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“Ozone 12 feels like a rite of passage, with a considerable number of enhancements that will make this a worthy upgrade”: iZotope Ozone 12 Advanced review
By Roland Schmidt published
An industry standard in mastering, Ozone gets an upgrade to version 12, but does it do more than just pump up the volume?

“We could have been as big as Led Zeppelin”: The heavy rock innovators whose drummer was a star before John Bonham
By Andrew Daly published
“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"

“I asked if there was another way of expressing whether God was ‘just a slob like one of us’”: Inside a ’90s classic
By Neil Crossley published
"I knew that we were going to be hearing this for the rest of our lives”

“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad. And we had a great one”: How a soft rock classic was created
By Paul Elliott published
But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?

“Offers excellent input flexibility, remote control and tank-like construction”: Fiio SP5 review
By Jon Musgrave published
These flexible desktop speakers could be just what you need to up your game

"The greatest pop record ever made”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – John Lennon's masterpiece
By Neil Crossley published
Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

They set the boyband template, but The Monkees also introduced the world to the synth
By Andy Price published
People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players

“The record company said, ‘It’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How Lynyrd Skynyrd created a legendary epic
By Paul Elliott published
"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

“Built upon the strengths of the original, it takes this vintage classic to contemporary heights”: Cherry Audio Mercury-8 review
By Roland Schmidt published
Completing the Mercury trilogy, Cherry Audio answers the prayers of its user base, with a recreation of the mightiest of ’80s polysynths
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