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- July 31
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- Is this the bass Justin Chancellor will be playing on the new Tool album?
- Bola discusses the changing face of music technology and faking an analogue sound
- Watch guitarist jam rock classics with broken washing machine
- 9 ways to get more out of Arturia's DrumBrute
- Mark Lettieri's top 10 tips for guitarists
- On the radar: Pallbearer
- Introducing: Wednesday 13’s Kyle Castronovo
- Sample any part of a full mix with TRAX
- July 28
- July 27
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- Rich Robinson talks The Magpie Salute, creativity and The Black Crowes' end
- Frozen Plain’s Obelisk MIDI plugin will generate chords automatically when you play notes into it
- Issue 321 of Future Music is on sale now
- Ferry Corsten’s top 10 tips for producers
- Inear Display wants to put you on ‘the fun path to sonic mangling’ with Amalgame
- Sample Logic says that there are no Electro City limits when it comes to electronic music production
- July 26
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- Plini talks technique, creative solos and that Vai endorsement
- Yngwie Malmsteen's 6 tips for guitarists
- Ollie Howell talks Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cobb and why he didn’t want to make a drummer’s album with Self-Identity
- 10 questions for Michael Schenker
- The best new free VST/AU plugin effects to download in 2017
- July 25
- July 24
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- Rig tour: Sum 41
- Is Roland about to remake the SH-101 synth?
- Alap Momin: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Moog Minitaur gets multiple LFO waveforms in latest firmware update
- Beatskillz aims to Reelight your analogue fire with its new tape emulation plugin
- 8 of the best guitarists to see at the Ramblin' Man Fair
- On the radar: The Big Moon
- A man has played his guitar while awake during brain surgery
- Introducing The Raven Age’s Jai Patel
- July 23
- July 21
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- Giants of sampling
- HoRNet promises a ‘vintage analogue vibe’ with its Tape plugin
- Chester Bennington dies, aged 41: the music world reacts and pays tribute
- IK Multimedia’s Syntronik emulates 38 classic synths and lets you create your own vintage hybrids
- Chris Jericho: my top 5 rock frontmen
- The playlist: Lee Malia (Bring Me The Horizon)
- AudioBlast’s AcidBox is a software 303 that’s built for live performance
- July 20
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- Allianz Musical Instrument Insurance: Built For Musicians
- Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies, aged 41
- Thrice/Less Art’s Riley Breckenridge picks 10 essential drum albums
- Fluid Audio’s Strum Buddy is an amp that sticks to your guitar
- SampleRadar: 475 free crate digger's samples
- Amptweaker reveals TightFuzz and BluesFuzz Jr guitar and bass pedals
- Guild unveils Jumbo Junior acoustic bass guitar
- Brendon Small: my top 5 tips for guitarists
- Why Chris Cornell was an unsung guitar genius
- Greg Graffin talks acoustic guitars, alternate tunings and Millport
- July 19
- July 18
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- Electro-Harmonix doubles up with affordable Dual Expression Pedal
- 14 bass players who don’t get enough love
- Kevin Devine: how Andy Hull, Jesse Lacey and politics influence my songwriting
- Paul Geary on breaking into session bass playing, career turns and lessons learned
- Fender launches Bluetooth speakers
- July 17
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- In pictures: Joey Negro’s North London studio
- Mike Portnoy talks feel over technique, the 12 Step Suite and why he’ll still be playing at 80
- TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2 Reverb - MusicRadar hands-on
- Kuassa’s Efektor plugin range includes affordable distortion, fuzz and overdrive stompboxes
- Summer NAMM 2017: All-new Yamaha BB basses on show
- Tommy Victor: the guitar albums that blew my mind
- Summer NAMM 2017: Pigtronix prepares Mothership 2 analogue synth pedal for landing
- Audio Damage goes to the alphaSyntauri and beyond with its Phosphor 2 synth
- Influential American luthier Bill Collings dies aged 68
- On the radar: Me And That Man
- Welcome to Sampling Week
- 20 hardware samplers that changed music production forever
- July 14
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- Tech group test: Hardware Filters
- Summer NAMM 2017: Supro reissues 5-watt Reverb and Super guitar amps
- Summer NAMM 2017: Charvel reveals new looks for Jake E Lee and Warren DeMartini signature guitars
- How to become a session bassist: top tips from Leland Sklar, Sandy Beales and more
- Nashville TV star Charles Esten talks learning guitar on the job and behind the scenes
- Summer NAMM 2017: Universal Audio’s Ox gets “perfect tone from tube guitar amps at any volume”
- Summer NAMM 2017: Taylor's new 12-string small-bodies revealed
- Summer NAMM 2017: Epiphone announces 8 new guitar and bass models, including $99 Les Paul
- Sequence all your synths without a computer using the Groove Engine
- Summer NAMM 2017: MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe heads up Jim Dunlop’s 10-strong pedal line-up
- Aphex Twin collaboration Midimutant ‘learns how to program your synth so you don’t have to’
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender Custom Shop unveils Front Row Legend Esquire, built from Hollywood Bowl bench boards
- Summer NAMM 2017: Modders rejoice: Squier announces bargainous hardtail Bullet Strat guitars
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender Custom Shop’s Pacific Battle guitars take flight
- July 13
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- Summer NAMM 2017: Jackson bolsters X Series with affordable fan fret Dinky and stoptail Kelly guitars
- Summer NAMM 2017: Feel the burn with Firegrain sticks
- Summer NAMM 2017: Furch Guitars announces luxurious, limited 2017-LP acoustic line
- Mackie’s revised MR range promises adaptability and a wider listening sweet spot
- Summer NAMM 2017: Hotone lifts the lid on Xtomp Mini Bluetooth modelling effects pedal
- Computer Music issue 246 readers get a FREE VST/AU Reverb worth $49
- Computer Music 246 – Genre-Busting Music Theory!
- One for the road: Rival Sons' Scott Holiday
- How Hauschka fuses prepared piano, modern software and analogue synthesis
- Mike Mills talks life post-R.E.M., bass beginnings and essential gear
- Summer NAMM 2017: Peavey announces HP2, in tribute to founder Hartley Peavey
- Summer NAMM 2017: Supro shoots for the low-end with Huntington bass guitars
- PreSonus’s reborn StudioLive 16.0.2 mixer has you covered on stage and in the studio
- Summer NAMM 2017: Two new Warwick anniversary basses revealed
- Vocaloid’s Azuki and Matcha have stepped out of their video games to sing on your tracks
- Summer NAMM 2017: new Billy Corgan Yamaha signature acoustic revealed
- Summer NAMM 2017: Positive Grid launches BIAS Mini amp, Twin Pedals and Footswitch
- Summer NAMM 2017: Blackstar celebrates 10th Anniversary with limited-edition valve combos
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender reveals new Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and Justin Meldal-Johnsen signature guitars and basses
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender debuts hand-wired ’64 Custom Deluxe Reverb guitar amp
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender announces 7 new ultra-affordable Classic Design acoustic guitars
- July 12
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- Summer NAMM 2017: new finishes for rereleased Yamaha Tour Custom sets
- Summer NAMM 2017: DigiTech unveils SDRUM, the world’s first intelligent drum machine for guitarists and bassists
- Intua’s BeatMaker 3 app is arriving on 15 July
- Laurence Jones and Mike Vernon on why Take Me High is "the future of blues"
- Summer NAMM 2017: Eventide’s UltraTap plugin promises hardware-style control
- Brent Cobb talks new album Shine On Rainy Day
- Summer NAMM 2017: Joyo releases Bantamp Atomic mini head
- Summer NAMM 2017: Cort lifts the lid on flagship G280DX electric guitar
- Summer NAMM 2017: Electro-Harmonix introduces super-affordable, flexible Expression Pedal
- Listen to the track that Aphex Twin created using only Korg gear
- Summer NAMM 2017: PRS equips McCarty 594 guitars with PRS/Seymour Duncan P-90 Soapbar pickups
- Summer NAMM 2017: Walrus Audio unveils ARP-87 multi-function delay pedal
- Dreadbox’s Medusa synth is Eurorack-friendly and comes with its own sequencer
- July 11
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- Red Bull Music Academy returning to Berlin for 2018
- 10 questions for Antonio Forcione
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender unveils silver sparkle-finished Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster guitar
- Devin Townsend’s riff-writing masterclass
- Summer NAMM 2017: Faith gets Naked with stripped-back Mars and Saturn acoustic guitars
- Summer NAMM 2017: Grez Guitars unveils first production model, The Mendocino
- Matt Skiba talks recording California, guitar gear and the future of Blink-182
- Boss unleashes high-gain-optimised Waza Amp Head 75
- Boss DR-01S: bad news for bongo players
- Boss reissues OD-1 Overdrive, PH-1 Phaser and SP-1 Spectrum pedals for 40th anniversary
- July 10
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- Phil Rudd talks his AC/DC departure, Head Job and coming back from the brink
- Summer NAMM 2017: Ashdown debuts OriginAL compact bass amp head, valve pre-DI pedal and Acoustic Preamp Reverb
- Summer NAMM 2017: all the gear news you need
- Giant 303 meets mini Korg Volca in outdoor synth jam
- King Creosote talks Astronaut Meets Appleman, bluegrass and bagpipes
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fishman announces signature Fluence pickup sets for Will Adler, Killswitch Engage and Tosin Abasi
- Suhr unveils signature model for jazz fusion legend Scott Henderson
- Fibonacci releases Californian archtop guitar
- On the radar: Black Foxxes
- July 7
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- SampleRadar: 258 free shimmer and sparkle samples
- 8 of the best single-channel guitar amps for pedals
- Rig tour: Feeder
- SoundScaper is here to quench your ambient pad desires on iOS
- Old gold: 1964 Gibson Firebird VII
- Summer NAMM 2017: Hagstrom teams up with Ghost for Fantomen signature guitar
- SoundCloud lays off 40% of its staff and closes two of its offices
- 6 of the best: José Pasillas
- Summer NAMM 2017: Could Korg’s GrandStage be your next live performance keyboard?
- Summer NAMM 2017: Vox celebrates 60th anniversary with hand-wired AC15 and AC30 guitar amps
- Summer NAMM 2017: Fender Custom Shop unveils 7 stunning Mid-Year Limited Collection guitars
- Summer NAMM 2017: KHDK launches “game-changing” Abyss bass overdrive pedal
- July 6
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- Spector commemorates 40th anniversary with limited-edition 1977 Euro bass
- In-demand session guitarist and producer Buddy Miller on his long road to success
- Will Fender’s Play app change the way beginners learn how to play guitar?
- Elektron announces MKII versions of the Analog Four synth and Analog Rytm drum machine
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (July 2017)
- SURVIVE talk synth collecting and penning the Stranger Things soundtrack
- Pioneer’s Interface 2 opens up rekordbox to all DJs
- Summer NAMM 2017: Supro launches channel-switching Statesman head and combo
- Backmask could be the craziest plugin of the year, and you’re allowed to steal it
- Lucy Spraggan on winging it, her Gibson J-185 and building a career
- July 5
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- Retronyms brings its Phase84 synth to Android users on Google Play
- Ableton confirms artists and speakers for Loop Summit 2017
- Exclusive: James Bay on guitar tones, his second album and why he’s so excited about his signature Epiphone ‘1966’ Century
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (July 2017)
- Summer NAMM 2017: Mad Professor launches “clever, intuitive” Dual Blue Delay pedal
- Fender satisfies your need for tweed with limited-edition Bassbreaker 15 amp
- John Blackwell Jr, longtime Prince drummer, dies aged 43
- Radial’s Cab-Link allows guitarists to connect two cabinets simultaneously
- Marcus Miller in-depth: Miles, Luther, gear, playing tips and more
- Have fun with faders using Bastl’s new softPop synth
- July 4
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- Amplifier’s Sel Balamir on committing to tape and streamlining his guitar rig for Trippin' With Dr Faustus
- Me in my studio: Nambyar
- The playlist: Beach Slang's James Alex
- Pharrell Williams shows you how to recreate Happy in GarageBand for iPad
- One for the road: Airbourne's Joel O’Keeffe
- Daft Punk’s TR-909 drum machine is up for sale and you can bid for it
- Max Portnoy picks 10 essential drummers
- July 3
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- Vintage launches VSA500 semi-acoustic guitar
- Boss MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher - MusicRadar hands-on
- 6 of the best iOS MIDI controller apps
- Fender reveals limited-edition Silverburst Stratocaster HSS, Telecaster Deluxe and Jazzmaster guitars
- Alex Acuna talks musical beginnings, playing with Elvis and changing the game with Weather Report
- Fano expands more-affordable Standard Series with TC6 and RB6 guitars
- On the radar: Brutus
- Me and my guitar: Sikth's Graham ‘Pin’ Pinney
- XILS-Lab brings the Moog Polymoog to your DAW with the PolyM synth
- Save 50% in the Loopmasters sale and help save lives
- July 2