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May 31
- NAMM 2022: Martin rolls out D-18 and D-28 Authentic 1937s, 000-16 StreetMaster and GPC-13E Burst acoustic guitars
- NAMM 2022: SolidGoldFX refreshes its Fuzz Face-inspired If 6 Was 9, adding a host of player and wah-friendly updates
- Machinedrum on mixing his latest album in Dolby Atmos: “It was an eye-opening, game-changing experience”
- NAMM 2022: Guild unveils Surfliner series – offset electrics with a cool colours, retro vibes and lots of tone-tweaking controls
- Cesar Gueikian says Gibson might reissue the Moderne as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett shreds onstage with prototype
- Gibson and Lzzy Hale announce Explorerbird signature model with kitchen-themed video
- NAMM 2022: Playtime Engineering’s Blipblox myTracks groovebox is like an old-school MPC for your kids
- Nothing else platters: Metallica signature turntable breaks cover
- BC Rich celebrates season four of Netflix show Stranger Things with limited edition Eddie’s Warlock
May 30
- Bag up to $500 off a massive range of music-making laptops in this mind-blowing Dell summer sale
- IK Multimedia releases Modo Bass 2 with expanded instrument collection, new Patterns section and more
- Novak Djokovic likens Rafael Nadal to an electric guitar or drums, and himself to a saxophone
- NAMM 2022: Vintage Guitars' 'The Boss' channels Bruce Springsteen’s go-to Tele
- Grab up to $120 off a Positive Grid Spark amp or Bias software this Memorial Day
- Pioneer DJ slides new models into its DM monitor range
- SampleRadar: 371 free vintage house and techno samples
- Moog One v1.5 firmware brings a raft of CV updates
- Introducing the Donner DDP-80
- Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea appear in Disney+ Star Wars spin-off series, Obi-Wan Kenobi
- NAMM 2022: Groove Synthesis releases a full sound demo of its PPG-inspired 3rd Wave synth
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Tom Morello
- Johnny Depp joins Jeff Beck on guitar for Hendrix, Marvin Gaye and Lennon covers as Amber Heard legal battle concludes
- Moderat: "After 20 years of electronic music, the clean synth sound isn’t the most euphoric or rewarding sound to us"
May 28
- Gibson wins case against Dean guitars over trademark infringement
- 11 classic hardware synths that deserve a remake
- Do analogue synthesizers really sound better?
May 27
- Want to become a better music producer or DJ? Learn to play the piano!
- Manson and Muse’s Matt Bellamy unveil new mid-priced META Series MBM-2 signature electrics
- Swedish House Mafia “remix” Ikea’s Frakta bag: “We wanted to do our take on it from a music creation perspective”
- 60 years of the synth: '00s and beyond
- Excite Audio throws you another Lifeline with its multi-module Console plugin
- Gretchen Menn crowned champion of Martin’s No Limits Challenge
- NAMM 2022: Here's what we're looking forward to - all the guitar, tech, recording and software news and rumours
- NAMM 2022: Gretsch adds a pair of script-logo Sparkle Jets to its Player Edition lineup
- The drummer’s guide to kit-share gigs
- Audiomodern’s free Panflow plugin could fuel new adventures in stereo
- NAMM 2022: Vox unveils Custom Series AC10 and AC15 tube combos in a very smart Rich Blue Vinyl finish
- Making the synth solo in Toto's Rosanna: "We decided, let’s use everything in the studio and just go for it"
- HAAi: "As a non-male in dance music there's a narrative that people think a man has to be behind what you’re doing"
- IK Multimedia offer up their popular SE titles for only ⁠$/€39.99 this Memorial Day - with AmpliTube, Modo Drums and SampleTank included
May 26
- Billy Duffy suggests next Cult album is "more in the Love / Dreamtime palate"
- Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher dies, aged 60
- Alan White, drummer for Yes, John Lennon and more has died, aged 72
- Korg USA acquires majority interest in bass company Darkglass Electronics
- TC Electronic's Plethora X3 is a smaller multi-fx pedal… but it's still packing a lot of tones
- NAMM 2022: Nina is a mysterious analogue polysynth with motorised knobs
- 5 things we've learned in music production: Claire Rousay and Michael Scott Dawson
- Novation thinks big and launches its first ever 88-note MIDI controller keyboard
- 5 tips to make your guitar strings last longer
- NAMM 2022: Taylor adds striking all-koa acoustic guitars to its 700 series
- Look Mum No Computer, Cuckoo and Hainbach are forming “the world’s first synth-nerd supergroup”
- Chvrches and Old Blood Noise Endeavours join forces for Screen Violence synth / guitar crossover pedal
- Bonobo pulls out all the stops as Royal Albert Hall organist joins him for an awe-inspiring residency finale
- Nik Colk Void: "I couldn’t make a banging dance album or an experimental album – it had to be between the two"
- See guitarist Sophie Burrell cover Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast with IK Multimedia's AmpliTube X-Gear pedals
- Celebrating the hardware and heroes that built techno
May 25
- Steven Wilson on his guitar rig, the mistake a lot of guitarists make when recording and the 'evil' major 7th chords behind the new Porcupine Tree album
- TSVI: "The piano was recorded with the iPhone - we wanted a lo-fi quality that effects can't replicate"
- UK guitar setup company celebrates its 10th anniversary with new guitar maintenance videos and membership scheme
- UVI at Synth Week 2022: You can have it all with SonicPass
- ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons: "Gimme All Your Lovin’ is all about tone. Get the grind and you got it goin’ on"
- Absorbing news from t.akustik: it’s just released the HMF-60 panel
- The best free VST synth plugins 2023: wavetable, FM, virtual analogue and more
- The 10 most important synths and drum machines of the '80s
May 24
- Watch Dennis Chambers play along to Tool’s Schism after hearing it for the first time, minus Danny Carey's drum part
- Universal Audio expands its high-end UAFX stompbox series with a trio of vintage guitar amp emulators
- Tourist: “There’s very little you can’t do with a computer, an OP-1, a phone and an audio interface”
- Fender’s affordable Hammertone guitar effects pedal range is now available to buy
- Classic interview - Leftfield: “Leftism wasn’t so much a monkey as a troupe of very large monkeys on our back”
- SampleRadar Synth Week special: 3,569 synth samples
- Two Notes Audio Engineering unveils tube-equipped ReVolt guitar and bass amp sim pedals
- LPD Pedals’ new Fifty5 presents all kinds of ‘50s Tweed tone mojo from one compact stompbox
- From 6 to X: celebrating 40 years of Roland Juno synthesizers
- Tech 21 unveils the SansAmp Character Plus Series, amp emulators with effects voiced to nail classic guitar tones
- Cherry Audio’s Lowdown bass synth plugin won’t bore us, as it’s gone to the Taurus
- Watch highlights from Simon McBride’s first show with Deep Purple
- Rode’s RodeCaster Pro II could be the ultimate podcasting console
- The guitar video of 2022? See two of the greatest session guitarists on the planet jamming together and sharing their wisdom in this masterclass
- The 10 greatest synthesizers of all time
May 23
- Audient’s ‘smart’ EVO 16 audio interface features a full-colour screen that provides real-time feedback
- This mysterious new wavetable synth looks like a reborn PPG Wave
- The EVO 16 is Audient's most powerful interface yet
- Daniel Lanois picks his two favourite albums that he's produced
- Behringer’s AKS Mini synth promises to pack most of the EMS VCS3 into a tiny package, but omits one key feature
- Sophie Lloyd shares her advice for future guitar YouTubers: "The hardest thing to do is to post that first video because it’s putting yourself out there and it’s quite scary – I’d say forget all of that, you just need to do it!"
- JZ Microphones’ ‘Vintage’ mics might be even better than the classic models they emulate: here’s why
- SampleRadar time machine: 1,632 free synth samples from the '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
- The greatest synth tracks from the last 50 years – Part 1: 1973 to 1997
May 22
- Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit 1969 Competition Fender Mustang guitar sells for $4.5 million at auction
- 4 legendary bass synths: find out how they work and get their sound
- The 12 greatest synth solos of all time
- u-he at Synth Week 2022: exploring new technologies since 2001
- UA Opal at Synth Week 2022: Inside Opal – the larger-than-life synth with track-ready sounds
- Softube in Synth Week 2022: the sound of the '80s with Model 84
- Roland at Synth Week 2022: Juno-X and the Fantom-0 series take a bow
- IK Multimedia at Synth Week 2022: Uno Synth Pro's bold new look
- Arturia at Synth Week 2022: Creating intuitive and inspiring music-making experiences
- Forbidden Planet at Synth Week 2022: a hybrid synth odyssey to the outer reaches of the sonic universe
May 20
- Crazy Tube Circuits’ Super Conductor packs four analogue boost circuits into one compact pedal
- Watch Marcus King unleash blazing slide guitar on the dark, brooding groove of new track Rescue Me
- The Cure’s Robert Smith issues new album update
- Rancid’s virtuoso of punk bass guitar Matt Freeman is selling his gear on Reverb
- The EVH Wolfgang Standard in Gold Sparkle is out now – a premium finish for a mid-priced shred machine
- Welcome to the Qun show: mk2 mini synth costs just $155
- Vangelis, 1943-2022: a synth and recording titan
May 19
- Vangelis dies, age 79: Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire composer was one of electronic music’s towering figures
- A new level of delay pedal? The new Meris LVX Modular Delay System means serious business
- The producer's guide to arps, riffs and sequences
- Audient teases a new EVO audio interface that offers “a new way of doing things”
- Players' player Shawn Tubbs now has a signature REVV Tilt overdrive pedal
- The Gibson ES-355 that broke up Oasis sells for £325,000 – but it's not the Noel Gallagher guitar his forthcoming 355 signature model is based on
- Harold Faltermeyer’s Top Gun Anthem was originally intended for a Chevy Chase comedy, but then Billy Idol got involved
- Classic album: Tim Deluxe on The Radicle
- "We could become the screaming Eagles" – Alexisonfire's Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil give us an exclusive breakdown of new single Sans Soleil and their comeback album's deeper collaborative approach
May 18
- Universal Audio brings the sound of Motown to UAD Spark and Apollo users
- "As much as we guitarists love to solo, 90% of guitar in most music is rhythm playing so it’s essential you're good at it" – UK session guitarist Ryan Robinson talks advice, tone and why he built an Eddie Van Halen Frankenstrat tribute
- Just Her: 5 things I've learned in music production
- Roosevelt and Nile Rodgers release new single Passion, a spangly ode to Studio 54
- Roland’s Zenbeats 3.0 mobile music creation app adds a new drum sampler and more
- Chad Smith and Matt Cameron: Rolling Stone Taylor Hawkins quotes were "sensationalised" and "out of context"
- See the new features added to Nicky Romero Kickstart 2 in action
- 6 powerful synths for ambient music
May 17
- Ernie Ball Music Man rolls out new five-string DarkRay and a pair of exquisitely shreddable Jason Richardson Cutlass electric guitars
- Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: TAL-NoiseMaker
- Walrus Audio unveils the Badwater, an all-in-one bass preamp and DI pedal with onboard compressor
- Taylor Hawkins allegedly raised concerns over Foo Fighters’ touring schedule prior to his death
- The Guitarwrist and Gibson upcycle used guitar strings to make sustainable jewellery and raise money for charity
- Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for Covid-19
- Ricky Gardiner, guitar player with David Bowie and Iggy Pop, dies aged 73
- 10 of the greatest drum breaks of all time and where you can hear them
- Nektar Impact LX Mini is the compact 25-note MIDI controller with the big feature set
- Lightweight but heavy on features: are Blackstar's new St James heads and combos the holy grail of contemporary valve amps?
May 16
- SampleRadar: 371 found sound percussion samples
- Roland Juno-60 vs Roland Juno-X: here’s a side-by-side comparison
- Get Drake producer Noah “40” Shebib’s “Very Own” keys and drums in your DAW, courtesy of Native Instruments
- See some of the great guitarists and bassists who use Elixir® Strings in action
- Get 50% off Guitar Rig Pro 6 while offer lasts!
- The “world’s first look” at the Behringer UB-Xa synth just landed
- ACT!: "Modular is totally unpredictable - once you start patching you can end up anywhere"
- Paul Gilbert’s 1987 Custom Ibanez pink ‘Ice-Stroyer’ is up for sale for $18,500
- Check out Dave Lombardo’s Paiste cymbal setup for Testament tour
- Watch John Mayer and Alexander 23 cover Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants To Rule The World
May 14
- "My newest invention is an amp capo. It's being manufactured as we speak" – Classic interview: Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel
- "I handed him a guitar he had never played, and an amp he never played. He plugged it straight in, turned it all the way up, and it sounded exactly like Billy Gibbons" – The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on their new album's special guest
May 13
- Superbooth 2022: the best new synths, grooveboxes, modules and unexpected oddities
- Tape Audio launches TWO, a drive pedal with germanium and silicon circuits, a wide range of gain, and no tone controls
- Silverburst Strats and Teles? Squier releases FSR line, adding new finish options to Affinity, Classic Vibe and Paranormal series models
- Superbooth 2022: Check out the OP-1 field synth and TX-6 mixer in action - here’s what a $3,200 spend with Teenage Engineering gets you
- Superbooth 2022: Dreadbox has a dirty little DIY groove synth called Dysmetria
- Solid Gold FX’s fresh drip serves up a totally redesigned Surf Rider IV modulated spring reverb pedal
May 12
- How an uncirculated 1960 Gibson Les Paul Burst guitar that cost £50 was recently discovered in the UK
- Superbooth 2022: Eventide’s Misha instrument and sequencer promises “a new way to make music”
- Superbooth 2022: We need to torque about Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth MkII
- Superbooth 2022: IK Multimedia’s Uno Synth Pro is back in black
- Can Lava Music take smart guitars to a new level with its new Blue Lava?
- A lot of the Beatles Blackbird guitar lessons online are wrong: one YouTuber puts things right with this tutorial
- Superbooth 2022: “Let’s Play” - Polyend releases super-flexible sample and MIDI groovebox
- Pink Floyd: David Gilmour isn't ruling out future live shows
- Superbooth 2022: Teenage Engineering announces new OP-1 field - “louder, thinner and 100 times better”
May 11
- Superbooth 2022: Bastl’s Pizza is a tasty-looking Eurorack oscillator module that could take some topping
- See Charlie Starr fitting right in as guitarist in the Black Crowes
- Save a huge £1,955 off the Soundwide intro plugin bundle and get 15 industry-standard plugins for just £44.95
- 4 ways to get more from your wah pedal
- See Lucy Dacus blur the lines between acoustic and electric tones with Fender's Acoustasonic Player Telecaster
- Apple says goodbye to the iPod, the music player that changed the world
- John Mayer signs fan's Klon Centaur pedal onstage and dials in his settings
- Arturia's V Collection 9 is updated, expanded and reinvigorated for the modern producer
May 10
- "I'm a little bit of a barbarian when I play" – James Hetfield reveals the two players from the metal and punk worlds that helped develop his guitar style
- Is Gibson's 24-fret Dave Mustaine Songwriter model its boldest signature acoustic guitar design yet?
- Superbooth 2022: Oberheim is back with the OB-X8, an analogue love letter to its ‘80s synths
- Heather Brown returns with the Sensation Fuzzdrive – a pedal to “push your signal hard without the chaos”
- Mattoverse Electronics’ Warble Swell Echo MkII makes “lo-fi echo exploration” easy with 8 selectable waveforms
- Watch Tim Henson and Scott LePage unleash nuevo flamenco nylon-string guitar on new Polyphia single Playing God
- Diana Ross and Tame Impala announce collaborative single for Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Superbooth 2022: Arturia’s V Collection 9 gets a Korg MS-20 and reboots some old favourites
- Toro y Moi: "I'm not much of a plugin guy. I just use hardware!"
- Johnny Marr teases new signature Fender Jaguar
- 60 years of the synth: the '90s
- Superbooth 2022: Erica Synths announces Syntrx II and LXR Eurorack drum module
- How to use modular synths to create ambient music
- Roland’s new Aira Compact range puts TR drums, 303 basslines and Juno synth sounds in your pocket
- Superbooth 2022: Korg’s NTS-2 is a ‘studio Swiss Army Knife’ that ships with a semi-modular synth book
May 9
- Robin Trower interview: "I think you have to up your game every time"
- Bag £980 of free plugins when you buy an Apollo Twin or Apollo Solo Heritage Edition interface at Thomann
- Donner dishes up the affordable B1 bass synth, which promises 303-style specs and a “beginner-friendly” interface
- "I wanted a guitar that would do everything" – Simon McBride explains why PRS 408 is his number one guitar
- Tracktion Software delivers Chop Suey, a new kick drum designer plugin with a difference
- See Eric Clapton's return to the Royal Albert Hall
- How to get started (and get paid) composing library music
- Mix engineer Pascal Pahl on why Kali Audio studio monitors were the only choice when he set up a Dolby Atmos rig in his studio
- SampleRadar: 485 free DnB essentials samples
- Pearl Jam pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with Cold Day In The Sun cover
May 6
- An artist has built an electric guitar out of 2,000 coloured pencils
- Watch Matt Heafy give an hour-long video lesson in how to play his favourite Trivium riffs
- Superbooth 2022: rumours, teasers and leaks
- Apple heads to Skywalker Ranch to discover the sound secrets of Star Wars
- Seymour Duncan unveils a trio of humbuckers to help you nail Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young and Peter Green’s tone
- Paiste officially welcomes Chad Smith as a cymbal endorsee
- S. Carey: "The three of us went out to California and essentially built a studio"
- Watch Brian May perform Spanish language version of Another World, Otro Lugar, in the shadow of a volcano
- Metal producer Jens Bogren is promising “a one-knob revolution for album-ready guitars”
- Source Audio launches the Atlas Compressor, a greatest hits of compression packed with functionality
May 5
- The sleekest Harley Benton Fusions yet emerge from the shadows with two new EMG HT SBK guitars
- Oberheim OB-X8 leaked: the legendary analogue polysynth returns
- Aslice is the new software tool that's making sure dance music producers get paid
- Chad Smith announces he is no longer playing Sabian cymbals
- "I don't want digital things… f**k your computer, man" – The Black Crowes on keeping it analogue covering Bowie, Bolan and the Rolling Stones on new EP 1972
- IK Multimedia's iRig Pro Quattro I/O is a brutish 4-channel field recording audio interface
- Grab the only microphone you’ll ever need with a staggering £211 saving at Thomann
- The Breakdown: Ruth Royall on her gospel-inspired vocal chain
May 4
- Soundtoys at Gear Expo Summer 2022: World-class effects plug-ins with real analog attitude
- Spitfire Audio is inviting you to cosy-up to its low-cost Intimate Grand Piano plugin
- Antares at Gear Expo Summer 2022: 3 key new additions to AutoTune Unlimited revealed
- Victor Wooten shares his advice for budding bassists: "You bake a cake before you ice it"
- It’s just a little Crusher: AudioThing unveils affordable bitcrushing plugin that you might be able to get for free
- Lehle offers more features for less footprint with its new Mono Volume S pedal
- Issue 383 of Future Music is out now
- Yamaha Guitars at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Inspiring guitars for a wide range of players
- Novation at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Introducing LaunchKey 88
- Slate Digital at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Over $100,000 worth of vintage tube mics in one sleek package
- Roland at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Supporting every drummer
- Forbidden Planet at Gear Expo Summer 2022: a hybrid synth odyssey to the outer reaches of the sonic universe
- Pulsar Massive at Gear Expo Summer 2022: the most complete passive EQ plugin
- Mooer at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Continuous innovation
- Ernie Ball at Gear Expo Summer 2022: The right strings for you - and more
- Arturia at Gear Expo Summer 2022: AudioFuse and MiniFuse let you sound like you
- Erica Synths at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Introducing SYNTRX II & LXR eurorack module
- u-he at Gear Expo Summer 2022: We make synthesizers and effects
- The Breakdown: Ruth Royall breaks down her production workflow
May 3
- Why now is the right time for guitarists to upgrade their multi-effects processor
- New clips from Randy Rhoads documentary revisit rivalry with Eddie Van Halen and the making of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo debut Blizzard Of Ozz
- Could Splice’s CoSo be the easiest music-making software ever?
- Epiphone unveils pair of stunning and generously spec’d Jerry Cantrell signature Les Paul Customs
- First look: how does Roland's Juno-X synth compare to the Juno-60 and 106?
- Let’s Eat Grandma: “Whenever I write on really good synths, it's not any better than when I'm writing with shitty MIDI sounds. It’s more about the feel”
- Slash ft Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators to release limited edition double-vinyl live album
- The Beatles And India documentary gets US Blu-ray/DVD release date
- Cherry Audio models the Minimoog and comes up with the Minimode, “the ultimate tribute” to Bob Moog’s iconic synth
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has a new signature Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal
- The Weeknd calls Ariana Grande “a beast on Pro Tools” as he praises her music production skills
- Gear Expo Summer 2022 is coming - tune in on 3 June
May 2
- Chad Smith pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins as RHCP step in for New Orleans Jazz Festival headline slot