK Multimedia's new iRig Keys range
- Classic albums featuring Terry Bozzio
- Me and my guitar: Alex Skolnick
- Joachim Garraud bundles his new album with Ableton Live, plugins and a MIDI controller
October 15
- Brian Setzer talks Gretsch Hot Rod signature and rockabilly's roots
- Flux Satellite magnetic double-neck guitar pulls apart to become two electrics
- Mackie adds Bluetooth models to its CR Series of monitors
- Washburn expands Parallaxe range with three new electric guitar models
- Vintage unveils V6P and V6H electric guitars
- MIA Awards 2015: MusicRadar Innovation of the Year Award
- How to get your music into film and TV
- Acoustajam turns your acoustic guitar into a wireless Bluetooth speaker
- Dave Smith removes five synths from his product line
October 14
- Old gold: 1968 Fender Telecaster
- Me in my studio: MODEL 86
- Rory Gallagher: the magic, the modesty and Muddy Waters
- What will Windows 10 mean for musicians?
- The A to Z of Eurorack modular synths
October 13
- Steve Marker talks Garbage: track-by-track
- Nothing But Thieves guitarist Joe Langridge-Brown talks debut album
- Pioneer DJ introduces "compact and flexible" XDJ-700
- MIA Awards 2015: Guitarist Electric Guitar of the Year Award
- NI goes large with Komplete Kontrol 1.5 update and 88-note keyboard
- Ride's Andy Bell: my top 5 tips for guitarists
October 12
- 10 questions for Dinosaur Pile-Up's Matt Bigland
- Rare and beautiful B-Bender electrics - in pictures
- Imogen Heap opens up her Box Of Tricks
- Axel Hartmann is working on a new limited edition synth
- Social Entropy starts up its Engine hardware step sequencer
October 9
- Classic albums featuring Kenney Jones
- DigiTech's Ventura Vibe pedal delivers Uni-Vibe, vibrato and Leslie effects
- Exclusive video: In the studio with Jean-Michel Jarre
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (October 2015)
- SampleRadar: 204 free dub drums samples
- Meet the programmers: D16 Group
- Channel One's Mikey Dread on running one of the world's most famous sound systems
- MIA Awards 2015: MusicRadar Microphone Brand of the Year Award
- Jon McClure's 7 steps to making the best album of your career
- Gus G talks Brand New Revolution: "I wanted to push myself with the solos on this record"
- Future Retro is releasing a touch-based controller keyboard
October 8
- Focusrite offers free Softube plugins with its interfaces
- FREE VST/AU drum instrument: Grooove CM
- Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden's new album The Book Of Souls
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (October 2015)
- Will Microsoft's Surface Book and Bitwig Studio 1.3 be a multitouch match made in heaven?
- Robben Ford talks Butterfield, blues and breaking in SGs
- Computer Music – DRUM & BASS TRACK-BUILDER – Issue 223, November 2015
October 7
- Akai announces MPC Touch
- 10 thoroughly modern VST/AU compressor plugins
- Start me up: Jared James Nichols
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (October 2015)
October 6
- Slayer talk right hands, Repentless and, er, Salt-N-Pepa
- MIA Awards 2015: Future Music Hardware of the Year award
- Klevgrand offers express de-essing with new Esspresso plugin and app
- The 5 greatest disco drummers
- Ride's Andy Bell: the 10 records that changed my life
- Career in Gear: Editors
- Studio Talk: Wolfgang Van Halen
- Speaking in Tongues: Gene Simmons
- Fender launches "gamechanging" Acoustic Pro and Acoustic SFX acoustic guitar amps
- Bitwig Studio 1.2 now officially available
October 5
- Acoustic magazine presents: The Book of British Guitar Making
- Marshall AS100D
- Harmonic Pathways
- Yamaha Silent Guitars SLG200N & SLG200S
- Chris Cornell: Moving to Higher Ground
- Song Premiere: Turin Brakes – 'Jump Start'
- Top 10 Essential Guitar Maintenance Tips
- The Workshop: Joseph Lukes Guitars
- Interview: Jason Isbell
- Interview: Gale Paridjanian, Turin Brakes
- Breedlove Discovery Concert CE
- Interview: Seasick Steve
- Joel Hoekstra talks new album Dying To Live
- MIA Awards 2015: Computer Music Software of the Year award
- 10 questions for Charlie Barnes
October 2
- PRS unveils limited-run SE A10E acoustic guitar models
- One for the road: Dominic Miller
- WIN! Joe Bonamassa tickets for intimate gig at Mr Kyps
- SampleRadar: 235 free '80s heat samples
- ESO Strap is "the best guitar strap ever made"
October 1
- 7 reasons why you'll love Novation's Circuit
- Holy Mother-32 of Moog: company launches standalone and Eurorack synth
- Novation Circuit: specs, features, price and release date
- WIN! A set of Fretlocks single-string capos
- Vote now for the best music making gear of 2015!
- WIN! Bare Knuckle pickups for your guitar
- Paul Weller talks new album Saturns Pattern
- Moog to end production of the Voyager, Bob Moog's last synth
- Orange unleashes Micro Dark 20-watt amp head
- Roland announces PowerPly MH2 mesh drum heads
- Pitch-Key allows guitarists to go between two preset pitches mid-song
- See Elixir® Strings artist Kenny Serane demonstrate his impressive playing and string changing speed
- Steve Albini slams EDM, but gives permission for sample use
- Yamaha reface: classic sounds in four portable keyboards
- Roland Boutique: new Juno, Jupiter and JX synths confirmed