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August 31
- Free Ableton Live Pack gives you the synth sounds of Stranger Things
- Lonely The Brave on infinite reverbs, post-rock backgrounds and Things Will Matter
- Is Korg about to announce a desktop module version of the ARP Odyssey?
- Spectrasonics has something new, and it's "not what you're expecting"
- Me and my guitar: Andy Williams
August 30
- Soundslates' Moody Sampler plugin is free for all
- Blast from the past: Urei 1176LN
- The 'Millennial Whoop' is all over modern music... and the internet
- Rig tour: Explosions In The Sky
- HoRNet's Spaces plugin lets you create your perfect room
- SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF RHYTHM ON SALE NOW!
- On the radar: Can't Swim
August 29
- Nothing But Thieves talk rhythm, tone and touring with Muse
- Gerry Morgan's roller-coaster success story with James Bay
August 28
- Classic album: Trentmoller on The Last Resort
August 26
- Roland and Serato team-up for something new that "will redefine what it means to DJ"
- Timo Maas on his love of music and remixing some serious A-listers
- Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil on new album Ellipsis and beating writer's block
- Total Guitar 284 on sale now: Jeff Beck on his career and new album
- 5 minutes alone: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- M-Audio's new affordable C-Series interfaces are everything you need to start recording
August 25
- Whip your sounds into shape with Beatskillz' Slam Pro
- The 10 best music producers of the '80s
- Me and my guitar: Sylosis's Josh Middleton
- 16 classic EQ VST/AU plugin emulations
- Will Champion on world domination with Coldplay, new kits and the art of waiting
- Issue 309 of Future Music is on sale now
August 24
- Me in my studio: Dennis Cruz
- SampleTank 2 for iOS now rivals the power of desktop virtual instruments
- Zelinsky's eye-popping Engraved Paisley Dellatera revealed
- Korn's Ray Luzier on recording new album The Serenity of Suffering
- On the radar: Nothing
- Classic album: Richard March on Bentley Rhythm Ace's eponymous debut
- Joe Bonamassa on British blues heroes, the Bluesbreaker tone and Kossoff's chords
- Tony Wright: the 10 records that changed my life
August 23
- Metronomy: 10 records that blew my mind
- Watch Kirk Hammett play Peter Green's 1959 Gibson Les Paul on new Metallica album
- Watch Flea jam with Koko the gorilla
- Helms Alee's Ben Verellen on new album Stillicide and his rapidly expanding custom guitar amp business
- Roland's 909 celebration day promises a slew of new instruments
- Ping! Your microwave guitar is ready
- Has Tascam raised the bar with the latest DR-100 handheld recorder?
- Matrix & Futurebound on the early days and honing their signature sound
August 22
- Deap Vally's Lindsey Troy: 10 records that soundtracked my youth
- Gojira's Joe Duplantier talks Magma, guitar gear and building his New York studio
- Cog Effects launches 3 new analogue octave guitar/bass pedals
- Architects guitarist Tom Searle dies aged 28
- Story Behind The Song: Def Leppard's Rocket
August 19
- Xenia Ghali: the 10 tracks that blew my mind
- Ben Harper's top 10 tips for guitarists and songwriters
- Point Blank traces a history of house music and the Roland TR-909
- PRS extends Custom 24 range with Private Stock 8-string
August 18
- Weezer's Rivers Cuomo talks The White Album, channelling James Hetfield and his enduring love of guitar
- Pizza Hut delivers a 12-inch with a difference as it cooks up a DJ controller in a box
August 17
- LANDR now lets its users share music securely
- 10 questions for Jenn Wasner
- Hamstead Soundworks expands Artist Series with Artist 20 MKII guitar amps
- Devin Townsend's top 5 tips for guitarists
- Slate Digital is offering you The Monster, an "extreme" compressor, for free
- Christian Coma's top 5 tips for putting on a show
- Andy Burrows talks Life on the Road with Ricky Gervais
- Is this the longest guitar solo ever? Watch Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Tommy Emmanuel and many, many more shred for charity
- Rian Dawson's 6 tips for pop punk perfection
August 16
- 8 mad and mind-blowing plugin interfaces
- Can monitor emulation plugins replace the need for referencing on multiple systems?
- 5 minutes alone: Billy Duffy
- Tascam's new Ministudio audio interfaces will make you feel like a radio DJ
- Watch Adam Betts get trigger-happy in insane Drumbones drum playthrough video
- Walrus Audio harnesses the sound of vintage film projectors for 385 Overdrive pedal
- Marillion's Ian Mosley: my top 5 tips for drummers
- Mooer spills Liquid digital phaser pedal
August 15
- Will Launchpad Pro's Scale Mode make your MIDI keyboard redundant?
- Scratch anywhere you like with Numark's new portable turntable
- Pierce The Veil on their quest to make Misadventures "one of the best-sounding rock records ever"
- J Rockett Audio Designs releases The Hooligan fuzz pedal
- Make your guitar sound like 1,000+ classic songs for free with Ultimate Guitar's Tonebridge app
- Zynaptiq's reflection-free Adaptiverb uses AI and "adds size, glue and body"
- Charvel unveils limited-edition Guthrie Govan signature guitar in Britannica Red
- Frosting audio freezer and microlooper promises to do cool things to your audio
August 12
- Erica Synths showcases two new modules in its Fusion Drone System
- Weval on producing their debut album and taking it to the live arena
- Win a Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat worth £769!
- Asking Alexandria's Ben Bruce: my top 5 tips for bands
- Free IsoPad lets you use your Windows tablet as a touchscreen MIDI controller
- Rig tour: Wolf Alice
August 11
- The Arturia MatrixBrute synthesizer's epic modulation matrix explained
- The new MAGIX Music Maker Premium lets anyone produce like a pro
- 4 steps to achieving a killer live guitar sound
- 10 questions for Blues Pills' Dorian Sorriaux
- Meet the programmers: Steinberg
- Has Netflix nailed EDM culture in its new XOXO movie?
- Ibanez launches trio of Steve Vai swirled seven-string guitars to mark 25th anniversary of Passion And Warfare
- Matt Best on battling injury, chasing Coldplay and Tonight Alive's shock new direction
August 10
- Tourist discusses his cerebral approach to production and live performance
- iO-808 could be the best browser-based drum machine yet
- FREE VST/AU multieffect worth £50 – Tone2 Warmverb
- Billy Gibbons picks his standout moments from a 47-year career with ZZ Top
- Me in my studio: Semi Precious
- Magnetic Effects channels the sound of King Crimson with Buzzer fuzz pedal
- Can Get Real Piano make your MIDI files sound like they were played on an acoustic grand?
- Cort unveils MR dreadnought electro-acoustic guitar with Madagascar rosewood
August 9
- FREE PC/Mac/Linux sequencer: Monoplugs B-Step CM
- Noisia talk us through their individual production setups and side projects
- Behringer's DeepMind 12 synth has finally got a price
- Fender goes mobile with free Tune app for iOS
- Peavey's ReValver ACT modules allow you to "clone the sound of any guitar amp in the world"
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (August 2016)
- The Bob Moog Foundation is giving away a Memorymoog synth
- How 65daysofstatic built the soundtrack to No Man's Sky's infinite universe
- Tune your vocals as you sing with the Waves Tune Real-Time plugin
- Now you can download Tracktion 5, a $60 DAW, for free
- This unearthed TV advert for the original TR-808 almost looks real
August 8
- Roland and V-Moda join forces in new partnership
- Tom Morello's top tip for guitarists? "Gear doesn't matter"
- Hear more DeepMind 12 sounds in Behringer's latest teaser video
- BandLab aims to be the market leader in music collaboration
- Kirk Hammett on owning Peter Green's 1959 Gibson Les Paul 'Greeny': "It just blew me away"
- Steve Barney reveals all on the punishing life of a session musician
- Crazy Tube Circuits combines optical and FET compressors with Golden Ratio (Phi) pedal
August 5
- SampleRadar: 293 free cinematic drama samples
- Slash very nearly joined The Stone Roses, was turned down for wearing leather trousers
- Steve Gadd on the return of the Recording Custom
- Blast From The Past: Kawai K5000
- Don Broco's Simon Delaney: the 10 records that changed my life
- Is Xvive's U2 the wireless guitar system you've been looking for?
- Mobile Phonem: Wolfgang Palm's PPG vocal synth comes to iPad
August 4
- Focusrite is offering monthly deals with the new Plug-in Collective
- On the radar: Audacity
- Circuit 1.3 lets you use multiple samples on each drum track
- Huey Morgan talks Fun Lovin' Criminals, guitars and Come Find Yourself
- Moderat on the gear that powers their live set
- P-Link lets you swap guitar pickups in 30 seconds without removing strings
- Lollar releases Staple P-90 electric guitar pickup
- Xvive drops the Mike acoustic guitar enhancement pedal
- Get Xfer Records Serum for $9.99 a month on Splice's rent-to-buy plan
August 3
- Tone2's Icarus plugin synth is now available
- 10 questions for Citizen's Ryland Oehlers
- Will Flare Audio's Isolate earplugs improve your live music experience?
- UAD 8.7 lands with new Manley and Ampeg plugins
- FU-Tone takes the rattle out of guitar vibrato systems with Noiseless Tremolo Springs
- Calyx & Teebee on how to create an ear-melting DnB bassline
- Free vPlayer lets you host and play VST/AU instruments without a DAW
- In pictures: Motörhead's War-Pig logo becomes a bass at the hands of Cynosure Guitars
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (August 2016)
- FL Studio 12.3 is here with realtime audio stretching
- Win! A Rick Turner RS-6 electro-acoustic worth £2,650
- Old gold: 1962 Fender Jaguar
- Pioneer's PLX-500 direct drive turntable is affordable and versatile
August 2
- Me in my studio: Kenny Glasgow
- Watch Point Blank's Ski Oakenfull deconstruct New Order's Blue Monday
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (August 2016)
- Want to win a Novation/Focusrite/KRK studio bundle worth more than £2,250? Well here's your chance
- Ibanez fortifies Iron Label guitar line with 5 new RG models
- SUMMER ISSUE OF RHYTHM ON SALE NOW!
- Find out how good your ears really are by taking the SoundGym Doctor's hearing test
August 1
- Vick Audio announces Hypocenter Delay guitar effects pedal
- Behringer might make a desktop version of the DeepMind 12 polysynth
- On the radar: The Struts
- Classic album: Geoff Wilkinson on Us3's Hand On The Torch
- 6 landmark Mesa/Boogie guitar amps
- Positive Grid unveils BIAS Rack guitar amp
- Sebastian Thomson on the rebirth of Baroness