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u-he at Recording Week 2024: Discover Filterscape 1.5, u-he's upgraded unique sound-mangling plugin package
By MusicRadar Team published
u-he - the makers of Diva and Zebra2 - pride themselves on producing plug-ins that offer unrivaled depth and power, while always remaining easy to use
Minimal Audio at Recording Week 2024: Current 2.0 is available now with major new features and updates
By MusicRadar Team published
And you can grab the latest update in a limited time intro offer for just $99
Freddy Wexler talks songwriting, producing, discovering Lady Gaga and restarting Billy Joel’s fire
By Daniel Griffiths published
“I told some very powerful people, ‘I found the next Madonna’. Four months later, she changed her name to Lady Gaga and the rest was history”
"No second album any time soon”: Raye’s songwriting book is stolen - on her birthday
By Will Simpson published
Raye's car is stolen, with her songwriting books
PRS unveils limited edition black limba and swamp ash CE models with eight-position pickup switching
By Jonathan Horsley published
As the man whose name on the headstock says, these are "player's guitars" – a pair of top-tier bolt-ons with limited edition tonewoods and a huge array of tones from its 85/15 pickups
Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith on Tears For Fears’ restless creativity and the beauty of independence
By Jonathan Horsley published
Orzabal and Smith talk collaboration, high-concept pop-rock production and songwriting chemistry, and why they've never been just a “couple of guys with synths and a backing tape”
"You could not say that I did not give him more than 300 million chances": Why Stevie Nicks cut Lindsay Buckingham out of her life
By Will Simpson published
Stevie Nicks reveals why she finally cut Lindsay Buckingham out of her life
“He never got to see GPS”: Helen Mirren feels “sad” for Kurt Cobain
By Will Simpson published
Helen Mirren feels sad Kurt Cobain never saw GPS
Queen hated the drum sound on their debut so much that they “augmented” every beat for its reissue
By Jonathan Horsley published
Their eponymous debut is a stone-cold rock classic but Queen have never been happy with its sound, especially Taylor’s drums. For its “rebuilt” and renamed reissue, they forensically applied digital tech to transform the sound of each individual drum hit
“I think she likes loud guitars - in this day and age!": The Breeders’ Kim Deal on Olivia Rodrigo
By Ben Rogerson published
As the tour draws to a close, The Breeders' Kim Deal says of Rodrigo: “I think she likes loud guitars - in this day and age! She finds loud guitars exciting and wants to be around them”
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