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Lounsberry Pedals’ Tall, Fat and Wide is a “game changer for digital organs”

By Simon Arblaster

Preamp pedal goes stereo

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DiMarzio announces Richie Kotzen Strat Replacement Pickguard

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Signature pickups based on guitar virtuoso’s ’90s Strat tones

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Erica Synths’ doubles the space with Dual FX Eurorack module

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Layers on layers

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Dan Donegan’s top 5 tips for guitarists: “You’ve got to push yourself as a player to branch out and do things that are maybe not theoretically correct”

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Disturbed’s riffer-in-chief on why working hard and trusting your gut will get the best from your playing

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Long-time SP guitarist on honing the band's triple-axe assault with Billy Corgan and James Iha

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AudioThing aims to reel you in with its lo-fi tape emulation plugin

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Reels models an old consumer-level Japanese unit

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Lounsberry Pedals’ Tall, Fat and Wide is a “game changer for digital organs”

By Simon Arblaster

Preamp pedal goes stereo

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DiMarzio announces Richie Kotzen Strat Replacement Pickguard

By Michael Astley-Brown

Signature pickups based on guitar virtuoso’s ’90s Strat tones

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Erica Synths’ doubles the space with Dual FX Eurorack module

By Simon Arblaster

Layers on layers

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AudioThing aims to reel you in with its lo-fi tape emulation plugin

By Ben Rogerson

Reels models an old consumer-level Japanese unit

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Tom Morello: "The idea was to fight back against this world of radio with no electric guitar anymore"

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Rage Against The Machine's sonic revolutionary reveals the guitar ideology behind star-studded solo album The Atlas Underground

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Blast from the past: Elektron SidStation

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How a uni project became one of the most distinguished designers of boutique electronic music instruments…

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Arturia’s Synclavier V 2 can resynthesize a sound from a single sample

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New sampling features for this authentic emulation

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4ms’ new Pod modular cases are affordable and daisy-chainable

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Modular, modular

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Fluid Audio spills the beans on its SRI-2 audio interface and monitor switcher

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A multi-purpose device for your desktop

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Halestorm: “You have to be willing to work at something and then draft and redraft, then finish it, and then throw it away”

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Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger on their cathartic album, Vicious

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The 10 best blues guitar chords - and how to use them

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Our guide to the essential shapes

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How to create DIY feedback loops in Ableton Live

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With its fluid, flexible audio signal routing scheme, Live makes for a powerful feedback circuit. Let's take a look…

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How to simulate screaming guitar amp feedback

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Get your rocks off with our software tutorial

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Guitar basics: legato

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Learn the essential techniques behind smooth solos

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How to use a delay’s feedback control to create cascading, building echoes

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Learn the ins and outs of this fundamental effects audio processing technique

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How to give your beats personality with lo-fi and distortion effects

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Grunge up your drums using slicing techniques and plugin effects

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5 blues guitar grooves you need to learn

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Nail the essential blues rhythms

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Guide to Big Band drumming, part 2: key techniques

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Master the Big Band drumming basics

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How to customise your drum dynamics with simple volume tweaks

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Never mind all that compression and limiting business - you can get your drums sounding better dynamically using nothing but volume and velocity

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How to program mixed-resolution, trap-style hi-hat patterns

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As well as their sub-heavy 808 kicks, the drums in trap are known for those crazy skittering hi-hats. Let’s take a look…

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How to change pickups on a Les Paul-style guitar

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Give your LP a fresh lease of life

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The best electronic drum kits 2018: our pick of the best electronic drum sets for beginners and experts

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The best electronic drum kits for your budget and ability

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Dave Smith Sequential Prophet X review

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Time to get serious Xcited!

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FXpansion Cypher 2 review

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Time to get expressive

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EastWest Hollywood Choirs Diamond Edition review

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All singing from the same hymn sheet

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Sono Elements eTron review

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Some classic ‘Tron sounds

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Zynaptiq Intensity review

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A ‘magic wand’ plugin for mixing and mastering

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Reason 10’s celestial headliner can now be loaded into any DAW as a VST or Audio Units plugin…

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Ernie Ball Expression Tremolo review

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A versatile treadle-adjustable tremolo with added reverb

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Audio Damage Quanta review

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This release wants to wrestle granular synthesis from the clutches of beard-stroking academia

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Accusonus ERA Bundle Pro review

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Five seemingly voodoo-powered plugins for fixing up your audio

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Native Instruments Crush Pack review

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A bargain-basement price tag on a trio of powerful, characterful distortion plugins

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