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May 31
- Young Guitarist of the Year judge Nita Strauss: “Relax, show us your best and have fun!”
- Audiomodern’s FWRD is a free sample pack that gives you the sounds of a Porsche 911 Carrera S
- Yolanda Charles: “I was always told that you can’t teach feel, but I think you can”
- Get half-price UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show tickets for one day only
May 30
- Blackstar’s Fly 3 Def Leppard brings Hysteria to the mini amp world
- Overloud OTD-2 plugin brings six bucket-brigade delay units to your DAW
- Create the synths you’ve always wanted in Kilohearts’ Phase Plant plugin
- Queen Now I'm Here drum lesson and drumless backing track
- Issue 345 of Future Music is on sale now
May 29
- Bob Weir and D'Angelico unveil new Deluxe Bedford signature guitar
- Classic album: Danny Byrd on Supersized
- 5SOS' Michael Clifford and Gibson invoke Joan Jett for signature Melody Maker
- David Gilmour has recorded a three-part podcast series discussing his key guitars
- u-he's Hive 2 synth is here and it promises to be supercharged, sleeker and more streamlined
- Learn to play 'The Amen Break' drum beat
- Want to win Young Guitarist of the Year 2019? Guest judge Plini reveals how
- Ableton Live 10.1 released: here's what you need to know about this free DAW update
- Epiphone announces George Thorogood ‘White Fang’ ES-125TDC Outfit
- NI releases Traktor DJ 2, the free app that’s designed to make everyone a DJ
May 28
- The Motor Synth is out on Indiegogo and Jean-Michel Jarre thinks you should check it out
- Friedman and Jerry Cantrell condense all the grunt of the JJ-100 into the 20-watt JJ Junior head and combo
- Jason Becker and Marty Friedman: “Music comes out of silence... and I have a lot of silent time, without a pesky guitar interrupting my thoughts!”
- Rig tour: Corrosion Of Conformity
May 27
- Steinberg Studio Sessions: T. Raumschmiere
- Bad Brains' Darryl Jenifer: “I understand the locomotion of rhythm. When I play bass, I know how to anchor to the music”
May 24
- Synth engineer goes on a 9-hour trip while cleaning LSD-laced Buchla 100 module
- Perform real-time cinematic textures with Native Instruments Straylight
- TheGigRig’s Wetter Box aims to create epic tones by blending effects in parallel
- Gibson unveils Joe Perry ‘Gold Rush’ Les Paul Axcess
- Sam Kelly: “There’s a lot of amazing folk guitarists who I’m absolutely certain are closet metalheads”
- AudioThing’s Springs is more than just a reverb plugin
- 10 guitar players you need to see at Ramblin Man Fair
- Steinberg Studio Sessions: Principleasure
May 23
- Me in my studio: Chris Carrier
- The Record Company’s Chris Vos on his lap steel-style slide guitar technique: “It certainly gets people’s attention”
- Reason Compact 2.0 for iOS adds a drum machine and bass synth, making it the app it always should have been
- Mattoverse Electronics’ Drone Tone MkIII is a square wave oscillator in a pedal
- Playdate: Teenage Engineering is co-creating this eye-popping handheld gaming system
- Entering Young Guitarist of the Year 2019? Last year’s victor shares his winning tips
- Tascam’s TH-06 headphones are designed for EDM producers who are totally addicted to bass
- Pelican’s Trevor de Brauw: the 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
- Cory Wong: “The key to it all, the starting point for understanding, is just to listen”
- Apple releases ‘the fastest Mac laptop ever’, but it doesn’t come cheap
May 22
- Equip any guitar pedal with impulse responses using AMT’s 9V battery-sized plug-in module
- Universal Audio emulates Capitol Studios' iconic underground echo chambers in UAD 9.9
- Guy Chambers' top 5 tips for songwriters: "I think if songs are good they will find a home"
- These are the world’s first twist-proof guitar straps
- Mark Knopfler is now using Kemper Profiling Amps onstage
- Keeley’s DDR Drive Delay Reverb is designed to be "the only pedal you may ever need"
- PreSonus’s Studio One 4.5 DAW update promises to give users what they’ve been asking for
- John Petrucci: “The last thing you want to do is be complacent or just have ‘okay’ guitar parts and uninspired solos”
- Scorpions' Matthias Jabs: "Your solos don’t have to be easy to play, but they have to be easy to listen to"
- HoRNet’s SongKey plugin now detects chords and tempo and supports MIDI
- Review round-up: super-versatile overdrive pedals
May 21
- Could you be 2019’s Young Guitarist of the Year?
- Jimmy Dunlop: “It's the Dunlop way - we’d take a product and deconstruct it, and then rebuild it the way we think it should be built”
- Get the classic rave hoover synth sound in your Minilogue XD with the Staub oscillator
May 20
- We can see right through Pioneer DJ’s fashion-focused new DJ controllers
- Stone Temple Pilots' Dean DeLeo: these are the 10 guitarists who blew my mind
- Get instant sidechain pumping with Devious Machines’ Duck plugin
- Producer Will Putney says that his new signature plugin bundle gives you hardware-quality guitar amp tones in your DAW
- Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2019 judge Andy McKee: “An abundance of notes and new tricks will not necessarily win my vote”
- Armin van Buuren’s remix of Van Halen’s Jump has now been officially released
- Mr Black goes old-school with Mini Vintage Chorus pedal
- Synths DX is a free ‘80s-style software instrument for Kontakt users
- Cort announces top-spec KX508MS eight-string
- Bobby Wooten: “The awesome thing with David Byrne is that there is looseness and improvisation”
May 17
- Superbooth 2019: The best synths, modular gear and weird bits
- Blast from the past: Ensoniq EPS
- Want to win Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2019? Last year’s winner reveals his biggest tips
- This week’s best free plugins and music software: synths, a VST host, and a classic guitar pedal
- Vocal coach to the stars Peter Strobl shares his top tips for guitar and bass-playing singers
- Make your music sound like a scratchy old record with the Vinylizer plugin
- The story behind Fender's American Acoustasonic Telecaster
- Ernie Ball Music Man debuts Hunter Hayes Cutlass signature guitar
- Shergold turns Provocateur with new single-cut guitar design
- Elton John and Taron Egerton perform Rocket Man together as movie premieres
- PRS gives the SE Custom 24 a Laurel Burl makeover
- Ernst Nathorst-Böös replaced as Propellerhead CEO: what now for the Reason developer?
- What is a monitor controller and why do you need one?
May 16
- THE FAST GUIDE TO RECORDING – Computer Music issue 270 is out now!
- Superbooth 2019 video: The Landscape HC-TT will breathe new life into your old cassette tapes
- Superbooth 2019 video: Tiptop Audio doubles-up with new Tape Echo Z-DSP card and Echoz Eurorack module
- 4 retro plugins that'll give you that old-school sampler sound in your DAW
- Cuts' favourite software
- Is this virtual reality music studio the real deal?
- Here’s why Loopmasters has pulled all of its samples from Splice Sounds
- Epiphone announces Dave Rude Flying V Outfit
- Superbooth 2019 video: This Is Not Rocket Science reveals the new Fenix IV modular synth and it is epic
- Meris’s Hedra is an ethereal rhythmic pitch shifting pedal for guitars, synths and more
- Solar Guitars heralds its first single-cut design with 8 new electric guitars
- PRS unveils S2 Vela Semi-Hollow
May 15
- Pioneer’s DDJ-200 is a 'smart' beginner’s DJ controller that lets you mix with Beatport, Spotify and other streaming services
- Superbooth 2019: See a 30-oscillator patch in action with Kilohearts Phase Plant
- Jon Hopkins: "What do I call my music? Beats with melodies”
- Fender's Red Mahogany Top Telecaster, the second of its Rarities Collection, debuts
- In pictures: Tool drummer Danny Carey's custom VK Drums Snare
- Superbooth 2019 video: Hear the Moog Matriarch in action in this sound-only demo
- Arturia’s MicroFreak synth has been released: here’s what you need to know
- Video: Signal teams up with Masters of Maple to build a cardboard drum kit
- Superbooth 2019 video: Behringer's RD-909 drum machine lives - listen to it in action
- Meet the programmers: AudioThing's Carlo Castellano
- Duff McKagan's top 5 tips for bassists: "If you're going to be a bass player, learn how not to be the front guy"
- Review round-up: Floyd Rose-fuelled electric guitars
- 6 of the best VST/AU phase alignment plugins to whip your mixes into shape
May 14
- Watch the Game of Thrones theme shredded to bits by Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Scott Ian and Brad Paisley
- Video: Funk drumming masterclass with Ralph Rolle part one
- Alok: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- IK Multimedia’s Bully bass synth goes free, putting Moog Taurus sounds in your DAW
- Steve Lukather’s winning formula for Guitarist of the Year 2019
- Waves’ Submarine plugin could take your bass deeper than it’s ever gone before
- Superbooth 2019 video: Get a taste of the tube technology inside Korg’s Volca nubass synth
- Jason Everett: “I thought what the heck, I might as well have the high F string, too!”
- Superbooth 2019 video: Korg explains the nuts and bolts of the DIY Nu:Tekt synthesizer
May 13
- GHS’s Thin Core Phosphor Bronze strings promise “superior playability with balanced tone”
- Superbooth 2019 video: Ableton hits the modular trail with its CV Tools
- Superbooth 2019 video: UDO's Super 6 polysynth prototype is already making waves
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear this week
- Apogee releases its FX Rack effect plugins in native formats for Mac
- Pro Tools 2019 is here, giving you more MIDI tracks and a non-stop workflow
- NanoHost turns your VST synths into standalone instruments for live use, and it’s totally free
- Friedman launches Mic-No-Mo guitar amp cab simulation box
- Superbooth 2019 video: SynthMaster One 1.2 comes with 200 new sounds
- Superbooth 2019 video: Can Elektron's Digitone Keys synth defy the doubters?
May 11
- 2019 Bassist of the Year judge Stu Hamm: “I’m looking for someone who understands the bass guitar’s role to unite rhythm and harmony and drive the band”
- Superbooth 2019 video: Make Noise drops the Mimeophon, X-Pan and XOH
May 10
- Superbooth 2019 video: Can IK Multimedia’s small UNO Drum machine have a big impact?
- Superbooth 2019: Mine S lets you create your own custom modular MIDI controller, then change it if you want to
- Superbooth 2019 video: Superlative Audio gives us the 101 on its cutting-edge synth clone
- Superbooth 2019 video: Dreadbox dishes the dirt on the Nyx 2 synth
- The Darkness: “We didn’t come here to ride the teacups. We came for the rollercoaster”
- Superbooth 2019 video: Novation is at the top of its synth game as it shows off Summit
- 5 minutes alone - Eric Gales: “I love what I do. The hardest thing about it is all the travelling and the easiest thing is the playing”
- PRS unveils CE 24 Smokeburst Limited electric guitars
- Marcus Miller: my 13 essential bass albums
- Superbooth 2019 video: Here's why Teenage Engineering cancelled orders for its new modular products
- Superbooth 2019 video: This is what the Steinberg Retrologue hardware synth sounds like
- Superbooth 2019 video: Listen to 4 minutes of Behringer's RD-808 drum machine in action
- Rocktron brings the VooDu Valve guitar preamp back to life with limited-edition re-release
- Z.Vex’s new Fuzz Factory is a Clear winner
- Native Instruments and the Bob Moog Foundation are putting iconic modular synth sounds in your DAW
May 9
- Superbooth 2019 video: Polyend shows off 'grown-up' Medusa v2
- Superbooth 2019: Korg’s super-cute Nu:Tekt synthesizer is one that you can build yourself
- Superbooth 2019 video: Polyend Preset, Poly 2 and Anywhere
- Superbooth 2019: Reminder could be a gourmet effects box that you won't forget in a hurry
- Superbooth 2019: Polyend offers instant Eurorack Preset recall and a whole lot more besides
- Session ace Derek Frank's top tips for bassists: "You don’t get gigs by staying in your bedroom posting Instagram and YouTube videos"
- Guitarist of the Year 2019: how to enter and how to win
- Superbooth 2019 video: Gamechanger's Motor Synth spins into view
- Superbooth 2019: Behringer’s Oberheim OB-Xa synth clone is taking shape and making sounds
- Fender releases the none-more-offset Meteora HH
- Kirk Hammett actually slipped on his wah pedal and fell on stage
- Superbooth 2019: Korg’s Minilogue XD module can be used with the keyboard version to create a monster synth setup
- Superbooth 2019: Korg’s Volca nubass offers NuTube warmth inside a portable bass synth
May 8
- Superbooth 2019: Novation goes beyond the Peak and hits the Summit with new flagship polysynth
- Drum lesson: How to play the Van Halen 'Hot For Teacher' drum intro
- Superbooth 2019: Elektron breaks the mould with the Digitone Keys synth
- Superbooth 2019: news, video and more from the show floor
- Superbooth 2019: Pittsburgh Modular goes back to nature with an ‘organic’ modular synthesizer
- Superbooth 2019: Bastl is excited about 5 things and wants to tell you about them
- Superbooth 2019: Endorphin.es’s Ground Control sequencer could take you on many modular missions
- This free distortion pedal plugin promises a ‘perfect’ emulation of Boss’s Metal Zone MT-2
- Revv’s D20 is the world’s first Two Notes Torpedo-equipped guitar amp
- ACID Pro Next lets you split complete songs into individual tracks
- Vanflet reckons its Station1 is “the future of guitar amps”
- Superbooth 2019: SoundForce’s DCO puts a Roland Juno-60/106-style oscillator in your Eurorack rig
- One for the road - Midge Ure: “I had access to everything from The Carpenters to Led Zeppelin, and that was my musical apprenticeship”
- Superbooth 2019: Elektron says that “restrictions are for the dreamless” as it teases something new
- Audient’s Nero monitor controller is designed to sit at the heart of your desktop studio
May 7
- Behringer takes no time in releasing early images of its CS-80 clone
- Fender Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster hands-on demo
- George Benson: the 11 guitarists who blew my mind
- Want to win Guitarist of the Year 2019? Last year’s winner tells you how
- Superbooth 2019: Steinberg’s Retrologue 2 plugin just got turned into a hardware synth
- Superbooth 2019: Is Polyend about to announce a new drum machine?
- How to play drums like Stewart Copeland
- Superbooth 2019: The Nyx v2 synth is Dreadbox’s latest paraphonic powerhouse
- Can the Fat Bottom brass bar improve your guitar tone?
- Lowden unveils the Wee Lowden Jazz acoustic guitar
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (May 2019)
- With a glass and aluminium case, NI’s Komplete Audio 6 interface looks as good as we hope it sounds
- Explore the outer limits of sound design in Novation’s Hack series
May 6
- Rock Goddess bassist Jenny Lane: “When I’m struggling a bit onstage, I think ‘What would Lemmy do?’”
May 3
- Learn to play SikTh’s How May I Help You? with this blistering guitar playthrough
- Slice, edit and remix millions of samples with Loopcloud 4.0
- Superbooth 2019: IK Multimedia will be showing off “more than just knobs” next week
- Mad Professor hopes to reign Supreme with new Matt Schofield-designed overdrive pedal
- Guthrie Govan: “Winning Guitarist of the Year laid an important foundation without which my career might well have taken a rather different turn”
- Rival Sons' Michael Miley: “I’m more Keith Moon than meat and potatoes.”
- Jordan Rudess takes you on a tour of his 2019 Dream Theater live keyboard rig
- G&L’s Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk takes flight
- Tone makers - Mad Professor's Harri Koski: “It’s my job to recognise the good tones and leave the bad tones out”
- The FX files: Roland Space Echo
- Behringer showcases Solina String Ensemble clone, but says it might never be built
May 2
- Native Instruments launches Super 8, putting classic analogue polysynths into everyone’s hands
- Manson unveils MA 2019 guitar range with a raft of upgrades
- Ernie Ball Music Man releases Artist Series StingRay for Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue
- Watch Enterprise Earth’s Gabe Mangold deploy 8-string brutality in this fiery guitar playthrough
- Superbooth 2019: Pulsar-23 looks like the kind of drum machine you’d buy in a heartbeat
- Watch the trailer for Electronic Voyager, the story of Bob Moog
- Issue 344 of Future Music is on sale now
- Is Behringer set to beat Yamaha to the punch with its own CS-80 synth?
- Wojtek Pilichowski: “The goal is not to mirror someone else, but to open yourself up and play your music”
May 1
- The best new hi-tech music gear of the month: review round-up (May 2019)
- Level 42 guitarist and founding member Boon Gould dies, aged 64
- Hands-on demo: Polyend & Dreadbox Medusa
- John Petrucci reckons his new Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty is “the perfect guitar”
- Bitty is the loud little drum machine with an ever-expanding sound library
- Aristides’ Raw Series cuts the price of its innovative Arium-bodied electric guitars
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in May 2019
- DiMarzio unveils Vintage P90 guitar pickup in soapbar, dog ear and full-sized humbucker formats