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“The breadth of control, countered with the joy of random probabilities, is simply fun”: ADDAC System 511 VC Stochastic Voltage Generator review
By Rob Redman published
If you want happy accidents and repeatable madness galore, the 511 is the module for you

Built for musicians, DJs and events, the Yamaha DHR12M is the flexible floor monitor that can also be used as a powerful loudspeaker
By Advertorial feature published
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Accurate, reliable and ready for any live performance

It’s funny because it’s true: Soulseek is suddenly full to the brim of crazy Homer Simpson covers
By Will Simpson published
All created via AI

“I have never been to the Grammys… it means nothing”: John Mellencamp isn’t impressed by awards
By Will Simpson published
He plays the hits again this summer

Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Mick Ronson’s Bowie-era 1968 Les Paul Custom
By Jonathan Horsley published
With the ebony finish stripped to reveal its two-piece plain maple top, mismatched controls, custom-wound pickups, this limited run reproduction is the spitting image of Ronson's original

How Christina Aguilera ended up recording a Linda Perry song that its writer has now reclaimed
By Ben Rogerson published
"Christina, she’s not me, you know? And I’m not Christina"

How Depeche Mode launched their career with one of the most important synth-pop records ever released
By Andy Jones published
One of the band's biggest tunes marked the end of their first chapter, but became a springboard that would propel both them and its writer to legendary status

“Shows those incredible men and women": New U2 video features footage taken from behind the frontline in Ukraine
By Will Simpson published
But new album contains “more songs of celebration than lamentation”

“I don’t think we’ll have to take peyote and puke like we did”: How Don Henley and Glenn Frey remembered the Eagles’ wild years
By Paul Elliott published
“Certainly, we don’t want to fail. We’ve never really known much failure”

"There's nothing quite like it": The singular genius of Laurie Spiegel's Music Mouse, with Eventide's Tony Agnello
By Clovis McEvoy published
40 years ago an idiosyncratic piece of software opened new doors for electronic music. Now Eventide has revitalised Spiegel’s classic Music Mouse instrument for a new generation
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