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August 31
- PRS announces limited run of SE Bernie Marsden Signature guitars
- Beanie and Oli Wiseman discuss hybrid gear, arena gigs and pop grooves
- PSP Audioware aims for Nexcellence with its new spring reverb plugin
- Subdecay debuts 11-channel Vector analogue preamp pedal
- Steve Vai tells the story of the Ibanez JEM
August 30
- A desktop version of Dave Smith’s Prophet Rev2 synth is on the way
- 10 questions for Threshold’s Karl Groom
- Never worry about dropping guitar picks again with PickTape
- Rob Papen’s RP-Verb 2 plugin enables you to reverse your reverb
- Tom Morello talks misfit guitar toys, what he learned from Chris Cornell and why Prophets Of Rage is some of his best work
- The 50 best bassists of all time
- Here’s what a track created using AI sounds like
August 29
- Audified releases the RZ062: “the sweetest EQ of all times”
- Boss’s AD-10 Acoustic Preamp could provide everything your electro-acoustic guitar needs
- Get a taste of one of prog’s most exciting new bands in this intricate drum playthrough
- LANDR aims to make it easier than ever to release your music on multiple platforms
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd: the 10 blues guitarists that blew my mind
- Dave Davies: my 10 tips for guitarists
August 28
- On the radar: Delicate Steve
- Introducing: Aaron Keylock drummer Sonny Miller Greaves
August 25
- Coldcut’s Jonathan More on the production of Outside The Echo Chamber
- Orange reveals Fur Coat and Getaway Driver pedals
- Dave Lombardo on Suicidal Tendencies, Disney and seeking the perfect improvisation
- Mike Kerr talks Royal Blood's meteoric rise, his elusive bass rig and How Did We Get So Dark?
August 24
- Jazz guitar great John Abercrombie dies aged 72: guitarists pay tribute
- Korg’s iconic Mono/Poly synthesizer comes to iOS
- Tasty Chips Electronics tease a new granular synth on social media
- Issue 322 of Future Music is on sale now
- How Ned Steinberger redesigned the bass world
August 23
- Talking Shop: Balako
- Alessandro Cortini is selling off his EMS Synthi AKS and much more
- The Kenton Electronics Pro CV to MIDI converter does exactly what it says on the tin
- Victor Wooten's top 5 tips for bass players
- EarthQuaker Devices’ Data Corrupter will completely mangle your guitar signal - in a good way
- Session bass supremo Justin Meldal-Johnsen talks playing with Nine Inch Nails and Beck, and reveals his studio secrets
- 10 of the best high-end bass guitars at £1,500/$2,000 or more
August 22
- ROLI’s Equator is now available as a standalone synth
- Waldorf’s new vcf1 module takes all the best bits from the 2-Pole and Rocket synth
- Keeley’s Caverns delay and reverb promises to be “the perfect end to any pedalboard”
- Fulltone releases OCD V2 overdrive pedal
- 10 of the best mid-range bass guitars from £750/$1,000 to £1,500/$2,000
August 21
- Gibson unveils the Anaconda, “the ultimate Custom Slash Les Paul”
- Tascam expands the US series with new, affordable 1x2 audio interface
- In pictures: UNKLE’s live setup revealed
- Introducing: Milk Teeth drummer Oli Holbrook
- 10 of the best budget bass guitars at £750/$900 or less
- Capture your perfect guitar tone with sE Electronics’ microphones
- Welcome to Bass Week
- Fusion legend Scott Henderson: my top 5 tips for guitarists
August 18
- Specdrums lets you play beats and other sounds by wearing wireless ring controllers
- Andy Timmons talks shedding shred, a lifetime learning and his unreleased surf record
- Krafty Kuts' favourite music software
- SampleRadar: 279 free orchestral tension samples
- Expressive mPiano controller arrives on Kickstarter, complete with Jordan Rudess signature model
- Mark Tremonti: my top 5 tips for playing live
- R‘n’B superstar Aaron Spears signs on for London Drum Show
August 17
- Hands-on with Revoice Pro 3: Synchro Arts’ vocal editing software explained
- T. Raumschmiere talks explorations in ambient and his new love of modular
- Electro-Harmonix relaunches the Green Russian Big Muff Pi for a new generation
- Warpaint talk essential gear, inspirational players and borrowing guitars from John Frusciante
- One for the road: Black Star Riders
- IK Multimedia is readying an “all-in-one music production station”
August 16
- Ultra Naté: 10 albums that blew my mind
- Billy Corgan is selling a load of his old guitar gear and you could buy it
- Gibson dubs Slash global brand ambassador
- ESP announces plans to replace rosewood on LTD electric guitars
- From weddings to the world’s biggest stadiums: Royal Blood’s Ben Thatcher talks about his meteoric rise
- Faith expands Classic Burst acoustic guitar series
- Superior Drummer 3 ups the ante for drum production once again
- 10 questions for Best Ex’s Mariel Loveland
- Review round-up: alternative offset guitars
August 15
- Acoustic legend Martin Simpson: my 5 essential tips for songwriters
- Stone Sour's Johny Chow on his almighty bass tone and health advice for headbangers
- Rex Brown: the 10 records that changed my life
- Enjoy free interactive subtractive synthesis lessons in your browser
- TC-Helicon’s SingThing combines vocal processing and a speaker
- MVStudio’s MV08 redesigns the 808 for the touchscreen generation
August 14
- Electro-Harmonix debuts “the next evolution in inspired overdrives” with Hot Wax pedal
- Fender’s latest Stratocaster reigns Supreme
- This might just be the most epic drum playthrough video ever
- Royal Blood bassist Mike Kerr: my top five tips for drummers
- Roland distills its flagship Serato DJ controller into two new models
- Meet Eric, the mini-valve-equipped overdrive pedal
- Salva: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Jason Isbell on the Nashville sound, gear addiction and why he steers clear of guitar solos
- On the radar: The Amazons
August 12
- Tech head to head: 303 Clones
August 11
- Google celebrates 44 years of hip-hop by letting you DJ in your browser
- Forest Swords on his in-the-box approach to organic electronica, and why there's more to life than music
- Fender uncorks ‘Bordeaux Reserve’ Blues Junior III guitar amp
- Korg’s SDD-3000 digital delay comes to UAD hardware and Apollo interfaces
- Doug Pinnick talks bass roots, King's X and making KXM's Scatterbrain
- Massive Attack on their production process, key collaborators and secret studio weapons
- Faith bolsters Blood Moon acoustic guitar line with Neptune and Saturn models
- Duncan Lloyd: the 10 records that changed my life
August 10
- This new plugin makes it easy to stream audio from your DAW to the web so that anyone can hear it
- Suhr launches Finish Over Finish Classic Antique guitars
- Steven Wilson’s Craig Blundell: 10 drumming albums that changed my life
- Electro-Harmonix unveils Cock Fight Plus talking wah and fuzz pedal
- Sound Forge Audio Studio 12 offers audio editing and mastering features at an affordable price
- Taylor introduces copafera wood for international 200 Deluxe acoustic guitar models
- Robbie Robertson on The Last Waltz, gear secrets and that bronze Fender Strat
- Danny Worsnop talks starting his own acoustic guitar company, vintage Martins and going country
- deadmau5 shows off a ‘hardware’ version of the Serum plugin synth
August 9
- Percussa’s newest synth goes Eurorack and lands on Kickstarter
- Max Styler: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- FREE Granular Processing plugin with Computer Music 247
- THE ART OF REMIXING – Computer Music issue 247
- Sampling meets synthesis in Auddict’s Hexeract
- Meet the sort-of-new member of the Roland Aira family, the SP-404A sampler
- Waves brings the funk with its new Clavinet plugin
- 18 superstar guitarists ask Hank Marvin their burning questions
- This new plugin shows you why your mixes don’t sound as good as your reference tracks
- A/DA’s stereo guitar cabinet simulator DI delivers “real world” cab tones from your pedalboard
- PRS teams up with Vernon Reid for S2 VR Vela guitar
- 10 questions for The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord
- Fender unveils ’50s FSR Stratocaster and P-90-equipped Telecaster guitars
- Country star Glen Campbell dies at 81: musicians pay tribute
August 8
- Florian Meindl talk modular mindsets and compression workarounds
- Quatromod combines three of Audio Damage’s plugins into one effect
- Is Behringer about to steal Roland’s thunder with this SH-101 clone?
- Memorymoog Plus synth up for grabs in latest Bob Moog Foundation raffle
- Def Leppard's Hysteria, 30 years on: "I’m going to have to go back in a time machine"
- Wolfgang Palm says that his new PPG Infinite iOS synth is his “dream”
- New SH-101 and TR-808 hardware emulations arrive in Roland’s Boutique format
- The Wheely is the first guitar designed to be played in a wheelchair
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (August 2017)
August 7
- Is the tape revival set to rival vinyl in the DJing stakes?
- Zoom’s LiveTrak L-12 could replace your mixer, recorder and audio interface
- Rig tour: Boris
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (August 2017)
- On the radar: Aaron Keylock
August 4
- These Alice In Wonderland and Saxon guitars have to be seen to be believed
- Classic album: Noisia on Split The Atom
- Rumble with the Dumble: up close with an Overdrive Special
August 3
- See and hear how the Behringer D synth compares to the original Moog Model D
- Sum 41’s Frank Zummo: my top 5 tips for drummers
- Erica Synths drop new Eurorack modules into Black and DIY lines
- Brad Paisley talks writing with Fogerty and Jagger, and reveals his live guitar rig
- Get a taste of some fresh, red-hot tech-metal from Jay Wud in searing full band playthrough
- Johnny Christ on The Stage, playing style and rhythm relationships
- Stewart Copeland talks Gizmodrome, Tony Visconti and why it’s great that people make music he hates
August 2
- FL Studio 12.5 has officially landed and it will be the last update before version 13
- Blast from the past: Oberheim Matrix-12 and Xpander
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (August 2017)
- Andy McKee’s top 5 tips for guitarists
- 10 questions for Aynsley Lister
- Epiphone revives the RD as Lee Malia Custom Artisan model
- Gibson launches Burstdriver Les Paul Standard with built-in overdrive pedal
August 1
- Fredrik Thordendal’s signature 33 boost pedal “transforms any amp into a metal wrecking ball machine”
- Soulwax’s David Dewaele tells the story behind the new album From Deewee
- New mid-range Pioneer DJ mixer inherits club DNA from NXS2 range
- One for the road: Steve Lukather
- Darius Rucker talks Gibsons, country and how Kansas changed his life
- These gnarly guitar straps are made from old bike tyres