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- August 16th
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- MeeBlip Cubit Go could be the cure for all your MIDI syncing needs
- The best Plugin Boutique deals right now: top synths, virtual instruments and plugins for less
- Mooer's Tone Capture samples any guitar with a pick-up
- Abigail Zachko's band This Was Planned* have released their debut album, Sunshine Lullaby
- The 10 best cheap MIDI keyboards 2019: wallet-friendly controllers for music making
- New Jimi Hendrix Custom Shop Strat revealed 50 years after Woodstock
- August 15th
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- Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti announces guitar and songwriting clinics
- Cowabunga! Dophix’s Michelango Overdrive Plus is a real work of art
- ‘Your mix sucks’, but this Waves-powered book could help you fix it
- Auburn Sounds goes back to the binaural boardroom and releases the Panagement 2 plugin
- Joe Bonamassa says his 1951 Fender Nocaster is his "best" guitar
- Hands-on demo: Can IK Multimedia's Uno Drum perform against its nearest rivals?
- Puremagnetik’s Zerone plugin looks deep inside your sounds and breaks them apart
- Electro-Harmonix launches the Mod 11 multi-modulation pedal
- HANDS-ON MIDI – Get more from your controllers with Computer Music issue 273, out now
- Rodrigo y Gabriela: “I listen to some of those early solos and think, ‘Did I actually play that?!’”
- You can now pre-order Behringer’s RD-8 drum machine: just don’t call it an 808
- August 14th
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- Fender release limited run of Jazzmasters with solid rosewood necks
- Fender's Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster is the latest luxury build from the Rarities series
- Blast from the past: Ensoniq VFX series
- Paul Simonon’s trashed P-bass to be displayed at the Museum of London
- Mid Valley FX sets loose the Lo Fi Giant fuzz
- Rig tour: Behemoth
- RetroByts puts NES and C64 sounds in a plugin, giving you a double hit of ‘80s chiptune nostalgia
- Rubato Guitars makes its debut with the carbon-fibre Rubato Lassie
- Loopcloud 5 adds plugin instruments and offers subscription options
- Mike Brignardello's top 5 tips for bassists: “Whenever I get sick of my playing and can’t stand it, I know the way out is to practise”
- Roland’s DJ-707M is a Serato controller and live sound console for mobile DJs
- August 13th
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- Seafoam Pedals launch the Harpoon overdrive
- guitarguitar is offering free lessons to left-handed players
- The 8 best blues guitars 2019: budget-spanning electric guitars for budding Joe Bonamassas
- Duane Allman’s ‘Layla’ Les Paul was sold for a cool $1.25 million
- Four more acts added to the UK Guitar Show & London Bass Guitar Show
- The SpaceCraft Granular iOS synth is touching down in desktop DAWs
- Chris Buck: “I thought, ‘Let’s immerse myself in some different sounds and see what it brings out of me.’ That was the making of me”
- Beatbox is a cardboard drum machine that you can build in under an hour
- August 12th
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- Ananashead offers low-gain high jinks with the new Bolt overdrive
- Ernie Ball Music Man reveals August 2019 Family Reserve models
- Mr Black lives large with Mini Octaves pedal
- Brainworx’s Diezel Herbert guitar amp plugin lands in native formats, offering heavy rock and metal tones for all
- Yellowcake Pedals unveil the mind-expanding Psychotropia
- Holy hand-wired distortion, Batman! It’s the Ratmobile
- TBProAudio’s LA xLimit III plugin is for those who love loudness
- 5 minutes alone - George Benson: “A guy said, ‘I could get you a job with Fats Domino’. I said, ‘I am not ready for that’”
- Kenny Passarelli: “I learned a lot from Stephen Stills about playing bass”
- Wave hello to the Altura MkII Theremin MIDI controller MkII
- August 9th
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- Waves plugins and bundles: huge price drops on top music production software
- SampleRadar: 411 free creative gate samples
- Loopmasters buys Beatport Sounds and teases its biggest update to Loopcloud, ever
- Classic gear: Dallas Rangemaster - the secret sauce behind Rory Gallagher, Tony Iommi and Marc Bolan's signature tones
- Could the OSS Enterprise synth boldly go where no plugin has gone before?
- Glassy is a shiny plugin tribute to ‘80s and ‘90s electric piano sounds
- Zildjian 2019 product showcase
- August 8th
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- Roland and V-Moda drop limited edition M-100 Master 808 headphones
- Deal of the day: purchase any Nektar controller and get Steinberg Padshop Pro for free
- Electro-Harmonix reveals the Bass9 bass machine pedal
- 808 Day: meet hip-hop legend Larry Smith’s ‘New York’ model and find out why not all 808s sound the same
- Bassist of the Year 2019 finalists revealed!
- Line 6 announce free Helix firmware update
- Brian Setzer: “It was a combination of balls and stupidity... Naivety is a nicer way of putting it”
- SampleRadar: 378 free 808 drum samples
- TR-08 vs TR-09: how do Roland’s new breed of digital drum machines stack up?
- What is the 808 kick, and why do we all still love it?
- Young Guitarist of the Year 2019 finalists revealed!
- Watch Gary Holt talk about his love of Marshall amps
- Kuassa puts a 7-band graphic EQ guitar pedal into a free plugin
- This ESP Godzilla guitar is king of the monster riffs
- FM Player 2 puts classic ‘80s Yamaha DX synth sounds on your iPad for $0.99
- Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2019 finalists revealed!
- Green Book's Mike Hatton: “No-one has called me out for playing it wrong, which is great”
- IK Multimedia’s Modo Drum plugin blends samples and synthesis for complete kit customisation
- Guitarist of the Year 2019 finalists revealed!
- August 7th
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- Watch Joe Bonamassa unleash some serious shred on an EVH Striped Series S-style
- Strandberg releases eye-popping Boden Metal Sarah Longfield signature edition
- Brutus drummer/vocalist Stefanie Mannaerts: “For 10 minutes after the show I hate everyone!”
- Sony's DrumNet tech aims to create drum parts using AI
- UAD 9.10 lands with Tube Compressor Collection
- Tool stream title track of long-awaited new album Fear Inoculum
- You're not dreaming, Deckard's Voice Eurorack synth module is coming
- Me and my guitar: Leprous's Tor Oddmund Suhrke
- Sega Mega Drive’s iconic FM synth sound chip is now available as a VST plugin
- Watch Martin’s meticulous repair of John Mayer’s OM-28JM acoustic
- RockBoard unveil ISO Power Block V10 multi power supply
- One for the road - Snowy White: “We hit the first chord and these big bangs went up and it knocked me over”
- La Grange rolls out the reinvented Wheel
- August 6th
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- Mojo Hand FX puts a fistful of reverb, vibrato and tremolo into the RVT pedal
- Tyler Morris Designs launches boutique effects line with Turbo Booster and Jimmy Vivino Signature Turbo Booster
- Fretboard will keep you well-oiled with their Bootsy Collins signature IPA
- 5 minutes alone with Yngwie Malmsteen: “Some people misunderstand what I’m doing; they believe I’m an egomaniac”
- 12 thumpin' VST/AU kick drum plugins
- Hands-on demo: we might have lost the Road Worn models, but Fender's Vintera range still hits the spot
- Classic album: DJ Rap on Learning Curve
- August 5th
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- Watch Jimmy Page tell the story behind that ’59 Tele
- Today in gear speculation: Does John Mayer have a new signature PRS Silver Sky incoming?
- Krakli SK7: Roland SH-7 synth reimagined in a free plugin
- Thorpy FX makes a splash with Heavy Water dual boost
- Wintergatan return with the Marble Machine X, quite possibly the most beautiful groovebox ever
- STL Tones partner with Ignite amps for groundbreaking impulse response mixer
- Yamaha is replacing the PSR-S range with the new generation workstation keyboard, the PSR-SX
- Cynosure’s custom electrics for Bloodstock headliners are a work of art
- Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton: “I think that nowadays we’ve all become a little better at having respect for each other’s soft spots”
- The 30 best acoustic songs of all time
- Review round-up: mid-priced seven-string electric guitars
- Focusrite’s 3rd Gen Scarlett audio interfaces cover every recording situation
- August 2nd
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- EMG unmasks Jim Root’s new Fender signature Jazzmaster
- Kraftwerk win long-running lawsuit for copyright infringement
- Bass Centre winds Peter Hook his own set of Elites signature strings
- Darkglass Electronics unveil the Microtubes X Ultra bass drive
- Orangewood debuts its Highland series of solid-wood acoustics
- Gibson reveals all the glorious details of Brian Ray's Custom Shop '62 SG Junior
- Scott Devine set to hold masterclass at the London Bass Guitar Show
- The workshop: ESP USA
- The FX files: DigiTech Whammy
- Friedman raises the standard with new flagship BE-100 Deluxe guitar amp
- August 1st
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- Peavey just put $12 million worth of old guitars, amps, raw materials and components up for auction
- Get 25% off Fender’s Play learning platform
- Gus G unleashes Speed Demon overdrive pedal
- Røde Microphones new Lavalier GO promises crystal clear audio anywhere
- Gibson just destroyed 100s of Firebird X guitars - here's why
- The Moogseum is all set to open and features the prototype for the original Moog synth
- Win! A Los Cabos stick bundle worth over £140!
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in August 2019
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (August 2019)
- New tech gear of the month: review round-up (August 2019)
- Freekbass: “To me, funk is such a universal thing, and it’s such a timeless thing”
