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6 of the best free mastering plugins
Half-a-dozen options to polish your tunes without paying a penny...
Tal Wilkenfeld joins Incubus while bassist Ben Kenney recovers after brain op
The former Jeff Beck bassist joins Brandon Boyd and co for her first shows this coming weekend, with Kenney promising he’ll be “there in spirit”
Lykke Li and Björn Yttling on recording in ABBA's old studio: "It looks like a winter cabin from a Roger Moore James Bond movie. What more do you need to make great music?"
The Swedish pop phenom shares her vision for the unabashedly emotional album Eyeye
Google says that its MusicLM AI model is the best text-to-music generator yet, and the audio examples might just prove it
New technology can create complete tracks based on just a few words of description
Best studio headphones 2023: expert picks for music production and mixing, tested
We’ve tested and reviewed the best studio headphones for music production and recording, with price-spanning options from Sennheiser, Focal, Sony, Audio-Technica and more
Watch Twisted Sister reunite with Mike Portnoy on drums and blaze through three classics at the Metal Hall Of Fame
Fan-shot footage captured the band performing for the first time in 6 years at the event in California, where they were inducted hall of fame by Steve Vai and Portnoy
Here are our 5 favourite effects in Kilohearts Essentials, the biggest free plugin bundle on the internet
There are some real gems among the 32 included plugins
Best compressor plugins 2023: our pick of the greatest in-the-box compressors for the budding producer
The software compressors you need if you want to impress
Best pianos 2023: our pick of acoustic and digital options for home, studio and stage
Here’s our pick of the best pianos - and the best piano brands - including Yamaha, Casio, Nord, Roland and more…
Best keyboards for beginners and kids 2023: Get started with our expert pick of beginner keyboards for all ages
Useful advice and recommendations to help you find the best entry-level keyboard piano for you or your child
Only 6 of the world's top 100 producers are female or non-binary - and they're all main credited artists
Jaxsta's Honors List highlights the staggering gender imbalance in the recording industry
Kramer unveils the SM-1 Figured – three top-of-the-line shred machines with AAA flame-maple finishes
Seymour Duncan pickups, a neck-through build, super-speedy performance, a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato and classy AAA figured maple veneer – all yours for £1,089 street
Best audio interfaces 2023: 22 USB and Thunderbolt options for Mac and PC across every budget
In this guide to the best audio interfaces, we take a deep dive into top PC/Mac Thunderbolt and USB audio interfaces for music producers, songwriters, podcasters and more
Who is Tyler Johnson, the "world's top music producer" in 2022?
The Grammy-nominated Harry Styles collaborator tops Jaxsta's list of the year's most successful producers
5 of the best free lo-fi tape and vinyl emulation plugins (and one worth paying for)
Get that sweet, crunchy old-school sound with these free and affordable tools, or do it with the stock plugins in your DAW
Orange puts the squeeze on cab design for slimmed-down Rockerverb 50 Mk III Combo Neo that’s 18 per cent lighter than before
Neodymium Celestion Creambacks and a trim Baltic birch cab make for a more portable 2x12 and good news for your back
The ultimate producer's guide to reverb
If you're struggling to separate springs from plates, you're confused by convolution or ailed by algorithmic processors, read on...
The ultimate beginner's guide to extreme effects and plugins
Sometimes, more is more: we survey the history of creative effects processing and offer up 12 plugins that push the boundaries
