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October 31
- IK Multimedia says that T-RackS 5 can automatically master your music to sound like your reference tracks
- Vicetone's favourite music software
- Want to know what an 100 oscillator synth sounds like?
- DMG Audio’s TrackComp emulates five compressors from pro audio history
- Get the sound of Blue Planet II with Spitfire Audio’s Orchestral Swarm
- Paul Gilbert: "Fast playing is the musical equivalent of filling space"
- Queens Of The Stone Age: "Experimenting is the most important thing you can do as a musician"
October 30
- Is this 240-step sequencer the largest ever made?
- Acorn Amplifiers grows Gainesville guitar amp series
- Use any USB cable to power your pedalboard with Mission Engineering’s 529 pedal power supply
- Get set for Halloween with the free Horror Box ROMpler plugin
- 36-storey guitar-shaped hotel revealed
- George Ezra: "People have success and then want to prove that they've got their grade 8 on guitar"
- Korg Gadget is coming to the Nintendo Switch next year
October 27
- Phaeleh talks gear, influences and returning to the beat
- Happy Mondays' Paul Ryder: "I never learned to slap, but there’s a single pop on Kinky Afro"
- Me and my guitar: Milk Teeth's Chris Webb
- Classic album: Francesco Tristano on Not For Piano
October 26
- The drummers that made Big Band swing; part 1
- Pharrell happy to clap along to the Roli beat
- Old gold: 1951 Gibson L-5 CES
October 25
- Rock and roll pioneer Fats Domino dies
- Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis is selling a load of guitars, amps and drum kits, and you could buy them
- Looks like Ibanez is readying some old-school SuperStrat-style electrics for NAMM
- Ryan Adams’ signature Strat is nearly finished and it looks awesome
- Experience a masterclass in pedal-driven riffage with this storming Alpha Male Tea Party live session
- 10 questions for Movements’ Ira George
- Focusrite Academy provides free guitar recording course
October 24
- Trivium talk new album The Sin And The Sentence track-by-track
- Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, aka Daisy Berkowitz, dies aged 49
- IK Multimedia iRig Pre HD promises to bridge the world of portable devices and professional microphones
- Korg leaks new product info, arriving at NAMM 2018
- Europe’s John Norum: my top 6 tips for guitarists
- In pictures: 17 stunningly decorated Gibson Les Pauls, designed for superstar guitarists
- First look: Chapman Standard and Pro Series
October 23
- New Motas-6 analogue monosynth brings flexible filtering options
- Gibson responds to Memphis factory sale news
- Review round-up: pedalboard guitar amps
- How to use a digital guitar amp, part 3: downloads, forums and community
- Issue 324 of Future Music is on sale now
- The history of big band and swing drumming
October 20
- sE Electronics update some old favourites with latest microphones
- Gibson is selling its Memphis factory
- PMC announce new entry-level active monitor, the result6
- SampleRadar: 494 free contact mic madness samples
- Fender drops a blonde bombshell with limited-edition Bassbreaker 15 amp
- Electro-Harmonix debuts seriously affordable Volume Pedal
- The best MIDI pad controllers in the world today
- Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian reveal their favourite drum and keyboard parts on supergroup Sons Of Apollo’s almighty debut
- Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley: my top 6 tips for songwriters
- Purple Disco Machine: the 10 tracks that blew my mind
October 19
- This is quite possibly the largest synthesizer orchestra ever assembled
- Fancy a challenge? Try playing this 17-string electric guitar
- Darkglass’s bass drive pedals get a boost as B3K and B7K are updated to version 2
- Roland updates the KC keyboard amp range with six new models
- PreSonus has blown-up the FaderPort to twice the size and announced a new 16-channel version
- Iron Maiden’s greatest guitar solos, by The Iron Maidens
- In pictures: Slipknot’s Mick Thomson shares his favourite guitars and gear from an extensive collection
October 18
- Sound Radix thinks that its Powair plugin is a smarter kind of dynamics processor
- Sick Individuals say that their Focus One plugin will help you to improve your mix
- Dimitry Sches aims to make his point with the Thorn synth
- Eric Bibb talks Migration Blues: "I have plenty of musical goals left... I am not bored or burned out!"
- 10 questions for Blis. guitarist Aaron Gossett
- Electro-Harmonix shifts up a gear with feature-rammed Slammi Plus pitch-shifter pedal
- Slash goes trash metal as a bonkers scrapheap sculpture
- Pioneer’s DJS-1000 is a DJ-friendly performance sampler
October 17
- Under the microscope: 3 mythical PRS Dragons
- Reloop’s Touch DJ controller lets you perform using a 7-inch touchscreen
- Eventide brings its famed digital delay to Eurorack modular
- Hot Chip's Joe Goddard on vintage synths, leaving the home studio and an underlying love for disco
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (October 2017)
October 16
- Jesca Hoop on Memories Are Now: "it’s not a ‘girl with a guitar’ album"
- One for the road: Derek Trucks
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (October 2017)
- Koma Elektronik launches new Field Kit FX module on Kickstarter
- How to use a digital guitar amp, part 2: integrating with mobile
October 13
- Tim Exile’s Shed Loads of Resonators promise “infinite possibilities”
- Elektron commences shipping of the new editions of the Analog Four synth and Octatrack sampler
- This free plugin lets you store photos of your hardware settings inside your DAW
- Air Music Technology’s Loom II is here to “push the boundaries of additive synthesis”
- Dreadbox goes DIY with $140 Hades synth kit
- Chelsea Wolfe talks Hiss Spun: "It was fun to write some songs that were more in-your-face and aggressive"
- The playlist: Andy James
October 12
- Bitwig Studio gets Ableton Link: now you can sync it with Live and other apps
- Samson gets back on the G-Track with a Pro version of its USB mic/audio interface
- Justin Jay: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Steve Queralt talks Ride's Weather Diaries: "I used a four-string Steinberger bass for a lot of the recording"
- Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers talks Four Voices, guitar roots and multi-instrumentalism
- Mooer unveils ultra-affordable polyphonic Tender Octaver MkII mini pedal
- Meet the programmers: Output
- Lo-fi legend, Ekoplekz, delves into the secrets behind his trademark sound
October 11
- TC Electronic brings back the Juno chorus with the June-60 pedal
- Carvin Audio closes factory, set to liquidate assets
- Suppress to impress with Klevgrand’s Brusfri noise reduction software
- 10 questions for Comeback Kid’s Jeremy Hiebert
- Billy Corgan is working with Electro-Harmonix on a Siamese Dream op-amp Big Muff reissue
- Billy Corgan: “The gear should always support your vision”
- M-Audio’s Uber USB condenser mic promises flexibility and convenience
October 10
- The synth sounds of Blade Runner explored and replicated
- The ZVEX Effects TB-1 microphone is made from an actual tea ball
- Funk/jazz master Stanton Moore: "Being in New Orleans, you’ve got access to some of the greatest musicians in the world"
- Analogue Solutions lights the Fusebox as it opens pre-orders for its latest mega monosynth
- Eventide and Newfangled Audio’s smart mastering plugin is designed to Elevate your music to new heights
- Dean DeLeo talks Stone Temple Pilots’ Core, track-by-track: “There was an innocence yet a determination”
- Mooer’s GE200 multi-effects pedal promises “unparalleled amp modelling in its price range”
- Subscribe to a Reason Rack Extensions plan and you can change your devices every month
October 9
- Antelope Audio’s new Discrete 8 audio interface is cramming in the features
- Nerina Pallot: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Joe Satriani: these are the guitarists who turned me down for G3
- Mastodon's Troy Sanders: my top 5 tips for surviving on the road
- On the radar: Soeur
- Zoom gets back in the ring with the ARQ AR-48 performance instrument
- How to use a digital guitar amp, part 1: getting started and creating presets
- VegaTrem may have just reinvented the floating tremolo
- Mooer unveils Radar speaker cab simulator and IR loader mini pedal
- Pibox lets you share audio and collaborate with anyone, anywhere
October 7
- Eddie Van Halen talks building the Frankenstein, honing the 5150 and EVH Gear
- Orianthi's 10 blues guitar heroes
October 6
- The Thyme draws near for Bastl Instruments’ latest effects unit
- World Guitar Day 2017: guitar pedals and effects basics
- iZotope says that Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 tell you what’s wrong with your mixes and masters and can help you to fix them
- Joe Bonamassa: the World Guitar Day interview
- Learn new techniques and get great gear deals with Thomann’s #HomeRecordingDays
- The future of guitar gear
- Riff writing artist masterclass
- Lee Anderton: how to buy the right guitar
- Electric guitar for beginners
October 5
- Kelly Jones and Adam Zindani explain why they’d be f**ked without the guitar
- How Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forever
- Roland Boutique SE-02: MusicRadar hands-on
- A native beta version of FL Studio for Mac is now available
- 7 things to expect on World Guitar Day 2017
- Paul Stanley’s purple cracked mirror Ibanez is a sight to behold
- Bare Knuckle takes “the next step in progressive rock and metal tone” with Ragnarok Misha Mansoor signature pickups
- 10 questions for Caligula’s Horse guitarist Sam Vallen
- This thermochromic Fender Tele finish changes with temperature
October 4
- 3 Free Mixing Effects worth $49 with Computer Music issue 249
- Computer Music – 100% Bass – issue 249
- Abbey Road’s free Topline iOS app lets you capture your musical ideas anywhere
- Fender lifts the lid on Roasted Ash Stratocaster, Telecaster and P-Bass guitars
- The Seven Decades stage show reveals its wealth of vintage guitar gear
- Vicetone: 10 tracks that blew our minds
- The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins: my top 5 tips for guitarists
- BandLab’s Looper takes mobile beatmaking to the next level
- Mackie’s affordable new Onyx USB audio interfaces promise to “rise above the rest”
- Introducing: Shaman’s Harvest drummer Adam Zemanek
October 3
- Sample Magic thinks that it’s “pushing the threshold of electronic music production” with Klip
- D16 goes deeper into space modulated reverb with Toraverb 2
- Epiphone announces none-more-white Tommy Thayer, Matt Heafy and Björn Gelotte signature models
- PreSonus fires another Thunderbolt with the Quantum 2 audio interface
- Freekbass talks: "Readers - don’t sell your first bass"
- Joe Satriani live Q&A on World Guitar Day: give us your questions
- Tom Petty is dead at 66
October 2
- On the radar: The Raven Age
- iZotope thinks that O8N2 is “the next evolution of mixing and mastering”
- Amplify ‘17 is a new event for anyone who wants a career in music
- This new MIDI controller might teach you music theory and help you to write better songs
- Aclam's innovative Smart Track pedalboards mean you can forget velcro
- Blackstar unveils HT Venue MkII valve guitar amps with “massively flexible feature set”