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June 30
- NI’s Stradivari Violin is a solo string instrument that’s been “almost 300 years in the making”
- "Selfish" Chase Rice facing Covid backlash after packed concert
- The Neumann V402 might be 2020’s most desirable mic preamp
June 29
- The long-awaited Les Paul signature for Tool guitarist Adam Jones is in production
- Get Daft Punk and Herbie Hancock’s vocoder of choice with the X201 plugin
- 46 pro guitar tips from Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, John McLaughlin, Frank Marino, Larry Carlton and more
- Cassette Roads is a free VST electric piano plugin that sounds like it was recorded on an ‘80s tape deck in your bedroom
- Orange Amps launches the compact FS1 Mini footswitch
June 26
- Trivium's Alex Bent: The 10 albums that influenced my drumming style
- The beginner's guide to: Berlin techno
- "We need money to survive the crisis" – Music Venue Trust fires back at the UK government's five-step plan
- The 21 most important products and innovations in music technology history
- Dreadbox and Sinevibes’ drop the super-cute Typhon analogue synth
- ChordPotion 2 is a MIDI effect plugin that can magic up something new out of your chord progressions
- UK government announces 'five-stage roadmap' for live music's return
- Did Gibson accidentally release a new Slash Les Paul Goldtop guitar early?
June 25
- TC Electronic might have just perfected the compact looper pedal with the Ditto+
- Output turns up the heat with Thermal, an 'interactive' multi-stage distortion plugin
- MeldaProduction’s MonasteryGrand is a free multi-gigabyte piano for your DAW
- Shape your guitar tone with IK Multimedia's new DI pedal and box
- SampleRadar: free ambient allsort samples
- ElectroNylon puts an acoustic guitar and electric piano in one VST plugin, and you can morph between them
- The Last Of Us 2's chord mini game: 14 guitar songs you can learn and play
- iZotope Stutter Edit 2 lets you create BT-style glitch effects with one button
June 24
- Eric Johnson focuses on guitar harmonics in his new mini video lesson
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Lenny Kravitz
- The most versatile PRS SE guitar yet? This Hollowbody II is packing a piezo system
- Exclusive guitar playthrough: Sylosis – Cycle Of Suffering with Josh Middleton
- What’s so great about Pro Tools? A beginner’s guide to the industry-standard DAW
- Taylor's affordable American Dream Series: "Born from adversity. Built for value"
- Why you should use stompboxes in electronic music production
- Dave Smith’s Tempest drum machine has been “retired”, but new products are on the way
- "This is corporate greed at its worst": Are Live Nation planning a 20% pay cut plan for artists in 2021?
June 23
- Chris Adler on leaving Lamb of God: I left my drum throne in good hands with Art Cruz
- Yamaha's acquisition of Ampeg heralds a new dawn for bassists
- 5 things that music makers need to know about Apple’s switch from Intel to silicon processors
- Old gold: 1956 Fender Hardtail Stratocaster
- Native Instruments: “We haven’t done enough to address the issues of systemic racism, bias, and inequality”
- The VB-Cable audio router comes to the Mac and you can download it for free
- 10 reasons why guitar is the best instrument
June 22
- Apple to ditch Intel processors in the Mac in favour of new Apple silicon power
- Prince’s personal Yamaha DX7 synth defies expectations to sell for more than $70,000
- 10 rock 'n' roll guitar brainiacs
- Jean-Michel Jarre just performed live in virtual reality for the first time
- Thomann is giving away 3 podcast gear bundles worth over €1000 and here is how you can enter
- SampleRadar: 280 free distorted drum loop samples
- Obsession is a “deep and realistic” Oberheim OB-Xa VST plugin synth emulation
June 21
- Kurt Cobain's Nirvana MTV Unplugged guitar smashes world record at auction
June 20
- Prince Blue Angel Cloud 2 guitar sells at auction for over $500,000
- Sample Challenge: Kove layers up a gritty DnB bass riff
June 19
- Three free plug-ins to expand your electronic drum set
- Taylor reveals special edition acoustic guitars for The Last Of Us Part 2
- Beatrice Dillon: “I feel that not knowing what you’re doing is better than mastering a piece of gear”
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Michael Schenker
- Sample Challenge: Carlo Whale builds a warm, melodic groove
- Algoriddim adds Neural Mix to djay: AI tech lets you isolate drums, instruments and vocals in real-time
June 18
- Ready to lose your headstock? Harley Benton might have the guitar for you
- Novation’s Launchkey MK3 MIDI keyboards promise “deeper Ableton Live integration than ever before”
- Amazing double giveaway with the new issue of Computer Music!
- Dream Theater's John Petrucci announces second solo album, Terminal Velocity
- Google’s Shared Piano is a free and brilliantly simple way to make music together online
- Sample Challenge: Z.I.P.P.O & Hiver's remote collaboration
- Classic interview: Jason Isbell offers his 9 tips for songwriters
- Native Instruments responds to claims that it failed to deal with racism concerns raised by employees
- See Eric Johnson's latest mini guitar lessons on picking, the pentatonic scale and using space in your playing
June 17
- Lamb Of God's Mark Morton on guitar, groove and blues: "One of the first things I decide with a riff is where the snare sits"
- Erica Synths latest Fusion module is not your average VCA and it's available now
- Metallica writing new material via Zoom during lockdown, says Lars Ulrich
- The best drum sets 2020: the best drum kits for beginner, intermediate and pro drummers
- Sonnox’s half-price Summer Sale is your chance to get pro plugins in your home studio
- Ableton’s new video series aims to inspire and should help you get over writer’s block
- Sample Challenge: TMPLT builds a leftfield club groove
- Anatomy of a 21st century recording studio: how Real World is adapting and thriving in a harsh recording climate
- Blast from the past: Korg Prophecy
June 16
- "It's kind of a combination of all my favourite tones" – Mark Tremonti confirms 100-watt version of his PRS signature amp is coming
- D'Angelico Guitars acquires Supro and Pigtronix effects
- Fender Custom Shop Master Builders create five stunning guitars for charity
- Everything you need to know about: Jungle
- Noise Machine is a wireless MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand
- Prince’s Purple Rain Yamaha DX7 synth is up for sale and could fetch $25,000
- Renowned producer/engineer Tony Platt shares his wisdom: "If you get too obsessed with the technology, the creativity will suffer"
June 15
- Winter NAMM organisers planning to go ahead with show while investing in stronger digital experience
- Guitar rig tour with Imonolith – featuring former Devin Townsend Project members
- New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert: 10 albums that changed my life
- Trentemøller: "I can’t read music, but I can play by ear and that’s been very useful for me"
- Sample Challenge: Rob Clouth reconstructs a beatboxed rhythm
- Steinberg brings Cubasis 3 to Android: a big-name DAW for Google’s mobile OS
- Knobcloud lets you buy and sell your plugin and music software licences for free
- Aston reveals design of Element, its crowd-tested mic
- Music shops in England reopen today: find your local store here
June 12
- 13 essential acoustic blues albums
- Brett Domino on the 5 greatest keytar synth solos of all time
- 12 terrific tape emulation plugins
- Tosin Abasi teaches his incredible selective guitar picking technique
- Musician uses AI bot to create AC/DC lyrics and made a song called Great Balls
- AudioThing packs a multitude of speaker and mic emulations into a plugin
- This powerful Multi Engine plugin turns your Korg synth into a bass and drum groovebox
June 11
- Classic album - MSTRKRFT on Fist Of God: "We paid Chris Cornell with a belt buckle and a bottle of Crown Royal"
- Sample Challenge: Icarus build an atmospheric, deep club tune
- Tape Cassette 2 is a free VST plugin that promises reel old-school flavour
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Gary Moore
- "When you get pedals, you have to invest time into those sounds" – Radiohead's Ed O'Brien talks through his pedalboard
- Watch Spirit Machines mashup Led Zeppelin's Kashmir and Tool's Sober
- Zultan Cymbals celebrates 20 years with Anniversary cymbal set
- Waldorf Iridium looks set to bring the Quantum super-synth to your desktop or rack
- Eventide's Crystals effect is set to sparkle as a VST/AU and iOS plugin
June 10
- Megadeth, Lamb Of God, In Flames and Trivium join forces for streamed live event on Friday
- Young Guitarist Of The Year winner Hunter Hallberg: 10 guitarists that blew my mind
- Save up to 50% on plugins, MIDI keyboards, audio interfaces and Maschines in Native Instruments’ Summer of Sound sale
- Sample Challenge: Wankelmut resamples mangled drum loops
June 9
- Softube aims to deliver you the ultimate guitar rig with its new Amp Room
- Blast from the past: Kawai K1
- "I use amp modellers all the time… mostly not on guitar" – an interview with The National, Interpol producer Peter Katis
- You can now use your MIDI keyboard with the “next-gen” Emvoice One vocal synth plugin
- Neil Peart Pavilion to honour late Rush drummer in his home town
- Timetosser is a standalone box that lets you resequence any audio on the fly
- Fender Custom Shop Master Builder "no longer with the company"
- Sample Challenge: Mild Minds creates a melancholic vocal house track
June 8
- £2.5m COVID hardship fund for musicians running out after just two days
- Are the new Monarch series models Faith's finest acoustic guitars yet?
- Brian May voted greatest rock guitarist of all time
- See Sturgill Simpson team with "the greatest bluegrass band on the planet"
- The Track: Pythius breaks down the making of Auxiliary
- The T-1 is a realtime MIDI sequencer that could breathe new life into your synths and drum machines
- Can you help Orange find its lost '70s effects pedals so it can reissue them?
- Fulltone axed from Guitar Center after looting row
- Prince’s The Cross re-recorded by a huge cast of musicians from 3 of his bands
- Free GameX plugin offers old-school Nintendo-style sounds from the OP-1
- SampleRadar: 1,338 free female vocal samples
- Sample Challenge: RHYME SO make a speaker-rattling ode to boredom
June 7
- Sample Challenge: Flore dabbles in time-stretching and texture
June 6
- Sample Challenge: Alinka slices sounds in Maschine
June 5
- DW releases The Timekeeper snare drum
- Deep Purple’s Ian Paice gives you a tour of his home drum room
- Get Bob Clearmountain’s reverb spaces in your DAW with Apogee’s $49 plugin
- Squier's quirky Paranormal Series revives lost classics and messes with reality
- This website will generate free DX7 synth presets with a single click
- Audiokit’s free Retro Piano iOS app is here to brighten up your summer
- Sample Challenge: RAC creates a delicate lo-fi piano house track
- IK Multimedia is offering you an Oberheim OB-X soft synth for free
- Steve Priest, Sweet bassist, dies aged 72
June 4
- Issue 358 of Future Music is on sale now
- Could this OP-1-inspired ‘smartphone synth’ be the electronic instrument of the future?
- Save 50% on Sonnox plugin in its half-price summer sale
- Covet's Yvette Young: my 12 top tips for guitar players
- Old gold: 1967 Gibson Melody Maker
- Endlesss Studio could bring cross-platform music collaboration to your DAW
- Fulltone boss apologises to 'rightfully pissed off people' for looting rant
- So you want to be a... videogames composer: Assassin's Creed, Borderlands and Darksiders man Jesper Kyd
- Sample Challenge: Zonderling get creative with wavetables
June 3
- Mastodon, Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle and more team for classic covers
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
- Get ready to take the Sample Challenge!
- Cort unveils new EMG-loaded and sandblasted KX300 Etched guitars
- Everything you need to know about: Musique concrète
- Former Misfits drummer Joey Image dies aged 63
- Skunk Anansie’s Mark Richardson joins British Drum Co.
- Korg’s Poly-800, a classic ‘80s polysynth, has been emulated in a free VST/AU plugin
- Haken guitarist Richard Henshall: the 10 prog albums that changed my life
- Walrus returns with its first overdrive pedal in four years - packing five gain modes
June 1
- #TheShowMustBePaused
- Eric Johnson shares his secret to adding personality to your guitar playing
- Steve Vai and John Petrucci guest on Joe Satriani's new lockdown guitar livestream
- Vulfpeck and The Fearless Flyers' Cory Wong: Why I love my… Fender Highway One Stratocaster
- How to start a podcast: a beginner’s guide to podcasting
- David Guetta criticised for “tone deaf” tribute to George Floyd during DJ set
- Save up to 93% on guitar, drum and recording courses in the Udemy Flash Sale – start learning from just £12.99
- Watch: soothe2 is a dynamic resonance suppressor which can fix your audio in seconds
- Steve Vai calls Kurt Cobain's guitar playing "virtuosic"
- John Bonham Signature sticks available for the first time in 20 years