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- October 11th
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- Joe Satriani to release a solo-free Surfing With The Alien for Record Store Day
- Marcus King releases new song The Well and announces forthcoming solo album
- Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2019: how to get the best prices on guitars, drums, keyboards and more
- SampleRadar: 264 free urban spaces samples
- John Petrucci announces details of his Guitar Universe 3.0 summer camp
- EHX adds NYC Cans and Sport Buds to its wireless headphones lineup
- Get started with blogging, vlogging and podcasting with Sweetwater’s massive content creator sale
- Everything you need to know about: acid house
- Harrison Consoles is letting you download its AVA Mastering EQ plugin for free
- Classic gear: Fender Jazzmaster
- UVI’s Falcon soft synth plugin spreads its wings and lands at version 2
- Dougie Payne: “There’s something so elegant about the simplicity of the four-string bass. They’re just beautiful instruments”
- October 10th
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- Black Friday keyboard deals 2019: how to find the biggest savings on pianos, synths and MIDI controllers
- Raise a gallop in your basslines with Tech 21's Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp
- The 8 best external hard drives 2019: protect your music and video with these top portable hard drives
- Kurt Cobain's custom-built Fender Mustang is up for auction
- Lost your groove? Audiomodern’s Playbeat plugin will create drum patterns for you
- JBL’s Eon One Compact PA may be little, but it also promises to be loud
- Electronic musicians can download a free guide to mental health
- Blackstar launches the Silverline series – a boutique approach to digital guitar amplification
- October 9th
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- YouTube djent sensation Jared Dines selling custom 18-string guitar on eBay
- Ernie Ball Music Man unveils October's Ball Family Reserve collection
- The 8 best vlogging cameras for musicians 2019: share your music with the world
- Source Audio launches the Collider Delay+Reverb pedal
- Classic gear: Gibson Les Paul Special
- PRS to celebrate 35th Anniversary with six new SE models for 2020
- Rhythmic is a “groundbreaking” AI beat assistant that lets you reshape your loops in real time
- Get iconic Bowie, Springsteen and Chic FX presets in new Apogee plugin
- A bassist’s guide to Chuck Rainey
- October 8th
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- Fender Europe illegally restricted online price discounting, alleges UK watchdog
- Fender releases the opulent Flame Koa Top Stratocaster
- DSM and Humboldt Electronics unveil the Simplifier, a "zero-watt" stereo guitar amplifier
- DESIGNER DISTORTION – Computer Music issue 275 is out now
- Me and my guitar: Matt Bigland (Dinosaur Pile-Up)
- You can now control IK Multimedia’s UNO Drum drum machine from your DAW or iPad
- Things is a synth plugin for people who don’t understand synth plugins
- October 7th
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- How to set up a live synth multitrack recording session with the Steinberg AXR4
- Mark Knopfler: "I hold a guitar like a plumber holds a hammer"
- macOS X 10.15 Catalina is here: this is what musicians and producers need to know
- The 9 best budget audio interfaces 2019: start recording for under $120/£100
- Deep Space Devices makes first contact with the Radio-Bright ring modulation and delay
- Fender’s new Tone Master amps deliver authentic tube sound in an innovative digital package
- Black Friday drum deals 2019: how and where to find the biggest savings on drum and percussion gear
- Here’s why Roland’s new FANTOM could be the only synth you need
- Blast from the past: Casio VZ-1 and VZ-10M
- Waldorf’s Kyra is here, and it’s “one of the most powerful synthesizers ever built”
- Molly Tuttle: “I think I became more and more obsessed and in love with playing”
- In-depth: the history of P-90s, and how to pick one
- Make your iPad sound like a vintage tape machine with ToneBoosters ReelBus
- Black Friday 2019: the dates, the deals and everything musicians need to know
- The Fender Custom Shop is making a Joe Bonamassa '51 Nocaster signature model
- The Kee Bass is a free VST/AU bass synth plugin that emulates a ‘60s keyboard curio
- October 6th
- October 4th
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- Gibson has made Marcus Lee King a signature ES-345
- Best budget signature guitars 2019: sound like your guitar heroes for less
- Electro-Harmonix launches the small but deadly Nano Operation Overlord
- FoxGear pedals unveils the Multitune polyphonic tuner
- John Mayer: why amp modelling "doesn't quite get it"
- Strata does things that other Ableton Live controllers can’t, says its creator
- Step up your creative workflow with Audiomodern’s random sequence generator, Playbeat
- Ecstasequence is a portable sampler with push-down knobs
- I Heart NY is a parallel compressor plugin that lets you ‘Spank’ your audio into shape
- Ozone 9 is here, and iZotope says it’s “the future of mastering”
- Zeal & Ardor: “I see [the guitar] as a tool. And I am very cautious of romanticising the tool rather than the action”
- October 3rd
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- The Jimi Hendrix Experience return to the Royal Albert Hall for a special one-off concert movie
- Lowden celebrates 45 years of acoustic guitar building with a very special O-25
- The best iPads for musicians and producers 2019: top Apple tablets for music-making
- Hands-on video: Find out how Loopmasters Loopcloud 5 could change the way you work with samples
- Behringer’s $35 studio headphones look strangely familiar
- Jam Pedals joins the Tubedreamer and Lucydreamer in pedalboard matrimony for the Double Dreamer dual overdrive
- Boss updates the Katana amp series promising "more tones, more effects, and more features"
- Yamaha’s Sonogenic SHS-300 probably isn’t going to make the keytar cool again
- M-Audio’s Air Series USB-C audio interfaces promise high performance at affordable prices
- Polyphia vs Covet round table: “I hope that guitar music dies. I want it to die a painful death”
- Line 6 unveils the Spider V 20 MkII practice amp
- October 2nd
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- The 12 best electronic drum sets 2019: top choice electric drum kits for pro to beginner drummers
- Bust down the doors of perception with MXR's Brown Acid Fuzz pedal
- Pimp out your Elektron Model:Samples for $35
- 6 of the best parametric EQ plugins
- Dr Z prescribes its new Jetta combo for the "amateur hobbyist to professional" guitar player alike
- Could the ToneSpot Electric plugin be the missing ingredient in your guitar rig?
- Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys shows at New York’s Fillmore East to be released in deluxe box set
- Black Friday plugin deals: Waves kicks off bargain season early with these massive discounts
- Black Friday plugin deals 2019: how and where to find the biggest savings on music-making plugins
- Watch Slash talk about his 1966 Gibson EDS-1275 Doubleneck
- Save time and money: Synchro Arts’ VocALign Project is available at a 33% discount
- Kirk Hammett ESP Sparkle Ouija limited editions unleashed
- Pioneer DJ’s DDJ-XP2 is a Serato and rekordbox controller that you can “hit as hard as you want”
- October 1st
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- Pete Townshend says guitar-driven rock 'n' roll is on the decline
- Lil Nas X says he paid just $50 to record Old Town Road
- Les Paul vs SG: Gibson's two greatest solid body electric guitars battle it out
- Omar Rodríguez-López has a sweet new Ernie Ball Music Man signature offset
- Watch Kirk Hammett talk amplifiers and reveal that someone offered $750,000 for a Dumble he once owned
- Hudson Electronics unveils Ariel Posen signature Broadcast-AP preamp pedal
- Erica Synths’ Syntrx is a loving tribute to the Synthi AKS
- Justin Hawkins: these are the 10 guitarists who blew my mind
- Denise has taken the worst elements of tape and put them in a plugin
- Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I wanted stuff that would bring tears to the eyes. A different voice”
- Steinberg’s new UR-C USB 3.0 audio interfaces offer Yamaha preamps and DSP effects
- Xotic Effects unveils two new volume pedals
