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October 31
- Mythos Pedals announces Positron Collider Fuzz
- Watch this pumpkin massacre turned into a techno track with the aid of the Elektron Digitakt
- Harmonics from Softube promises to have your distortion and dynamics working in perfect harmony
- Steven Wilson: "I fall in love with music more than the tools to make it"
- The new Apple iPad Pro says goodbye to Lightning and headphone ports
- Barrett Martin: "West Africa, that’s where all the mother rhythms come from"
- Fender strikes gold with none-more-black Midnight guitars
- NAMM 2019: Burl-topped Reaper models lead Schecter’s 2019 guitar line-up
- The playlist: Ryan Roxie
- Rabea Massaad’s top 5 tips for guitarists: "The more you listen to what you do, the better a guitar player you become"
- NAMM 2019: Fender set to recreate Jimmy Page’s iconic Telecaster in ‘mirror’ and ‘dragon’ designs
October 30
- There are some horrifyingly good deals on softsynths and plugins this Halloween
- The AudioKit Digital D1 synth for iOS is pure ‘80s and ‘90s digital lushness
- Fender launches “statement piece” Limited Edition Midnight Hour Precision Bass
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge: “We encourage today’s hip-hop artists to close the laptop, put down the sampler and spend time creating with live instruments”
- 10 questions for George Lynch: “I wasn’t wearing underwear. My guitar tech leapt into action with a roll of duct tape”
- Review round-up: compact reverb pedals
October 29
- Ditch the laptop: Richard Devine on his all-hardware Eurorack live rig
- The unique 1-inch true condenser microphone that’s perfect for any session
- You can now get a cat on your Eurorack synth without actually needing a cat, all thanks to 2hp
- Could the LEAP be “the most comfortable guitar pick you’ll ever hold”?
- TC Electronic unveils BC208 portable bass cabinet
- Stylish! is a belt-buckle monosynth that could be so cheap they might even give it away
- Duane Eddy: “You use the technology and don’t let it use you. I can’t get that through to people”
- Ovation pays tribute to Glen Campbell with two new signature electro-acoustic guitars
- One for the road - Chris Spedding: “Spinal Tap moments? I’ve appeared in a Womble suit… that probably covers that one”
- 5 Seconds Of Summer's Calum Hood: "I fell in love with bass pretty quickly. It holds a lot of the melody in our songs"
October 26
- Session ace Geoff Holroyde: "Sometimes with a terrible drum kit you can play into that sound and make something of it"
- Blast from the past: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
- Sonic Youth are selling over 200 pieces of guitar and tech gear - and you could buy it
- Korg confirms that some of its Prologue synths do have a tuning problem
- Star-studded Keith Moon tribute night to raise money for National Deaf Children's Society
- Lance Lopez: “Texas guitar playing is the attitude of putting everything behind each note”
- 5 minutes alone - Ash's Tim Wheeler: "We weren't good enough to play the music we wanted to play, so we started writing songs"
- The B-52s' Tracy Wormworth: “I came up in the fusion era, and there were so many amazing bass players at that time. I saw Jaco Pastorius many times”
- Cort serves up seriously affordable GB54P bass guitar with ergonomic neck joint
- Motown guitar icon Wah Wah Watson dies aged 67
- 6 of the best mics for guitar amps
October 25
- Catalinbread seeks to fatten your guitar tone with the NiCompressor
- Classic album: David Maclean on Django Django
- Re-Compose’s Spexx plugin could give you a fresh view on the way you process your audio
- You can now rent-to-own your Reason Rack Extensions
October 24
- NAMM 2019: Fender to launch American-made acoustic guitar line
- Keeley announces Verb O Trem combined reverb and tremolo pedals
- Sequential’s Prophet X hybrid goes extra large with new XL version
- Then play on: the story of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan
- Review round-up: Bigsby-loaded retro rockers
October 23
- New Gibson CEO revealed: former Levi’s president to focus on 'core business' of guitars
- Watch Richard Thompson share his top tips for alternate tunings
- Graham Coxon: “I like to put the guitar under a certain amount of stress and see what it asks me to do”
- Denise has made one producer’s dream plugin, and now you can buy it
- Marco Minnemann: Behind the drums
- Watch a comparison of Audient’s mic preamps throughout its entire range of consoles and audio interfaces
- Can you hear the difference between a £22k console and a £100 audio interface?
October 22
- Swedish House Mafia set for 2019 return with live performance and new music
- Haken: “Without Allan Holdsworth and Robert Fripp, you wouldn’t have prog-metal today”
- It’s time to get experimental with the kNoB technology Muscarin semi modular analogue synth
- iLL BLU: 5 things we’ve learned about music production
- 5 reasons why tracking through a Universal Audio Apollo X interface with real-time processing will change your music-making life
- VegaTrem is shaking up the tremolo market with the revolutionary VT1 for S-type guitars
- Solar Guitars unveils Floyd Rose-equipped A1.6FRC model
- The Soundbrenner Core might just be the ultimate watch for musicians
- Me and my guitar: Tom Quayle
- Stanley Clarke: "I built a new bass that looks like a Stratocaster; Fender is going to release it"
- Gem Archer: “It was always about being in a band. It still is! It was never about being a virtuoso”
October 19
- Morcheeba’s Ross Godfrey on the making of Blaze Away: "Can you imagine trying to make this album without Pro Tools?"
- IK Multimedia captures Dimebag Darrell’s iconic Cowboys From Hell tone for new AmpliTube collection
- Polyphia: "We make rap music through guitars"
- All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert dies aged 44
- Is Pipes “the most powerful instrument/sampler/audio device ever made”?
- Ruen Brothers: “With an acoustic guitar, it sounds like what it was built to sound like. There’s a continuity”
October 18
- Lamb Of God's John Campbell: “The pinkie is 25 per cent of what you’ve got going on, and you’ve got to use it!”
- Half of all new guitar players are female, reveals study
- The Mute 4.0 portable synth is “printed circuit board meets album cover”
- TINRS’ RectangularThing is not your average Eurorack synth-voice module
October 17
- Roland’s JX-3P is the latest classic synth to land on the company’s Cloud plugin platform
- Waves is promising you the sound and “magic” of the Abbey Road mastering console in a plugin
- Anna Calvi: “There’s this place between trying to be a master of your instrument, but then also being right on the edge of the cliff"
- TC Electronic adds hardware-controlled stereo expander and reverb plugins to its DT range
- The AnalogFusion from FingerSonic could be everything you want in a synthesizer
- Rob Papen reboots his Raw synth with a new version dedicated to kick drum creation
October 16
- Aric Improta’s Guide to drumming showmanship
- iZotope's Nectar 3 plugin comes with a smart assistant that'll fix-up your vocals so you don't have to
- Accusonus’s Era Voice Leveler plugin lets you smooth out your vocals with a single knob
- Roger Glover: “I improved when Steve Morse joined the band; Ritchie Blackmore wasn’t happy with me because I didn’t practise very much”
- Transform the sound of your vocals with Roland’s VT-4
October 15
- Lounsberry Pedals’ Tall, Fat and Wide is a “game changer for digital organs”
- DiMarzio announces Richie Kotzen Strat Replacement Pickguard
- Erica Synths’ doubles the space with Dual FX Eurorack module
- Dan Donegan’s top 5 tips for guitarists: “You’ve got to push yourself as a player to branch out and do things that are maybe not theoretically correct”
- Jeff Schroeder: "The Smashing Pumpkins guitar sound is very unique in terms of what’s required"
- AudioThing aims to reel you in with its lo-fi tape emulation plugin
October 12
- Blast from the past: Elektron SidStation
- Arturia’s Synclavier V 2 can resynthesize a sound from a single sample
- 4ms’ new Pod modular cases are affordable and daisy-chainable
- Fluid Audio spills the beans on its SRI-2 audio interface and monitor switcher
- Halestorm: “You have to be willing to work at something and then draft and redraft, then finish it, and then throw it away”
- Intuitive Audio’s Chord Composer plugin lets you create customised progressions with just a few clicks
- Guy Pratt: “The '80s music business was this ludicrous theme park awash with money. All you had to do was get over the fence”
- Lyndsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac to the tune of $14m
- Akai Pro’s MPK Mini Play is a compact MIDI controller keyboard with its own built-in sounds
October 11
- Rig tour: Ólafur Arnalds’ live setup and the tech behind the Stratus Pianos
- ROLI’s Beatmaker Kit gives you the gear you need to start making music and shows you how to do it
- Watch the new Novation SL MkIII MIDI/CV controller in action
- PRS unveils limited run of unique finishes for SE Standard 24 guitar
- Apogee’s Jam+ gives iPhone owners the headphone output they’ve been missing
- Qu-Bit breaks new ground with the Scanned oscillator Eurorack module
- How to build the ultimate tube amp rig for sessions, covers and functions
- IK Multimedia releases Ampeg Collection 2 for AmpliTube iPhone/iPad
- Rivera announces 50th Golden Anniversary RockCrusher Power Attenuator
- Steinberg’s UR22mkII Production Pack gives you everything you need to start recording music on a computer
- Parkway Drive's Ben Gordon: "No one else in the band knows anything about drums"
October 10
- Watch 2018’s astounding Young Guitarist of the Year finalists in action
- D16’s Redoptor 2 plugin promises devilishly dirty distortion
- Electro-Harmonix unveils all-encompassing Grand Canyon delay and looper
- Novation announces the SL MkIII MIDI controller and it’s effectively got 8 Circuit sequencers inside
- Watch 2018’s incredible Acoustic Guitarist of the Year finalists in action
- Blast from the past: Roland JV-1080
- Watch 2018’s phenomenal Guitarist of the Year finalists in action
- This video shows you how to turn an old USB keyboard into a foot switch controller
- TC Electronic releases a more affordable Clarity M in the Stereo edition
- Mesa/Boogie and Two Notes team up for impulse response cab packs
- Tom Morello: "The idea was to fight back against this world of radio with no electric guitar anymore"
- Alice In Chains: "We’re both guitar players at heart; we never intended to be lead singers"
- SoundCloud Pro and Unlimited subscribers can now make money from their music
- Greg Howe's top 5 tips for guitarists: "Having the ability to be as expressive as possible is now much more of a priority than the ability to impress"
October 9
- Future Sound Systems launches the Brunswick, a barebones analogue synth for under £100
- Walking Papers' Jeff Angell: my guide to the best Seattle guitar albums
- Matthews Effects unveils The Cosmonaut V2 Void Reverb/Delay pedal
- Watch Nergal summon Bartzabel in Behemoth guitar playthrough
- PreSonus’s Studio 2|4 is a compact and affordable USB-C audio interface
- Positive Grid reckons it’s developed “the easiest way to learn guitar” with free GoGuitar app
- Five free sequencers come in the Probability Pack for Ableton Live
- You haven’t got long to make the Tinami MD-1 customisable MIDI controller a reality
October 8
- Win a 101 Drums Diamond Series snare drum!
- You can watch a Moog One polysynth being built in realtime
- The first video of the Moog One polysynth is about as mind-bending as the price
- Neunaber crams eight “magical stereo reverbs” into Immerse Reverberator Mk II
- 112db’s Mikron Compressor is a little plugin that promises a big sound
- The 4-sum mono mixer is not much bigger than the 9v battery needed to power it
- There are no tricks, only treats from Solar Guitars’ V2.6 Halloween
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (October 2018)
- Orange celebrates 50th anniversary with White Crush 20
- Moby to sell off close to 200 drum machines: “Please take care of my babies”
- Randomly generating MIDI sequences is a great way to come up with fresh ideas
- Thrice: “When we were 17, we wanted to fit as many notes as possible in. We’re minimalists nowadays”
- Me and my guitar: Jared James Nichols
October 5
- Is Skoog Music’s Skwitch the most affordable expressive MIDI controller yet?
- Classic gear: Fender Bass VI
- Use your compact synths anywhere with any USB power bank and the Koma Elektronik Strom Mobile
- VINTAGE EFFECTS – Computer Music issue 262 is out now
- Marshall has made a beer “designed specially to be enjoyed with music”
- Koma Elektronik drops the Dual Discrete VCA Eurorack module
- iZotope is letting you download its Vocal Doubler plugin for free
- Source Audio debuts True Spring Reverb pedal
- IK Multimedia offers free update to AmpliTube Slash plugin suite
- Fender releases Limited Edition Jaguar Strat guitar
- Stuck for ideas? Audiomodern’s Riffer can create melodies, basslines and beats for you
October 4
- Line 6 launches HX Stomp multi-effects, a fully functional, downsized Helix
- Kate Simko: “I looked at the screen and for the first time in my life, I saw music as a waveform”
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (October 2018)
- Record your band with the M-Audio M-Track 8X4M USB audio interface
- Drumforge’s DF-Comp compressor lets you mix your drums by “feeling the vibe”
- It looks like Red Bull Music Academy has built the world’s largest sequencer
- Mesa/Boogie promises a “unique vintage voice” from 6V6-powered Fillmore 25
- Boss unveils Waza Craft versions of the DC-2 Dimension C and… MT-2 Metal Zone
- Overloud is bringing Pink Floyd’s ‘70s delay to your DAW
October 3
- Attend an exclusive John Butler guitar clinic - for free!
- CEO Henry Juszkiewicz ousted as Gibson guitar co saved from bankruptcy
- Spitfire Audio releases its first annual celebrating 10 years of sample library creation
- Pioneering Beatles audio engineer Geoff Emerick dies, aged 72
- Coheed And Cambria's Travis Stever: "There are a lot of different guitar sounds on this record… I love the whole world of experimenting"
- Eventide’s legendary SP2016 reverb returns in plugin form
- How to find the right acoustic guitar shape for you
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors combines pitch-shifting, flanging and multi-voice chorus for Reflector Chorus V3 pedal
- Darkglass Electronics debuts Microtubes X and X7 Multiband Bass Drive pedals
October 2
- Rammstein’s Paul Landers: "I’ve always been the no-amp guy! I have never really bothered with them"
- Tech 21 announces signature Fly Rig pedal for Rammstein’s Paul Landers
- Rob Papen’s MasterMagic plugin aims to enhance any track with ease
- Erica Synths wants you to get experimental with the Liquid Sky Dada Noise System
- Everything you need to know about Fender Wide Range humbuckers
- Epiphone unveils John Lee Hooker 100th Anniversary Zephyr guitar
- Kasabian's Ian Matthews: We always go about every gig like it’s the biggest, even if it’s the smallest gig
October 1
- SSL’s Fusion is a 2U unit that offers five analogue processors for adding colour to your sound
- Guitarist of the Year 2018 winners revealed!
- HeadRush's Gigboard is a cheaper, smaller, fully featured Pedalboard
- Adam Audio’s first studio headphones are designed to replicate a high-quality stereo monitoring system
- The Moog One could be the Moog polysynth that you’ve always wanted
- Polyend has dropped a quick look at the updated Seq MIDI sequencer
- Meet “the guitar of Slash’s dreams”, his $13k 1958 Brazilian Dream Les Paul Standard
- Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular lets you build the synth of your dreams in your DAW
- Tone makers - JHS Pedals' Josh Scott: "Put an effect on your ’board and see where it takes you"
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in October
- Fantastic Negrito: "I want the guitar tone that makes it feel like you’re in a club that you may get stabbed in"
- Otis Rush, influential Chicago Blues guitarist, dies at 84
- Find out how Loopcloud 3.0 has helped M.J. Cole to rediscover his sounds