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- January 20
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- Casio launches text-powered vocal synthesis keyboard: “If you can type it, the CT-S1000V can sing it”
- Death By Audio's Germanium Filter pedal is its "love letter to sticking a pencil in your speaker"
- Best podcasting headphones 2022: an essential tool for your podcast rig
- Is the new Walrus Audio MAKO M1 the only modulation pedal you'll ever need?
- How to design a virtual amp in BIAS Amp 2
- Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka on his 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG: "This particular model has defined me as a player and I think I've defied it in return"
- Taylor expands American Dream Series and Grand Theatre builds with five new for ’22 models
- Best cheap bass guitars 2022: top budget basses for every style of player
- Could Blue Cat Audio’s Connector plugin be the last word in DAW audio and MIDI routing?
- SampleRadar: 438 free cheap synth samples
- Roland unveils 50th anniversary website and teases a new ‘50th model’ to be launched on 18 April
- Joe Satriani returns with new track Sahara, announces The Elephants Of Mars album
- January 19
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- Bono says he’s often embarrassed listening to U2 and that his vocals make him cringe
- The best cheap electric guitars in 2022, featuring great budget electrics under $/£500
- Ibanez and Steve Vai officially unleash The Hydra guitar, and it's a beast
- Tahti.studio is a free Elektron-inspired groovebox for your web browser
- How to get a great guitar tone in Logic
- Casio promises improved sound, better playability and more features with its new affordable CDP-S digital pianos
- Cinthie: "Bassline and kick drum are the most important things in dance music"
- January 18
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- Cory Wong says rhythm guitarists often make these 3 mistakes
- Video: Check out our 6 favourite guitar tones on Positive Grid’s Authentic Hendrix pack for BIAS FX 2 and Spark
- ESP’s Phase 1 monster launch debuts 43 high-performance guitars for 2022
- Antelope Audio gets even more Zen with the USB version of the Q Synergy Core audio interface
- Classic album: Prince Fatty takes us through Supersize track by track
- Gibson revives legendary Maestro pedals brand with five new stompboxes, including the Fuzz-Tone FZ-M
- Mastro Valvola’s OFF1 combines octave, fuzz and ladder filter effects in one tweakable pedal
- Positive Grid’s Riff is a USB audio interface designed for guitarists
- Steve Vai reflects on Generation Axe and explains why nobody can play like Yngwie Malmsteen
- Disclosure reveal the stock Logic plugins that went into their Sam Smith-featuring breakout hit Latch
- Celebrated amp designer Howard Alexander Dumble passes away
- January 17
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- Beat Blue Monday by downloading IK Multimedia’s $100 T-RackS EQ 81 plugin for free: “legendary British warmth and tone with a few twists”
- Classic interview: Stevie Ray Vaughan – "With Hendrix’s music I kept listening and kept trying and trying, and some of the things I just stumbled onto when I’d be playing and things would kind of come to me"
- Complete this short Focusrite survey and win a £500 Amazon voucher
- John Petrucci weighs in on his new Neural DSP Archetype plugin: "It's every aspect of what I want to have at my disposal at any given time"
- Yvette Young teaches guitar finger tapping in new video tutorial
- The beginner's guide to: drill
- Paradise Lost guitarist Greg Mackintosh talks us through their albums so far: "I class my whole career as a learning curve. It still is, otherwise there's no point in doing it"
- Here’s why Bruce Springsteen was the highest-paid musician of 2021
- St Vincent has remixed David Bowie for Peloton, bringing his “throat-shredding vocal” to the fore
- The greatest synth sounds - ranked!
- Greatest synth sounds: New Order - Blue Monday
- January 14
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- PRS refreshes Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore in new Larkspur finish
- ESP unveils the James Hetfield Snakebyte Camo
- Best DJ headphones 2022: step into the booth with confidence
- Spaceman Effects relaunches its cult classic six stage phaser as the more compact but equally powerful Explorer
- SampleRadar: 355 free breakbeat samples
- This stunning, player-grade ’53 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop has some of the coolest mods ever, and has just sold for $35,000
- Solar unveils five high-performance, Fishman-equipped electric guitars for 2022
- The Breakdown: Richard Fearless on the record he wishes he'd produced
- Is the sound of televised darts actually a triggered kick drum sample?
- 5 classic albums featuring Dave Grohl on drums: “It’s bare bones, simple drumming”
- Source Audio’s ZIO Analog Front End + Boost packs four preamp circuits into one powerful tone-sweetening stompbox
- Lindsey Buckingham on reunion with Fleetwood Mac: "Maybe we’ll manage to see clear to have one more nice run out there. That would be the proper way to go"
- January 13
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- MXR Poly Blue expands the classic Blue Box octave-fuzz with additional controls, features and modulation
- Steinberg’s Dorico 4 notation software adds new MIDI and workflow features for composers
- PRS unveils 2022 line-up: Private Stock Orianthi, SE and S2 Custom 24-08 models, upgraded electro-acoustics & more!
- Issue 379 of Future Music is out now
- Darkness descends on Arturia as it releases stealthy Noir versions of the MiniBrute 2, 2S and DrumBrute Impact
- Bonobo: “If I look at a piano I tend to reach for the same keys and progressions, whereas with modular you often don’t even know what key you’re in"
- Free online chord progression generator: learn, play and create chord progressions from your browser
- Get Native Instruments' Stacks and Burnt Hues bundle for only £66 and add some vintage mojo to your hip-hop production
- 6 of the best DAWs for guitarists
- Ronnie Spector, lead singer of legendary ‘60s vocal group The Ronettes, dies aged 78
- Find out why the MetaSynth+Xx creative toolbox could give you a whole new way of looking at music-making
- January 12
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- Check out demos of TC Electronic's time-bending Infinite Sample Sustainer pedal
- Orange enters the dual-channel preamp pedal fray with the Guitar Butler
- Watch RJ Ronquillo conjure super-personalized tones with the OPFXS V-Uno Reprogrammable Guitar Pedal
- Classic interview: Oneohtrix Point Never - "For me a synthesizer is an abstract tool; I look at it and I'm just guessing a lot of the time"
- Alex Lifeson returns with new band Envy Of None and Nine Inch Nails-esque new song Liar
- 10 ways to make your mixes sound good on smaller speakers
- PreSonus Studio One 5.5 helps you to get your music release-ready with new mastering and export features
- Johnny Marr on his favourite Smiths song: "It doesn't sound like any other group"
- It looks like new Gibson Kirk Hammett and Adam Jones Flying V models are on the horizon
- Akai’s MPK Mini Play mk3 is both a compact MIDI controller and a portable keyboard with 128 built-in sounds
- John Mayer: "The SE nails the sound and feel of the Silver Sky core model"
- Best cheap acoustic guitars under $500/£500 in 2022: 13 top budget acoustic guitars
- January 11
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- The Walrus Audio SLÖTVA Multi-Texture Reverb is a SLÖ with user presets
- Fender Custom Shop Terry Kath Telecaster pays tribute to the late Chicago guitarist
- Meet Linda IronVerb, the steely new reverb plugin with a metal heart
- Gretsch releases Ash Soan Signature Snare Drum
- Ash Soan on the story behind his new Gretsch signature snare, recording drums, and the importance of social media
- How to get a great guitar sound... without buying an amp
- Remute releases new album for the Nintendo N64, turning the ‘90s console into a synth/sampler hybrid
- Best closed-back headphones 2022: studio-friendly options for music makers
- Budgie singer / bassist Burke Shelley dies age 71
- Behringer blames chip shortages for product delays: is this going to be the story of 2022?
- The ultimate thrash metal pedal? Anthrax's Scott Ian demos his new signature KHDK JSL Amp-and-Boost
- January 10
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- Remember back in 1982 when Sony released the Chordmachine - a boombox that was also a ‘groovebox’?
- How to build guitar chords the easy way
- 10 tracks that show what the Roland TB-303 can do
- "He would take something he liked, filter it through his own sort of genius, and make it his own" – David Bowie's guitarists on working with an icon
- Timbaland compares The Weeknd’s Dawn FM album to Michael Jackson’s Thriller
- The 21 best guitar amps 2022: Our pick of the best combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities
- "It was like something from space" – Hank Marvin talks in-depth about the Strat
- The Breakdown: Richard Fearless on how to produce ambient techno
- Play feedback like a musical instrument with Minimal Audio’s new free plugin
- Casio offers a first look at its new keyboard and tells us to expect “something incredible very soon”
- Polish a vocal performance with Oeksound's spiff and soothe2
- January 8
- January 7
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- Drummer Brandon Toews drums along to 175 Rush songs in honour of Neil Peart
- Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron teases studio session with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic
- Harley Benton demos its new bargain guitar multi-effects unit, the DNAfx GiT Pro
- Watch Travis Barker reimagine Adele’s Easy On Me in drum cover clip
- Best keyboards for beginners and kids 2022: Get started with our expert pick of beginner keyboards for all ages
- SampleRadar: 183 free 80s pop drums samples
- Producer Ken Scott on working with David Bowie: “I compare him to the Beatles in one respect”
- Here we blow again: Roland launches Aerophone AE-20 digital wind instrument
- Best electric guitar pickups 2022: single-coil, humbucker, P-90 and active pickups for all styles
- Efterklang: "People say, ‘What’s the point of using analogue synths? You have to print them anyway, so they still end up in the computer’. That’s true, but it just feels better for me"
- January 6
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- Best gifts for drummers 2022: the 17 best present ideas for the drummer in your life
- Best gifts for guitar players 2022: 13 affordable present ideas for the guitarist in your life
- Best gifts for musicians 2022: 31 affordable present ideas for music-makers (which they'll actually use)
- Teenage Engineering supports Cuckoo’s ‘Jamuary’, but are you up to the challenge?
- Best Roland TD-1DMK deals January 2022: find the best prices on a beginner-friendly Roland electronic drum set
- Best Boss RC-1 deals January 2022: make major savings on an iconic looper pedal
- Best KRK Rokit 7 G4 deals January 2022: find a top studio monitor bargain
- Best Boss GT-1000 deals January 2022: the best prices for this versatile multi-effects pedal
- Best MacBook Pro M1 deals January 2022: make significant savings on a slick music production laptop
- Best Focal Listen Professional deals January 2022: find the best prices on our number one studio headphones pick
- Best Yamaha Pacifica 112V deals January 2022: find the best prices on this killer beginner-friendly electric guitar
- Best Audio-Technica ATH-M50x deals January 2022: bag our favourite studio headphones for less
- Best Audient iD4 MKII deals January 2022: cheap prices on this top-rated budget audio interface
- Best Rode NT-USB and Rode NT-USB Mini deals January 2022: find a desktop USB microphone bargain
- Best Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen deals January 2022: score a budget audio interface bargain
- Best Sennheiser HD-206 headphones deals January 2022: find the best prices online for these cheap studio cans
- Best Shure MV7 deals January 2022: the latest bargains on this do-it-all XLR/USB mic
- Best Novation Launchkey Mini Mk3 deals January 2022: find the lowest prices on this top budget MIDI keyboard
- Best SSL 2 and SSL 2+ audio interface deals January 2022: the place to find cheap SSL interface deals
- Best Alesis Nitro Mesh deals January 2022: make big savings on our number one budget electronic drum set
- Best Casio Privia PX-770 deals January 2022: bag a top digital piano deal today
- Best Yamaha Piaggero NP-12 deals January 2022: learn to play today with these compact keyboard bargains
- Best Blue Yeti microphone deals January 2022: find the biggest savings across the full USB microphone range
- Get pro-level recordings on your desktop with the Antelope Audio Zen Q Synergy Core
- How PinkPantheress went from making GarageBand beats in her bedroom to being voted the BBC’s Sound Of 2022
- Fender CEO on guitar and amp stock shortages: "We’re not optimistic at this point it’s going to get significantly better for at least two, maybe three, quarters”
- January 5
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- Best budget guitar amps under $500/£500 in 2022: top cheap amps for smaller budgets
- The Breakdown: Richard Fearless shows us around his "Metal Box", a studio inside a shipping container
- 20 of the best middle eights (and most brilliant bridges) of all time
- 5 great multi-function guitar effects pedals you need to try
- Shure’s Aonic 40 wireless noise cancelling headphones promise “studio-quality” audio and modern convenience
- Roland TB-303 vs. software emulations: can you tell the difference?
- Meet Valery Vermeulen, the scientist and producer turning black holes into music
- January 4
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- Kirk Hammett discovers his ‘Greeny’ ’59 Gibson Les Paul has a twin, and it’s owned by Gibson’s Cesar Gueikian
- Wave Alchemy’s Triaz drum machine promises “the greatest library of modern drums ever created”
- Ibanez announces upgraded RG Premium and AZ Premium guitars for 2022
- Samsung’s "smart" LED-loaded Zamstar could light the way to learning guitar
- The Black Dog: "We had all the OB8s and Roland stuff, but we just sampled the hell out of them and created our own libraries, so why have thirty grand’s worth of stuff that we bought off Phil Collins sat in the corner?"
- GarageBand power tips: 20 hacks and tricks to try today
- 5 tracks producers need to hear by... Daft Punk
- Ableton Live vs Logic Pro: which DAW is best for you?
- Ibanez unveils Steve Vai JEMJR in black for its 2022 product line-up
- Erica Synths’ new DIY kits will teach you how to design and build your own analogue synth
- Max Portnoy’s essential Joey Jordison Slipknot playlist
- Roland and V-Moda’s Rolling Stones headphones promise “the style and swagger of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band”
- January 1
