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August 31
- Roland TR8-S and TR6-S gain extra FM powers and more in new free updates
- Noel Gallagher gets not one but two signature models from Epiphone and Gibson with the Riviera and 1960 ES-355
- Audio Damage heaps on the features for new Quanta 2 granular synth
- Jim Root explains why he chose a Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 for his latest signature model
- Baby Audio releases “the hardest hitting compressor in the industry”
- The Maghreban: "The most important things are the computer and turntables; any other bits are the icing on the cake"
August 30
- Watch Anika Nilles break-down her push-pull bass drum foot technique
- Save 60% on KV331’s classic SynthMaster plugins and iOS apps for a limited time
- Research shows that learning to play an instrument as a child delivers mental health benefits as an adult
- Arturia Dist COLDFIRE is a new dual-engine plugin distortion powerhouse
- Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham credits Stephen Carpenter with creating his cranked snare drum sound
- Look out! The Strolling Piano is a high-speed motorised piano and it's heading your way
- Classic album: Max Tundra on Mastered By Guy at The Exchange
- Calvin Harris takes to Twitter to point out that "I write, produce, mix, play every instrument and sometimes vocal.”
August 29
- Sudan Archives: "A lot of people are like, ‘but there are no violins on this album’... if they only knew!"
August 27
- Queens of the Stone Age engineer Eric Valentine on how Dave Grohl recorded drums on No One Knows: "It did sound ridiculous before we replaced the cymbal samples with the real ones"
- Song stories: “When we played Rod Ooh La La, he said, ‘Don’t like it!’” – Ian McLagan on a Faces' classic
August 26
- 7 easy ways to improve your rhythm guitar tone
- Matt Bellamy says opening for the Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers was the making of Muse as a live band
- Nita Strauss says Demi Lovato is “a huge rock and metal fan” and their mission is to take guitar-driven rock to a wider audience
- History repeats itself as Twisted Electrons’ MEGAfm MKII synth delivers the sound of second-gen Sega Mega Drive
- Dave Mustaine sounds note of regret on Marty Friedman’s Megadeth exit – “What happened to Marty was not okay”
- Friedman Amplification and Steve Stevens team up once more for a monster upgrade of his signature tube head
- Who down with OTT? Sixth Sample’s free Cramit plugin puts extreme multiband compression and distortion into everyone’s DAW
- Boss launches the Dual Cube LX guitar and bass portable amps
- Gibson moves into book publishing and makes its debut with a deluxe coffee table book documenting Slash’s guitar collection
- Britney Spears took “complete control” when recording her vocals for Elton John collaboration Hold Me Closer, says producer Andrew Watt
August 25
- ZOUJ: "Electronic music always felt extremely static to me - I'm trying to have all these synths sound like an ensemble"
- Audio-Technica’s AT2020USB-X makes the popular USB microphone even better
- Fulltone effects reportedly closing its Californian factory after 30 years
- Billy Joel invites Olivia Rodrigo on stage to perform Deja Vu and Uptown Girl
- Watch Dr Meaker create an entire track with the Behringer Neutron
- Hear 7 affordable guitar effects pedals you should consider adding to your rig
August 24
- Behringer’s Solina String Ensemble is ready for release, and it’s got a Small Stone phaser for company
- Microsoft reveals that Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation video had the power to crash Windows XP laptops
- Daniel Johns reveals why he invited his former Silverchair bandmates to be part of his latest solo album and what he did when they declined: "I wanted to make it clear that I don't have an issue with them as people"
- NASA has captured the sound of a black hole, and someone's remixed it
- OCS-45 is a “perfectly imperfect” cassette tape emulation plugin
- Moog explains why the prices of some of its instruments have gone up: “it’s not a decision we take lightly”
- Issue 387 of Future Music is out now
August 23
- Fender Custom Shop unveils the Jerry Garcia Alligator Strat
- The latest Ernie Ball Music Man Short Scale StingRay basses are here
- Cherry Audio revives the Elka Synthex, bringing some ‘80s Italian style to your DAW
- “The best art is, of course, stolen”: Maynard James Keenan talks songwriting and more
- Apple is letting you remix Katy Perry in GarageBand on your iPhone and iPad
- Has Gibson just unveiled a Noel Gallagher Epiphone Riviera?
- Waveform Free DAW updated for 2022: new features and no annoying restrictions
- Yamaha MODX+ leaked? New mid-range workstation looks set to include an AN-X synth engine
- Beat Building: program better drums with our guide to the fundamentals of electronic rhythm
- Bare Knuckle pickups adds the Unity humbuckers to its standard series and introduces wood effect finish options
August 22
- In the box: the ultimate beginner's guide to digital audio
- Beat Building: how to make a lo-fi hip-hop beat
- Boost your guitar playing finger strength with these 4 simple chord exercises
August 19
- This is what a Gibson ES-335 sounds like in the right hands
- Beat Building: how to make a Berlin techno beat
- Listen to previously unreleased Rory Gallagher tracks from epic Deuce special release
- Erland Cooper on soundtracking Superbloom: “It’s a collaboration with the natural world”
- Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new Tippa My Tongue music video
- Nektar's new wireless WIDI breaks the chain and sets your studio free
- Tycho takes music to the blockchain with new Web3 fan community
- Beat Building: how to make a Big Beat beat
- Kemper announces new lightweight Kone Neo 12-inch speaker
- Roland open brand new store in the home of music making
- Soundtoys adds VST3 support for Mac and Windows
August 18
- Now you can play Space Invaders on your Teenage Engineering OP-Z
- 9 ways to get more out of your Polyend Play
- Nambu is the iOS FM Synth That DOESN’T want to be a DX7
- Kelis vs Beyonce. Sampling vs interpolation. Who's right and what's what?
- The 7 key stages of Gear Acquisition Syndrome
- Beat Building: how to make an old school electro beat
August 17
- Dave Grohl appears with Tenacious D, Beck and actor John C Reilly onstage to perform Seals & Croft yacht rock classic Summer Breeze
- Vinyl lives! And this time it's eco-friendly and delivered in 'record' time
- ALM Busy Circuits ASQ-1 delivers old-skool Roland SH-101-style sequencing
- Instrumental duo Hermanos Gutiérrez's stunning new track with Dan Auerbach sounds like the theme to an imaginary Western
- Toolroom Infinite: Can this one knob wonder really do it all?
- "David Bowie said, ‘Have you got anything?’ Then I remembered these chords”: Ricky Gardiner on co-writing Iggy Pop's The Passenger
- Music's energy crisis: the massive bills that could finally kill your local live venue
- Gigging in the metaverse. Is this the future of live music?
- Modular synthesis: the ultimate beginner's guide
- Beat Building: how to make a reggaeton beat
- "I f**king loved Massive. It had that really aggressive, raw bass": Boys Noize on the making of Out Of The Black
- Gibson teases a brand new guitar model
- Oi, Grandad! Treat yourself to a brand-new FREE synth plug-in here
August 16
- Ernie Ball adds triple-pack options to their world-famous guitar string range
- Introducing the Electro-Harmonix J Mascis Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi
- Software maker Faded Instruments goes hard for its Faded Toolbox
- Fender unveils the Kingfish Telecaster Deluxe and Kingfish Signature Humbucker Pickups
- Nina, that synth with the motorised knobs, is finally heading your way - almost
- Tom Middleton's top 10 tips for a better night's sleep
- Listen to previously unreleased Eric Clapton track Born Under a Bad Sign
- ‘Inspired by the Moog CP3’, ADDAC Systems deliver its take on a modular classic
- Beat Building: how to make a broken UK techno beat
- 73 things you (probably) didn't know about Elvis Presley
- The beginner's guide to: Italo disco
August 15
- Chris Martin is using Subpacs to enhance Coldplay gigs for hard of hearing fans
- Guthrie Govan explains why he's switched to Axe-Fx digital modeling live on his latest tour: "This is something I've been wanting to try for a few years"
- Eurorack innovator WMD announces three new products… and go bust…
- Beat Building: how to make a classic house beat
- 20 years on Benny Benassi and David Guetta get their Satisfaction
- 10 honest live soundcheck tips for musicians from a sound engineer
- Novo is working on a new guitar called the Idris with Rhett Shull
- Keep moving: 4 ways to beat creative block with Ableton Live
August 14
- Anthrax's Charlie Benante tells Pantera reunion doubters, “Don’t come”
- Bill Pitman, guitarist with the legendary Wrecking Crew, has died aged 102
August 12
- Trace Elliot introduces the Pro series 4x10 and 2x12 Cabinets
- “I’m a wannabe rockstar stuck in a popstar’s body”: Dylan talks inspiration, creativity and customising guitars in Fender’s latest Player Plus Sessions episode
- Buddy Guy returns in style with Jason Isbell for Gunsmoke Blues – the first single from his new album
- Start playing jazz guitar with this comping chords video tutorial with tab from Elixir® Strings
- “It was all done in about 15 to 20 minutes”: superbrain Adrian Emsley reveals his thinking behind the Orange O Bass design
- Four ways to get Metallica Black Album-style drum sounds that you can play from your electronic drum kit
- Paramida: "Don’t overproduce it. The charm is in the rawness"
- Kramer’s new Striker collection is so retro even the prices are ‘80s
- Classic Album: Lost Frequencies on Less Is More
August 11
- Are Squier's new Cabronita Teles the excuse we need to buy a baritone guitar?
- Russian Circles have made their first ever video for a song and it's worth the wait
- Digital piano vs acoustic piano: what’s the difference?
- The Midnight's Tim McEwan reveals the analogue synths and go-to plugins behind new album Heroes: "Now I have the real thing it's hard to go back"
- Autechre almost created the soundtrack for Metroid Prime, but “Nintendo kind of borked it,” says Sean Booth
- Watch Rush legends Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reunite alongside Primus onstage for Closer To The Heart performance
- FKJ: "I don’t think there’s any MIDI on this album - I find clicking on a laptop very uninspiring"
- See guitarists Rabea Massaad, Plini and Jake Howsam jam onstage in Helsinki
- Codec is a free VST/AU audio degradation plugin that gives you the sound of a dodgy internet connection
- IK Multimedia will offer players access to thousands of amp and pedal rigs with ToneX
August 10
- October’s Computer Music helps you add whole new dimensions to your music with our ultimate guide to delay
- Jazz duo DOMi & JD Beck serve up a keyboard and drumming masterclass in their new Tiny Desk Concert
- Mark Ronson breaks down Amy Winehouse’s Black to Black demo in Pro Tools: “I just had basic plugins”
- Brian Wampler gave us one of the best Klone pedals ever and now he's turned his attention to the Tube Screamer with the Moxie
August 9
- Can you hear the difference? Listen to IK Multimedia’s mind-blowingly accurate AI Machine Modeling software
- Mad Professor promises their new Green Wonder overdrive is the “ultimate green pedal!”
- Fans hope for Black Sabbath reunion following Iron Man and Paranoid performances
- Sampleson says that its 60MB modelled grand piano plugin “sounds like a 30GB one”
- Pigtronix introduces new compressor-equipped automatic volume fader, the Gloamer
- Britney Spears set for music comeback with Elton John on new single Hold Me Closer
- Could the new iPad 2022 be getting a more ‘Pro’ look?
- Lamont Dozier, legendary Motown songwriter and producer, dies aged 81
August 8
- Chicane: "There were times when I came very close to smashing the sh*t out of the studio in frustration"
- Guitar hero Steph Carter talks amps, amps and more amps with Marshall
August 5
- The drummer’s guide to running click and backing tracks from a phone or sample pad
- Def Leppard's Phil Collen on the next wave of rock headliners: "There's a problem, and I think it's the TikTok and YouTube crowd"
- SampleRadar: 587 free new age synths samples
- James Bay talks Fender and his 10 tips for guitar players
- e-instruments’ Pure Upright is a “professional” upright piano for your iPhone and iPad
- Is this Sweetwater's Reverb and eBay beater?
- Learn piano in the metaverse with the PianoVision augmented reality app
- Zero's 5 things I've learned in music production: "These days just making music isn’t enough. You need to be a real person that real people can connect with"
- Yamaha’s concept music device turns your smartphone into a ‘vinyl’ turntable
August 4
- Steve Vai reveals the pedals he couldn't live without, zombie apocalypse or no zombie apocalypse
- Paul Weller on The Jam's Going Underground: “It wasn’t one of those tunes where I came in the studio and had it all written. We jammed on it quite a bit.”
- E-Instruments expands iOS product range with brand new Upright Piano app, Pure Upright
- Only 1% of dance music played on UK radio is created by female and non-binary artists, reveals new report
- "Then we found the big, space alien glasses": Watch two restored Rolling Stones ‘68 Jumpin' Jack Flash promos
- Pete Thorn offers a tour of his live summer guitar rig
- Tom Bukovac is one of the top session guitarists in the world and these are four things we've learned from him
- Son of one of A-ha’s ‘80s keyboard players posts photo of his dad’s epic synth stage rig
- Sound Particles has everything you need to get started in Spatial Music without breaking the bank
- Rabea Massaad is the latest guitarist to get the Neural DSP Archetype treatment and it's the most versatile one yet
- A history of sub bass in 12 speaker-rattling tracks
- Gigs with guns: Does festival cancellation hint at a dangerous future for performers and audiences at major US music events?
August 3
- Watch Ian Kirkpatrick, co-writer of Dua Lipa’s Don’t Start Now, overcoming his “music theory shortcomings” with Reason’s Chord Sequencer
- Objekt: "The world would be a boring place musically if everyone knew exactly what they’re doing"
- Yes, you really can get Native Instruments’ FM8 synth plugin for just $10 - here’s how
- New Energy: Beyonce edits another track on Renaissance following complaints from Kelis
- The ultimate guide to sub bass: tips and tricks for a high-class low-end
- "It was just a pure outpouring of music": Orbital on how they made In Sides
- Amplitube users: grab IK's Nu-Tron III automatic wah emulation for free in August
August 2
- Walrus Audio launches the Mira optical compressor pedal
- Von Frankenstein Monster Gear unveils Jeff Loomis signature string sets
- Korg’s opsix synth is currently available for just $330, but only if you live in the US
- Steve Vai recalls bonkers story of Vinnie Colaiuta sight-reading during Frank Zappa rehearsals
- James Bay explains how his hit songs are made on Fender’s Technique of the Week
- New Waves plugin promises to create instant eight-part harmonies from a single voice
- Gibson's landmark court victory changes the course of guitar building history
- Diane Warren called out by Beyonce collaborator The-Dream after asking “how can there be 24 writers on a song?”
- Eventide’s interval-based Misha instrument/sequencer is here: can it tip the musical scales in your favour?
- Here’s how you can get IK Multimedia’s $130 T-RackS Comprexxor plugin for free
August 1
- Zultan adds Q Thin Crashes to it's dual-finish, B20 bronze cymbal range
- “Music has to flow through you” – Tommy Emmanuel offers some sage advice for guitarists
- OB-X vs OB-X8: Oberheim runs a head-to-head preset comparison test and advises you to “listen and judge for yourself”
- Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182 again?
- What's so great about... Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush?
- Drone alone: Thomann captures an internal fly-by of its German distro centre - and it's absolutely massive
- Watch side-stage footage of Tony Iommi's historic Commonwealth Games performance
- Let’s go party: Aqua’s Barbie Girl is back to celebrate its 25th anniversary
- Hear Brett Papa get Van Halen, Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan tones from a Marshall SV20H Studio Vintage amp with EVH Frankenstein and Strat guitars
- Stratocaster wizard Eric Johnson dives deep into his studio vault and surfaces with two new albums: The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today
- How to expand your electronic drum kit sounds without a computer
- Billy Corgan and Porno For Pyros perform Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks at Lollapalooza in Chicago
- Stranger Things Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn joins Metallica backstage to play Master Of Puppets