
MusicRadar Team
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Latest articles by MusicRadar Team

You can now register your interest in Rhodes' most lavish MK8 ever, you'll just need to stump up half the $13,495 asking price for a pre order
By MusicRadar Team published
Missed the last run of the remade classic? Here's another chance, and the 75th Anniversary Edition is their slickest model yet

Yamaha (finally, officially) unveils new MODX+ synthesizer updates
By MusicRadar Team published
The rumours are true. 75% more memory, greater polyphony but no AN-X synthesis? Yet?…

Roland TR8-S and TR6-S gain extra FM powers and more in new free updates
By MusicRadar Team published
New sounds, new effects and new programming tricks delivered via the latest firmware updates

Audio Damage heaps on the features for new Quanta 2 granular synth
By MusicRadar Team published
The popular Quanta just got a major hike in specs and features

Baby Audio releases “the hardest hitting compressor in the industry”
By MusicRadar Team published
A reworking of its classic I Heart NY 'New York compression' plugin has been released to mark its third anniversary

Arturia Dist COLDFIRE is a new dual-engine plugin distortion powerhouse
By MusicRadar Team published
The famous synth-maker amps up its effects offering with an all-new sonic mangler

Research shows that learning to play an instrument as a child delivers mental health benefits as an adult
By MusicRadar Team published
Learn an instrument as a child – get a sharper brain as an adult

Look out! The Strolling Piano is a high-speed motorised piano and it's heading your way
By MusicRadar Team published
“Surprising!” “Entertaining!” “Amazing!” That’s just a few of the superlatives that spring to mind

Calvin Harris takes to Twitter to point out that "I write, produce, mix, play every instrument and sometimes vocal.”
By MusicRadar Team published
Hit-making machine politely sets Twitter user right

Nektar's new wireless WIDI breaks the chain and sets your studio free
By MusicRadar Team last updated
Perfect for performers or cable-shy composers. Raise the roof with wireless Bluetooth

Vinyl lives! And this time it's eco-friendly and delivered in 'record' time
By MusicRadar Team last updated
A new service can cut master-quality vinyl faster than ever with runs as low as a single disc

Now you can play Space Invaders on your Teenage Engineering OP-Z
By MusicRadar Team last updated
The mysterious and little-understood powers of their OP-Z know no bounds

Roland open brand new store in the home of music making
By MusicRadar Team last updated
London's Denmark street has been the famous epicentre for musicians and gear hunters for decades

Tycho takes music to the blockchain with new Web3 fan community
By MusicRadar Team published
Get ready for the future synergy of music, internet, social, blockchain, NFT, metaverse and more…

Soundtoys adds VST3 support for Mac and Windows
By MusicRadar Team published
The public beta is out now (and there's even a 30 day free trial to enjoy too)

Nambu is the iOS FM Synth That DOESN’T want to be a DX7
By MusicRadar Team published
Love FM but don't need yet another DX7? iceWorks latest is the portable synth for you

ALM Busy Circuits ASQ-1 delivers old-skool Roland SH-101-style sequencing
By MusicRadar Team published
If you missed tapping out your tunes, it's back

Gigging in the metaverse. Is this the future of live music?
By MusicRadar Team published
Take a front-row seat at unique one-off live performances. Join thousands of screaming fans. All without leaving home.

Oi, Grandad! Treat yourself to a brand-new FREE synth plug-in here
By MusicRadar Team published
(Not being rude. The plug-in’s name is Oi, Grandad!…)

Software maker Faded Instruments goes hard for its Faded Toolbox
By MusicRadar Team published
New modular line-up of self-powered instruments bring their plug-ins to life

‘Inspired by the Moog CP3’, ADDAC Systems deliver its take on a modular classic
By MusicRadar Team last updated
New Eurorack mixer module promises to be “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”

Chris Martin is using Subpacs to enhance Coldplay gigs for hard of hearing fans
By MusicRadar Team last updated
The bass-delivering mix tool is helping make Coldplay gigs more inclusive – thanks to girlfriend Dakota Johnson

Eurorack innovator WMD announces three new products… and go bust…
By MusicRadar Team last updated
They're shutting up shop… But not before releasing three three new products
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