Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album
Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here
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Artists
Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album
Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here
Charlie Puth reinterprets his back catalogue – including his huge 2015 US number one – at Tiny Desk
“I've heard these arrangements in my head and I've been saving them for this," he explained
“It matters for me to play better all the time”: New documentary in the pipeline about Rush’s Neil Peart
No One’s Disciple will be screened on Canadian TV in September
Producer sues Kanye West for unpaid wages and alleges he did use AI on Bully
Ye originally said he didn’t
Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together
The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together
“A special experience”: Eno’s Music For Airports to be performed in full… at an airport
Original album was the first in his ambient series
Phil Collins admits that there was one drum fill he just couldn’t unpick on his Motown covers album
"We didn't get that one," he says
Music Tech
We speak to the noise music creatives pushing out at the extremes of sound: “It's somehow a kind of fetish”
Noise music can be powerful and unpredictable. Learn how to bring noise techniques like feedback and extreme gain into your own productions
Steinberg marks 30 years of VST with the Classics Collection, which includes the first VST synth
Relive the early days of software instruments, or experience what they were like for the first time
Fender’s Motion MIDI controllers have finally landed – and they come with a free copy of the Fender Studio Pro DAW
Fender's first entry into the pad controller market, Motion 16 and Motion 32 pair polyphonic aftertouch-equipped FATAR pads with deep Studio Pro integration
“No protection under the law”: German performing rights society wins significant victory over Suno
Court ruled AI firm had illegally trained its models on copyrighted songs
“Craft tones practically at the speed of thought”: Line 6 unveils Helix Stadium Native plugin
Put some of Line 6's flagship Augora amp modelling tone and feel into your DAW
“Some sounds never go out of style”: Universal Audio makes two classic reverbs used by The Beatles, Radiohead and Brian Eno available natively
UA's emulations of the historic EMT 140 and EMT 250 can now be used without Apollo or UAD hardware
A Pressing Matter: Suno to launch its own bespoke vinyl pressing and shipping service
The resulting one-offs could end up being very valuable
“Continues to strike a balance between features, size, and price”: Novation Launch Control 3 review
Novation’s Launch Control 3 update looks basic and minimal, but it successfully packs a lot into a small package
Best guitar VSTs 2026: Get the best simulated guitar tones for your next production
My pick of the best guitar VST instruments will get great guitar tones for your productions, even if you’ve never played guitar before
“It’s like a really smart guitar pedal”: Empire Of The Sun’s Luke Steele says “of course” he uses AI
Meanwhile, pro-AI Boy George calls Bandcamp a “bunch of c***s” for banning his controversial track
Guitars
Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album
Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here
Fender CEO clarifies his controversial comments comparing cover songs to AI
Edward “Bud” Cole’s comments likening cover music to “analogue AI” did not go down well with musicians – but he still believes AI can be a useful tool for players
Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together
The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together
Marcus King’s signature Epiphone is a stunning dreadnought acoustic inspired by his first-ever guitar
This limited run all-solid dreadnought comes with ample mojo, a cool back story, a custom hard-shell guitar case and LR Baggs electronics
“Craft tones practically at the speed of thought”: Line 6 unveils Helix Stadium Native plugin
Put some of Line 6's flagship Augora amp modelling tone and feel into your DAW
HeadRush rolls out Tone3000 integration and native support for NAM captures to its amp modellers
Players can choose from “hundreds of thousands” of community created NAM captures and just load them onto their rigs
Chris Payton reveals his rig for Bruno Mars stadium shows
Has Payton created the ultimate pop, rock and R&B guitar with some judicious mods to his American Elite Strat? His guitar choices – and rig – reflects the demands of an epic show
Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
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Confused by guitar tabs and notation? Use this complete guide to reading music for guitar
Learn to play acoustic and electric guitar in record time with our guide to easy-to-read notation
"Don't play scales just to get faster. Speed is a happy by-product of playing more accurately": Beginner Guitar Lessons - nailing scales
The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how
"There isn't one correct answer": 6 things you need you need know about how to clean and condition your guitar fretboard
A string change is the ideal opportunity to get your 'board back to its best
What are the best online guitar lessons in 2026? I’m a professional guitar gear reviewer and these are my highest-rated lessons platforms
My expert pick of the best online guitar courses will supercharge your playing wherever you are, and whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist
The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered
With a massive 89% discount, $99 for a year's worth of Guitar Tricks online lessons is the best way to upgrade your guitar playing this Black Friday
Guitar Tricks is our number one online tuition platform for guitar players
Ignite your inner guitar god for just 27 cents a day with TrueFire’s July 4th sale - save 60% on online lessons
With over 84,000 lessons at your disposal, this is one of the best value guitar tuition subscriptions online right now
Can you fix your guitar's frets yourself? We try three innovative approaches from MusicNomad to investigate how they might conquer a major cause of fret buzz
Uneven frets are a common issue with our guitars, but MusicNomad has come up with different ways to empower players to deal with it themselves
Latest Tuition
6 steps for perfectly capturing a real drum performance in your DAW
Inject some feel into your tracks by recording a real human drummer (no jokes, please). It's easier than you think
How to start recording pristine picked acoustic guitar in just three simple steps
You can create a great guitar track using just a single microphone and it's simpler than you think…
10 music theory tricks every producer and songwriter should know
Spruce up your chords and snazz up your scales with these simple but powerful techniques
How to use a mixing console
Faders, knobs, buttons, sliders and sockets explained: Here’s how to find your way around a modern mixing desk
The difference between distortion and saturation and how to effectively get a gnarly sound
Adding small or even large amounts of saturation doesn’t have to be bad for you, as we explore how to singe your sonics
How to use reverb to build impressive-sounding filters, reverses, risers and pads
Create your own reverb effects with our step-by-step tutorial
How to get Radiohead’s resonant National Anthem vocal effect in software
On Kid A, Radiohead went resonant with some severe vocal processing - although complex at the time, the incredible results can now be easily achieved in software
Build your own expressive talkbox with plugins
If you love the sound of the talkbox, but grapple with the practicality of the hardware, we have some top tips for recreating the classic sound with plugins
How to get recognisable pop sounds and effects using only Logic’s stock plugins
If you’ve got Logic, you’re already more than capable of recreating Skrillex’s manipulated reverb, Billie Eilish’s formant shifting and much more…
How to emulate one of Jon Hopkins' signature sonic techniques with plugins
We get creative with an effects chain inspired by Jon Hopkins, and a heavy dose of felt piano
Exploring how Harry Styles brought the sounds of minimal techno to pop with Aperture
Aperture heralded a new approach for Styles, but its sounds clearly cribbed from the minimal techno playbook
Do you want to remix faster and better? Here's 6 essential remix skills every producer should know
Get the technical know-how required to make great remixes with these essential techniques
Confused by guitar tabs and notation? Use this complete guide to reading music for guitar
Learn to play acoustic and electric guitar in record time with our guide to easy-to-read notation
I’m so obsessed with Olivia Rodrigo’s Drop Dead trance bass sound that I remade it in my DAW
We create our own transient-heavy synth bass with leanings towards the trance-heavy sounds of the 90s. ‘Drop Dead’ you exclaim? No way! We were Born Slippy!
How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars
We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW
How to master virtually any software synth
Don't let your software arsenal overwhelm you - sometimes the best route to creative success is to mine just one instrument
"Don't play scales just to get faster. Speed is a happy by-product of playing more accurately": Beginner Guitar Lessons - nailing scales
The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how
"Record everything all the time – and keep it all": 8 pro techno producers explain how they create their tracks
We delve into our In The Studio archive to compile the techno secrets behind releases on esteemed labels including Drumcode, Cocoon, Dekmantel, Second State and more
Latest Reviews
“Continues to strike a balance between features, size, and price”: Novation Launch Control 3 review
Novation’s Launch Control 3 update looks basic and minimal, but it successfully packs a lot into a small package
Tascam DR-40XP field recorder review
This newly updated four-track field recorder from Tascam is a surprisingly dense device, boasting 32-bit float recording and some supremely quiet preamps
“Its commitment to the bit is worth celebrating”: AlphaTheta DJM-V5 review
AlphaTheta’s mixer is a smaller, cheaper take on the flagship DJM-V10 – but it’s also a lot more than that
"I cycle through the presets to see what’s what, and…they’re not great: Mooer GE150 Max Li review
Mooer's battery-operated multi-effects unit delivers all the tools a beginner needs to get up and running, though some features fall short under DSP constraints
Tascam FR-AV4 field recorder review
The Tascam FR-AV4 is a location-shooting dream of a field recorder, with some serious I/O and some incredibly quiet preamps
"If the WTF is a sign of things to come, I can’t wait to see what these mad scientists cook up next": Morley x DOD Wah-OcTo-Fuzz review
A fantastic, wacky, and eccentric three-in-one stompbox that harks back while creating something fresh
“What sets it apart is access to a humongous range of amp captures”: Blackstar Beam Mini review
Blackstar expands its Beam series with a feature‑packed ultra-compact amp
Beyerdynamic DT 30 IE review
In-ear monitoring is becoming more affordable, with many entry-level options on the market. The DT30 IE from Beyerdynamic could be the perfect beginner in-ears, or even a decent backup for more seasoned users
“It's extremely easy to use, but only once you’ve got to grips with what is quite an esoteric control interface”: Donner DBM-100 metronome review
The Donner DBM-100 looks and feels like a handheld games console - but is it just as much fun to use as it looks?
"Transcription Studio promises to turn audio into notated transcriptions, lead sheets and guitar tabs – but does it actually work?": Klang.io Transcription Studio review
AI-powered transcription tools like Klang.io's Transcription Studio are rapidly advancing in sophistication, but they won't be replacing humans anytime soon