Arturia MiniFreak review
- €599
The MicroFreak gets a new, polyphonic sibling. We let the ’Freak off the leash
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Yamaha b1 acoustic piano review
- £3049
- €3890
The b1 is a best-seller amongst educational establishments, but should you have one in your living room?
Yamaha Arius YDP-S55 review
- £1099
- €1249
- $1599
A slimline, stripped-back digital piano at the affordable end of the spectrum. But how does this space saving instrument sound?
Cherry Audio Sines review
- $59
Cherry Audio’s newest virtual synthesizer is all about the fundamentals. We follow the Sines and head back to some waveform basics
Mick Fleetwood’s wooden balls go under the hammer and raise $128,000
Bass guitars and keyboards owned by John McVie and Christine MvVie were also sold
In celebration of Elton John: enjoy some of his greatest piano performances
As the rock legend is confirmed as one of 2023’s Glastonbury headliners, we look back at his storied career
BLEASS Megalit review
- €99
BLEASS’ product line continues to grow, and Megalit is its most adventurous release by far and could be the sonic wrangler you need
This is how the avant-garde ‘Moog dancers’ interpreted the sound of analogue synths back in 1971
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Producer Greg Kurstin on songwriting with Adele: “I have to find the right sequence of chords or the beginning of a song that ignites something in her”
“I get on the piano and then I’ll get a sense of, ‘Oh, she likes this little bit I’m playing right now,’” he explains
Elton John to headline Glastonbury 2023: “It's going to be incredibly emotional"
Sunday night’s alright for a farewell UK gig
Eventide Misha review
- £552
We take Eventide’s new module for a spin and discover Misha is an oddity, in the best possible way…
Arturia’s MiniFreak V synth plugin looks and sounds exactly like the hardware, but not everyone will be able to use it
Hardware owners can have it for free, but the rest of us can't have it at all
Trap beats: DOMi plays piano while sitting on the toilet as she and JD Beck perform for Jimmy Fallon
No stool required as the jazz prodigy drops her mad chops
Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie dies, aged 79
Singer, songwriter and keyboard player passed away in hospital following a short illness
Engineer Bruce Swedien on the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller: "I went in when Eddie Van Halen was warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud - I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level!"
As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the biggest-selling album of all time
Austrian Audio Hi-X25BT review
- £149
We connect up with Austrian Audio’s latest Bluetooth cans
John Legend shares Spatial Audio piano versions of songs from his latest album on Apple Music
Dolby Atmos-powered Solo Sessions EP also contains a cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water
The all-new MF-109S Saturator is a “free gift” for Moogerfooger plugin owners
A fresh Moogerfooger effect that was never available in hardware
Cableguys ShaperBox 3 review
- $89
The modulation-focused multieffect hits v3. We examine what’s new in this box of tricks…
