Levelling and polishing your guitar frets might have just got a whole lot easier with the MusicNomad U File and Fret Polisher
The company has also launched its fret care hub to make it even easier to diagnose and work on your guitar frets
By Daniel Griffiths published
Sony Music have parted with the big bucks for the band’s music and imagery but the deal excludes publishing rights
By Daniel Griffiths published
The master singer songwriter is back and despite losing his hearing in one ear, is determined to keep making music
By Matt Mullen published
The Public Studios initiative will fund the building of studio spaces in LGBTQ+ youth shelters
By Daniel Griffiths published
The guitarist is promoting a new tour and album and answering fans' questions
By Ben Rogerson published
She’s working late, and she’s definitely singing
By Daniel Griffiths published
While the drummer reveals that he’s made up with Marr, rejoining The Smiths remains an unlikely prospect
By Daniel Griffiths published
Venue giants O2 dish their tips for ticketing triumph while calling for new anti-scalper legislation
By Matt Mullen published
Bonobo appeared on the Tape Notes podcast to discuss the making of new single Expander and fan favourites from Black Sands and The North Borders
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Blink-182 co-founder’s signature model is a real bespoke build with a Jazz Bass neck, a reverse-mounted Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P Bass split coil and the choice of 3-Color Sunburst or Sea Foam Green finishes
By Matt Mullen published
The Public Studios initiative will fund the building of studio spaces in LGBTQ+ youth shelters
By Ben Rogerson last updated
Apple's iPads can now comfortably handle every music production task, but which is most suited to your needs? I put the whole range under the microscope
By Si Truss published
A Place To Bury Strangers’ Oliver Ackermann on recording Synthesizer and his Death By Audio pedal brand
By Kate Puttick published
The Irish-Malaysian producer and songwriter talks "trash" vocals, '90s influences and her love of arpeggiators
By Andy Jones published
Here’s why the 1176 has made such an impact in the recording world, and how you can rack one up for peanuts and use it on your music
By Matt Mullen published
Tell Spike AI how you want your track to sound and it'll respond by adjusting the mix in real-time
By Si Truss published
The Arduino-powered ‘Key-bowed’ is built around an adapted Roland MIDI keyboard
By Andy Price published
"I tried my level best and I couldn't break it" Joe O'Herlihy on the prep behind U2's astounding residency
By Si Truss published
Forty Sixty and Forty Eighty both feature Bluetooth streaming and DSP-assisted sound profiles
By Matt Mullen published
Bringing together a variety of digital oscillators with an analogue ladder filter and 34-point patchbay, Grind joins Edge, Crave and Spice in Behringer's Producer series
By Rob Laing published
The company has also launched its fret care hub to make it even easier to diagnose and work on your guitar frets
By Jonathan Horsley published
Eight new effects arrive for the TONEX and ToneX One pedals, plus two new effects blocks that players can configured pre or post-amp and cab.
By Jonathan Horsley published
A subtle refresh of the Les Paul range that yields some very nice single-cuts and that TV Yellow plain mahogany topped model could be a real cult classic in the making
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Blink-182 co-founder’s signature model is a real bespoke build with a Jazz Bass neck, a reverse-mounted Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P Bass split coil and the choice of 3-Color Sunburst or Sea Foam Green finishes
By Jonathan Horsley published
The hollowbodied electric is back and looking fresh in four finish options – including Gibson exclusive Ebony – and comes complete with dog-ear P-90s, deep-set neck and a trapeze tailpiece
By Jonathan Horsley published
Martin says mahalo to the pioneers of steel-string guitar design with new player-friendly acoustic featuring a slope-shouldered dread-style body with a 000 depth
By Jonathan Horsley published
Celebrating 15 years of partnership, the stompbox specialist digs into its greatest hits for two deluxe effects units – with the Supreme a $2,190 featuring an onboard Wahcko wah
By Jonathan Horsley published
In a move that is sure to shake up the marketplace for beginner and under-$500 gear, Harley Benton has an official store serving the US via Reverb
By Rob Laing published
"I can already tell you this one sounds better than one of my original '55s," says Joe. And there's a new Flying V too!
By Andy Price published
"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good"
By Leigh Fuge published
Definitely maybe some chords you don't know
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Sicilian maestro introduces his course with a blazing solo with JTC promising everything you need to nail his fingerstyle fusion approach, with easy-to-follow exercises, solos and more
By Jonathan Horsley published
The “world’s fastest player” Cooley endorses the discipline of non-stop repetition until you find your fastest clean speed but argues variety is key to building technical excellence
By Leigh Fuge published
Strum for everyone
By Rob Laing published
Gibson shows you how
By Rob Laing published
Your hand position is vital
By Future Music published
Setting up an entire mastering chain in your DAW needn’t be a daunting task. Here we take a look at one way you can go about it…
By James Grimshaw published
Hearing unwanted buzz? Not getting any sound at all? Here’s how to fix these and other unwanted interface issues and get your session back on track
By Sara Simms published
Dance music’s core genres have influenced pop for decades. We dig into their impact on the mainstream
By Roland Schmidt published
It’s time to turn up the heat and Axxess a spicy lead
By Sara Simms published
It’s simple to make a killer loop, but how does that become a dancefloor-filling hit? It only takes a few steps to get the process started…
By James Russell published
We take you step by step through some of the basic operations of MPE, from setting it up to understanding basic parameters to creating or amending a patch
By James Russell published
Find out how to use today's top theory tools to make your tunes stand out
By Leigh Fuge published
Definitely maybe some chords you don't know
By Jon Musgrave published
Reverb is a great tool, but cleverly thinking about its application can really take your mix to the next level. Here’s how to get tailoring…
By James Grimshaw published
Revolutionise your home studio connectivity and signal paths with a patch bay – here's how
By Rob Redman published
Elevate your sound with these rack mods
By Computer Music published
Go beyond the basics with these handy power-composer tips and techniques
By Jon Musgrave published
Elevate your sound design with fantastic stock plugins Logic users will already have
By Andy Jones published
Branch out into the world of effects and expand your sound design aspirations beyond the basics
By Andy Jones published
Create sounds with movement, layering and drama that you won’t quite believe
By Andy Jones published
In these days of ‘ultimate sample banks’ and ‘preset-packed’ synths and effects, it’s easy to think that sound design is a dying art. But, if anything, we think it should be your go-to creative process
By Jon Musgrave published
Dynamic EQ is a great tool for achieving level-dependent frequency changes, and can be a true life saver in certain mix situations
By Jon Musgrave published
Creative filtering can both elevate and finesse your mix. Let’s check out some of the best ways to apply it
By Si Truss published
The DJ software gets a long overdue refresh, but is it still in the mix?
By Dave Bushnell published
AlphaTheta adds a slick-looking pair of wireless DJ headphones to its line up
By Ben Rogerson published
It lights up and is so waterproof you can chuck it in a pool, but how does this low-end-loving Bluetooth speaker sound?
By James Russell published
We board this re-engineered version of the modular-capable, MPE-toting keyboard
By Richard Blenkinsop published
One of the most accurate and feature-packed tuners on the market - plus, it fits in your pocket!
By Dave Burrluck published
A quality-led, UK-made offset at an affordable price
By Stuart Williams published
Roland is back with a flagship replacement for the TD-50X. There’s a new module and new pads, but does it have the same old problem?
By Jon Musgrave published
Want your audio to take a quantum leap? We test out this latest premium interface
By Trevor Curwen published
Walrus Audio releases a stereo version of its Monument tremolo with presets and more