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June 30
- Sinevibes Robotize won’t change your voice, but it will create rhythmic granular effects
- Epiphone unveils James Bay ‘1966’ Century signature guitar
- Chris Merrick Hughes: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Seymour Duncan releases PowerStage 700 stereo power amp
- Mixvibes’ Remixlive 3.0 iOS app adds finger drumming functionality
- Saturday Night Live guitarist Jared Scharff: how I landed one of TV’s biggest gigs
- John Garcia, desert-rock legend, on the challenges of going unplugged
June 29
- Public Service Broadcasting on the surprising recording setup and abundant gear behind Every Valley
- Rig tour: Clutch
- Gibson Custom unveils colourful Les Paul Special guitars with matching headstocks
- Keeley announces vintage-voiced Tesla MKIII Fuzz pedal
- Summer NAMM 2017: Supro unveils Jimmy Page-inspired Black Magick guitar amp head
- The buttons on Elektron’s Octatrack MKII are good for 50 million presses
- Summer NAMM 2017: Martin reimagines the D-28, releases Jason Isbell D-18 and stunning limited-edition acoustic guitars
- Issue 320 of Future Music is on sale now
- Doyle Bramhall II's 9 tips for guitarists
- IK Multimedia's iRig Pro I/O interface is shipping and covers MIDI, audio and iOS charging
- Moog is ending production of the Minimoog Model D
June 28
- Reason 9.5 users can download Waves’ AudioTrack plugin for free
- Discover the hidden depths of Line 6's Helix LT with this extensive demo
- 5 ways for guitarists to create better film soundtracks
- Classic album: Ferry Corsten on L.E.F.
- Electro-Harmonix’s Platform stereo compressor promises “studio-quality signal processing in a pedalboard-ready package”
- Peter Iwers on his final record with In Flames, Battles
- Jakko Jakszyk talks King Crimson, Radical Action and Fripp throwdowns
- Audio Damage declares war on your audio with Kombinat Tri
- Ed Sheeran responds to Glastonbury backing track backlash
- You can pre-order the Behringer D Minimoog clone for $299
June 27
- Introducing: Code Orange’s singing drummer Jami Morgan
- Arturia BeatStep Pro v2 is here and brings new functionality
- Booka Shade talk tech, record deals and making music for girls
- Roland's GO:KEYS and GO:PIANO keyboards are now available and can be played by anyone
- The Punch is a free plugin that lets you ‘turn the knob until it sounds good’
- Is UVI’s Ravenscroft 275 Piano the most realistic iOS grand piano yet?
- Larry Carlton's 9 tips for guitarists
June 26
- Gojira's Mario Duplantier reveals all about his astonishing technique
- Blast from the past: Yamaha NS-10
- The Apprehension Engine is quite possibly the scariest instrument out there
- Yamaha calls on young drumming stars to enter #FUTUREBEAT ‘17
- Review round-up: multi-channel lunchbox amp heads
- One for the road: John Scofield
- Me and my guitar: Bruce Soord, The Pineapple Thief
- On the radar: Temples
June 23
- Pallas is a sub-€50, semi-modular, analogue modelling synth for Ableton Live
- Boss shoots for the low-end with affordable GT-1B Bass Effects Processor pedal
- Stone Sour’s Josh Rand: the records that changed my life
- Me and my guitar: Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson
- Under the microscope: Dumble Overdrive Special
- Boss unveils ultra-affordable Katana-Mini guitar amp
- 12 of the best VST/AU transient shaper plugins
- TC Electronic releases Sub ’N’ Up Mini polyphonic octave pedal
- Audio Damage brings its destructive Grind effect to iOS
- Boss unveils RV-500 Reverb and MD-500 Modulation pedals
- Roland celebrates 30 years of the D-50 synth with a plugin version in the Cloud
- HoRNet adds a sting to the tail of its DeeLay plugin with a Plus version
June 22
- Manson celebrates 25th anniversary with striking Holosparkle MA EVO guitars
- IK Multimedia’s ARC System is now even better at fixing the acoustic response of your room
- 10 questions for Opeth’s Fredrik Åkesson
- Roger McGuinn on The Byrds' shadow, Rickenbacker tones and going west
- Watch Ibanez-toting guitarist use 45 different techniques in one guitar solo
- The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merrit shows us round his extraordinary studio
- Gibson Custom’s new Ultima ES-335 and Les Paul guitars are none-more-bling
- Noiiz announces new subscription pricing and features, and launches Noiiz Studio Competition!
June 21
- Steinberg Nuendo 8 lands with new functions and old friends
- Output releases its first hardware product, but it’s not what you think
- 5 minutes alone: George Lynch
- WIN! A Taylor Academy 12e
- Keeley updates the most popular boutique compressor pedal in the world
- Walrus Audio saddles Iron Horse Distortion pedal with V2 specs
- The Workshop: Setting up drum triggers
- Get what you need from an audio interface with Focusrite’s Clarett range
June 20
- Yngwie Malmsteen shreds London this August
- Teengirl Fantasy on their evocative sound and hands-on creative approach
- TC Electronic releases Flashback 2 Delay pedal with MASH footswitch and Crystal Delay
- Me and my guitar: Meshuggah's Mårten Hagström
- G&L drops more affordable Tribute Series Kiloton bass guitar
- Elysia’s new ‘colouring box’ plugin shows great Karacter
- The SE-02 could be the analogue Roland Boutique synth that you’ve been waiting for
June 19
- Vox MV50 amp heads - MusicRadar hands-on
- Martin Harley on Weissenborns, lap steel tips and how Nashville changed his playing
- M-Audio puts the Hammer down with new 88-note keyboard controller
- Audio Damage’s Rough Rider compressor is now on iOS, and it’s free
- Alain Johannes partners with Dream Studio Guitars for Sparkler signature model
- Wampler releases Ethereal reverb and delay pedal
- Zoom’s AC-2 pedal promises to restore guitar tone lost through acoustic pickups
- On the radar: IDLES
- 5 minutes alone: Wayne Hussey
June 16
- ‘This is what Ableton Live should look like,’ says designer
- Blasterjaxx: 10 tracks that blew our minds
- Tommy Emmanuel on gear, keeping things simple, and the importance of the sound engineer
- The top 20 acoustic guitar heroes of all time
- Seymour Duncan’s PowerStage 170 is a power amp that fits on your pedalboard
June 15
- Squier’s Baritone Jazzmaster has never sounded heavier than in this Loathe guitar playthrough
- Computer Music hands-on with Reason 9.5
- Dabin's favourite music software
- Version 2 of Audio Damage’s classic Dubstation plugin adds a raft of new features
- Cort equips new GB74JJ bass guitar with double jazz pickups
- Eric Johnson talks acoustic tone tips, technique and recording
- Mixing Masterclass with Abbey Road Studios - Computer Music 245
- FREE VST/AU plugin chainer: Freestyle CM
June 14
- Devin Townsend dubbed Riff Lord at Metal Hammer Golden Gods
- Martin gets distressed with new StreetMaster 15 Series acoustic guitars
- Lowden rolls out acoustic guitar built from whiskey barrels and ancient bog oak
- Joey Kramer on surviving and thriving with Aerosmith
- Get a free Vengeance-Sound plugin worth £40!
- The story behind Martin's astonishing two-millionth acoustic guitar
- Groovebox is a free Novation-powered ‘beats and synths’ studio for iOS
June 13
- Electro-Harmonix wants to squeeze its Tone Corset compressor pedal into your rig
- Nathan Fake on the hardware and software behind his new album, Providence
- Mercuriall Audio’s Greed Smasher plugin is a free emulation of Mesa/Boogie’s Grid Slammer overdrive pedal
- How your fingernails can improve your acoustic guitar tone
- Propellerhead’s ReBirth is saying its final goodbye, as Roland says that it infringes its IP rights
June 12
- This linen and bio-resin composite acoustic “outperforms” traditional wood guitars
- Me in my studio: The Ruby Suns
- Aguilar releases ultra-lightweight, 700-watt AG700 bass amp head
- Keeley channels Smashing Pumpkins for Rotten Apple OpAmp Fuzz pedal
- Reaktor Blocks users can download five new Eurorack-style modules for free
- Overloud says that a shot of its Dopamine plugin will revive your tracks
- Welcome to Acoustic Week
- Under the microscope: Gibson Kalamazoo KG-14
- Acoustic guitar for beginners: 15 key terms and techniques
June 9
- Classic album: Sander Van Doorn on Supernaturalistic
- The history of the Fuzz Face
- SampleRadar: 258 free dystopian drone samples
- Rise Against's Zach Blair: the records that changed my life
- 4 ways to get the new issue of Total Guitar
- TC Electronic makes waves with long-awaited Pipeline tap tremolo pedal
- Wild Customs revs up 3 classic car-inspired electric guitars
June 8
- Experience fresh, red-hot prog-metal riffs with this In The Presence Of Wolves guitar playthrough
- Blast from the past: Casio VL-1 (VL-Tone)
- ROLI’s mini-keyed and “mainstream” Seaboard is the new kid in the Blocks line-up
- Under the microscope: Gary Moore's Fiesta Red Fender Stratocaster
- On the radar: Power Trip
- This Purple Special bass is a stunning tribute to Prince
June 7
- 10 questions for Wednesday 13 guitarist Roman Surman
- Talking Shop: Nuage
- Softube reckons that its new Tape plugin is the reel deal
- Hughes & Kettner “redefines the acoustic amp” with era 1
- Chris Martin pulls Coldplay fan from the crowd to play piano at stadium gig
- In pictures: Sasha’s live setup revealed
- Fairport Convention talk acoustic sets, wide-ranging instruments and shifting line-ups
- MYBADD: 5 things I've learned about music production
- Gregor Mackintosh: 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
- Matthews Effects cooks up The Chemist Atomic Modulator pedal
- Supro launches 1685RT Neptune Reverb guitar amp
- Ableton has acquired Cycling ‘74 “in the spirit of research, exploration and innovation”
- PRS unveils latest John Mayer collaboration, the Private Stock Super Eagle II
- You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint talks hit albums and building his own drum cave
June 6
- Watch You Me At Six's Max Helyer give you a guitar lesson
- 5 minutes alone: Gary Rossington
- Apple launches the iMac Pro, “the most powerful Mac ever”, and updates the iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro
June 5
- In pictures: Jonas Blue’s live setup revealed
- Michael Kelly celebrates 10 years of Hybrid Special with limited-edition electric guitar
- Box Of Doom unleashes more affordable Basic isolation guitar amp cabinet
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (June 2017)
- Mesa/Boogie goes acoustic with Rosette amp and preamp pedal
- Audio Damage’s Grind is the “brutal” sound design plugin that you wouldn’t bring home to meet your parents
- Me and my guitar: Biters' Matt Gabs
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (June 2017)
- On the radar: Wille And The Bandits
- Joanne Shaw Taylor talks Nashville sessions, Kevin Shirley and new album Wild
June 2
- Mooer Micro Preamp pedals & Baby Bomb 30 - MusicRadar hands-on
- D'Addario celebrates 50 years of Sgt Pepper's with The Beatles straps and picks
- Chris Shiflett talks tones, Teles and writer’s block
- Miss May I's BJ Stead: 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
June 1
- Nickelback drummer Daniel Adair: 10 records that changed my life
- Could M-Audio’s new BX-D3 series studio monitors give you the performance you need at a price you can afford?
- Olivier Giacomotto: 10 albums that blew my mind
- Roland unveils Blues Cube Hot 'British EL84 Modified'
- Review round-up: retro solidbody electric guitars
- Issue 319 of Future Music is on sale now
- Boss's MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher pedal will transform your pedalboard