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How a happy synth accident inspired a US number 1 single for Terence Trent D’Arby
By Ben Rogerson published
“I heard this drone. An engineer, Sean Oliver, he had taken the DX7 keyboard and he had just pushed the pitchbend wheel back and forth”

MusicRadar deals of the week: Score £900 off a Gibson Les Paul Standard, £350 off the Adam Jones Epiphone Les Paul Custom and hundreds off Fender, Squier and EVH
By Daryl Robertson published
We've uncovered the very best offers on a range of music-making gear from the likes of Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Squier, and more

The obscure Andean instrument heard on The Last of Us' soundtrack is the star of Spitfire Audio's latest plugin
By Matt Mullen published
Ronroco by Gustavo Santaolalla captures the haunting sound of HBO's post-apocalyptic video game adaptation

Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates
By Matt Mullen published
V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

"I was like, 'Wow'": Porter Robinson only recently discovered that Coldplay used to sound a bit like Radiohead
By Ben Rogerson published
“I found tons of forum debates from 2004 from people saying, you know Radiohead fans being like, ‘Coldplay's trash’”

Why is Serena Williams being bombarded with microphones fired from confetti cannons?
By Ben Rogerson published
In purely literal terms, this might be the biggest mic drop ever

How Yves Jarvis recorded his whole album in Audacity, the free and open-source audio editor
By Ben Rogerson published
“I’ve always used Audacity to arrange and sequence my work from tape, but this time, I didn’t even use any hardware,” he says

Waves makes 7 plugins available for free, including convolution reverb, FM synth and tube saturator
By Matt Mullen published
Snag Lil Tube, IR Live, V-EQ3, V-Comp, GTR Solo, Flow Motion and AudioTrack for no charge with free future updates

Best digital pianos for beginners 2025: 8 beginner-friendly pianos handpicked by a professional piano and music gear reviewer
By Daryl Robertson last updated
An expert look at the very best beginner digital pianos on the market from the likes of Yamaha, Casio, Korg, and Roland - including full reviews and video demos
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