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June 30
- Teenage Engineering’s TX-6 mini mixer is now a standalone portable recorder
- Manson’s Guitar Shop in Exeter, UK, is up for sale
- Take a tour of Three Days Grace's guitar, bass and drum setups
- Is Yamaha planning a ‘90s revival with a new version of the AN1x synth?
- How to make a bad vocal sound good
- Output and Reason Studios have brought Arcade and Reason+ together in a single subscription bundle
- Canadian radio station plays RATM's Killing In The Name on repeat for hours after presenters are laid off
- Spector adds to NX Dimension series with two new finishes
- How to design your perfect modular system: oscillators
June 29
- Is Gibson about to release relic'd acoustic guitars?
- William Orbit: "Pro Tools is a lot better than drugs, that's for sure!"
- A beginner's guide to looper pedals
- The Breakdown: Goodboys on how they treat vocals in-the-box
- SSL releases an X-rated gating plugin that’s designed to be precise and intuitive
- K-Devices’ Tatat MIDI plugin can produce endless, “unstable” streams of notes
- Reason’s new MIDI Chord Sequencer could fill the gaps in your music theory knowledge and help you find chords you’ve never even heard of
- Dave Smith: synth prophet
- Travis Barker hospitalised in Los Angeles for unspecified condition
June 28
- Explore the next generation of Strymon's popular guitar effects pedals here
- “Strive to find the best tone, the best thing, the best everything": Trivium’s Matt Heafy checks in to talk gear
- Reddick advances innovative Voyager Modular Guitar range with two new models
- MayFly Audio Systems releases the My Evil Twin – a delay pedal with a twist
- Thomann's massive software sale sees up to 75% off plugins from Air Music, EastWest, Polyverse and more
- Watch Radiohead’s stunning Paranoid Android BBC performance
- Bitwig Studio 4.3 arrives with new convolution and delay effects and support for the CLAP plugin standard
- “For any musician starting out now, your ears are your life.” Pro musicians share hearing loss stories, plus expert ear protection tips
- Nura’s second-gen NuraTrue Pro earbuds promise high-quality lossless audio with the personal touch
- Best ukuleles 2023: top acoustic ukes and the best electric ukuleles for all
- The Nintendo Switch becomes an MPC-style music production studio in new concept design
- Issue 385 of Future Music is out now
- The Breakdown: Goodboys on how to write the perfect pop hook
- Best cheap microphones for recording 2023: featuring budget microphones for studio and stage
June 27
- Coldplay’s Chris Martin plays an impromptu piano version of A Sky Full Of Stars in an English pub
- The new Wampler Metaverse might be the only delay pedal you'll need
- Mix engineer Manny Marroquin: “I remember bringing the faders up on Umbrella and thinking ‘This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard’”
- Softube finds a use for Wasted Space with its new lo-fi reverb plugin
- The LMN 3 is a DAW-in-a-box that’s already being called ‘the open-source OP-1’
- Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury ‘duet’ with John Lennon was made possible by Peter Jackson and machine learning
- Michael Diamond explores fractured identity through electronica on Third Culture
- Try Singdaptive's online vocal coaching to enhance your singing and songwriting with a free trial today
June 26
- “It was very much against my wishes but at that moment I had absolutely no power in the band, in the studio” – Cream and the troubled birth of Strange Brew
- Paul McCartney joined by Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen onstage at the Glastonbury Festival
June 25
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… The Beatles
- Jeff Beck and Ozzy Osbourne unite for Patient Number 9
June 24
- Neural DSP's latest Quad Cortex update adds new amps, effects and more
- D'Angelico unveils the all-new Excel DC XT and SS XT semi-hollow electrics
- Steve Vai reunites with Whitesnake for Still Of The Night performance
- PRS Guitars and Mark Lettieri announce limited edition pop-up shop
- Listen to “king of slide guitar” Troy Redfern’s fiery new single, Come On
- Watch Jeff Beck’s stirring instrumental performance of the Beach Boys’ classic Caroline, No
- Nerina Pallot: “It’s about being in love with what you can do with a few chords and the melody, because you can do anything"
- Herbie Hancock says he still owns his Apple II Plus: “I always knew computers were going to be important in music”
- Guitar Showcase 2022 is coming! 23/24 September launch confirmed
- Antelope adds Atmos and Immersive monitoring control to Galaxy 32 Synergy Core, and it's not deer
June 23
- Best podcast recording software 2023: our pick of essential software and apps for capturing your pods
- Watch Stevie Wonder playing the new Rhodes MK8 electric piano
- Best Squier guitars 2023: 10 killer guitars that won’t break the bank
- Could Akai Pro’s MPC Key 61 synth be the workstation keyboard of the future?
- Teenage Engineering made the 'Mother Of All Decks’ for Swedish House Mafia to use at Coachella and beyond
- SampleRadar: 235 free synth impacts samples
- Arturia’s FX Collection 3 gives you classic and contemporary sounds and a next-level workflow
- 10 tracks that harness the power of artificial intelligence
June 22
- Cory Wong, Plini and Tim Henson team up for collaborative track Sunset that's also a great advert for their Neural DSP plugins
- Get your snout into the trough of fuzz with Pigtronix's new Star Eater pedal
- Sonic Youth are selling loads of old analogue tape… but it doesn’t contain any of their music
- Composing with artificial intelligence: how AI can help you write music
- Enter the Stratoverse: Fender is now part of the Metaverse
- Klevgrand’s Fosfat “transient fertiliser” plugin promises to nourish and add life to your drums
- Poison guitarist CC Deville pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen with live Eruption cover
- Beyonce’s Break My Soul sounds like a love letter to the Korg M1 synth
June 21
- Electro-Harmonix adds the STRING9 String Ensemble to their celebrated 9 Series guitar effects range
- Gibson unveils the Everly Brothers SJ-200
- Gibson releases the Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP Rust in Peace in Alien Tech Green
- Online vs face to face piano lessons: Which is right for you?
- Watch David Gilmour and Kate Bush perform the Stranger Things 4 soundtrack smash Running Up That Hill
- Beat Queens is a new compilation aimed at championing female producers and beatmakers
- BLEASS celebrate World Music Day with a free plugin monosynth
- Best beginner guitar amps 2023: Kick off your playing career right with these beginner-friendly amps
- Best acoustic guitars 2023: top acoustics for all players and budgets
- SampleRadar: 167 free stab samples
- Four Tet wins historic royalty rate battle with Domino Records
June 20
- Get free Foo Fighters drum notation for every song from every album courtesy of Drumeo
- See candid photos of Elvis Presley in 1956
- Toolroom Academy Infinite promises game-changing evolution for your transitions
- Novum is an exciting new softsynth with endless possibilities
- Get perfect guitar intonation and tune the easy way with new app PitchSlap
- See Neil Young and John Mayer talk music in a round table discussion… or do they?
June 18
- Paul McCartney at 80: 6 snapshots of his career with the Beatles and Wings
- Paul McCartney at 80: Classic acoustic guitar interview - "I never learned the proper way of picking"
June 17
- What's the difference between Phosphor Bronze and 80/20 Bronze Elixir® acoustic guitar strings? Hear for yourself in this comparison
- Nils Frahm’s new album, Music For Animals, features no piano and is three hours long
- The new HDJ-CX on-ears from Pioneer DJ could be your new go to DJ headphones
- New Jupiter-4 plugin brings more solar system synth power to the Roland Cloud
June 16
- EVH takes the Frankenstein back to its roots with the '78 Eruption, goes natural with the 5150 and Wolfgang
- Arturia’s FX Collection 3 gives you even more “effects you’ll actually use”
- Charvel unleashes six incredible-looking Pro-Mod guitars that will be hitting the shelves this autumn
- Halina Rice: "You could spend ten years tweaking your live rig in your bedroom, but one gig will change the way you see and hear everything. There's no substitute"
- Best combo amps 2022: all the tone you’ll ever need in one package
- Akai Pro looks set to launch a standalone 61-note MPC synth keyboard
- Howard Jones takes delivery of a Steinway grand piano after watching it being hoisted over his house
- Jackson unveils further additions to its affordable X Series range
- SampleRadar: 485 free essential synth samples
- Free Arturia Analog Lab Intro plugin: 500 presets from 28 classic V Collection synths
- How to release your music: the DIY guide to getting your tracks out there
June 15
- These new Gretsch Streamliner and Electromatic guitars and basses are packing tonesome value
- Watch Herbie Hancock’s $200,000 grand piano being delivered through an upper floor window for a gig
- Jim Root Charvel San Dimas signature model confirmed
- Mark Ronson joins BBC Maestro to teach a music production course: “It's a bunch of things that I've learned over 25 years”
- Could Fender's new Mustang LT40S be your next desktop practice guitar amp?
- Bitwig and u-he announce new CLAP plugin standard: is the writing on the wall for VST and AU?
- The secret of smart plugins: AI-powered tools for mixing, mastering and more
- Fender goes the whole 'hog with the new American Acoustasonic All-Mahogany Telecaster and Jazzmaster
- Fender unveils new edition of its underrated Pro Junior IV tube amp
- The most sought-after new signature electric guitars of 2022
June 14
- New study finds that fewer than 6 per cent of signature electric guitars are made for female and non-binary players
- Best cheap guitar pedals 2023: Budget-friendly stompboxes that prove cheap doesn't mean compromising on tone
- Meet Mavis, the affordable Moog analogue synth that you can build yourself
- Learn Metallica songs on guitar with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett as the metal titans team up with Yousician
- A short history of AI in music production
- Harley Benton adds Satin Black four and five-string models to the PJ Deluxe Series and they might just be the coolest looking entry-level basses on the market
- Mooer launches the GTRS Professional 800 series, an upgraded premium version of its DSP-equipped intelligent guitar
- The Rolling Stones postpone two shows after Mick Jagger tests positive for Covid
- Best tablets for music production 2023: make music on the move, with the tap of a finger
- Magix releases Acid Pro 11: is it time to take another look at the classic loop-based DAW?
- Ron Trent: "If you listen to the album you’d think I have a whole analogue world down here, but all I did was plug in a MIDI keyboard"
- Roland’s new E-X50 arranger keyboard is built for entertaining, whether you’re at home or on stage
June 13
- Rob Papen has fun with a pun as he releases the free RP-Pan plugin
- See the moment Joe Bonamassa decides to buy the 'Dirty Burst' 1960 Les Paul that was discovered in the UK
- Nektar’s Aura MIDI pad controller is now a “complete beatmaking solution”
- The Keeley Andy Timmons Halo dual delay / echo pedal sounds spectacular
- You can now hear the original piano demo of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, and it’s all thanks to speaker company PMC
- Hot new drum kits you need to try in 2022
- Nine-year-old Tool fan covers their 15-minute epic 7empest on guitar
June 10
- The UAFX amp pedals face off against their real life, vintage counterparts: can they cut it?
- Slash tells the story of the Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine: “The saving grace for me was the solo section”
- The synth and drum machine that powered Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill
- Best home studio mixers 2023: analogue and digital mixing desks for all budgets
- No hack required as Ikea and Swedish House Mafia launch new music production desk
- Spitfire Audio and Dame Evelyn Glennie promise awesome aftershocks with the Resonate orchestral percussion instrument
- Upgrade your current DAW for as little as £50 with this fantastic Ableton Live 11 offer from Thomann
- Hear the original demo of Justice’s hit single D.A.N.C.E., as the band celebrate 15 years of their debut album
- The 10 essential guitar riffs for beginners to learn
June 9
- Best vocal plugins 2023: our pick of vocal processing software to make your voice shine
- Harley Benton unveils Fusion-III HSH and HH updates
- Best studio chairs 2023: are you sitting comfortably in your home studio?
- Roland and Dais Records’ new clothing collection celebrates both their anniversaries and the new Juno-X synth
- Best metronomes 2023: the top mechanical and digital metronomes for musicians
- Best Waves plugins 2023: our pick of essential effects to improve every aspect of your mixing
- Harley Benton releases the DNAfx GiT Mobile headphone amp, and it looks very familiar
- Best guitar audio interfaces 2023: record killer guitar parts at home with our pick of outstanding interfaces
- Best budget audio interfaces 2023: start recording today for less than $100/£100
- Best DAWs 2023: the best digital audio workstations for PC and Mac
- Best piano VSTs 2023: the best plugins to get the most authentic sound
- Gibson’s JC Curleigh compares Gibson’s revival to The Beatles, says Gibson Garages could launch across the globe
- Zoom’s new AMS audio interfaces can switch between music and streaming modes at the flick of a switch
June 8
- Foo Fighters announce two Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts this autumn
- Broadside Hacks guitarist Sam Grassie on playing Bert Jansch's guitar and playing in a 'touring folk club'
- NAMM 2022: GPU Audio promises to harness the power of your graphics card to run VST plugins
- "How I made Potion": Calvin Harris explains how he created his latest hit in 30 seconds
- Epiphone refreshes the BB King Lucille with limited run Bone White and Cherry finishes
- NAMM 2022: Meet the 88-note hammer action MIDI keyboard that breaks into backpack-friendly pieces
- Find out why Austrian Audio’s sweet OC16 microphone could be the studio workhorse you’ve been looking for
- Schecter expands semi-hollow lineup with a pair of Fishman Powerbridge-equipped C-1 E/A Classics
- Best Yamaha e-kits 2023: top electronic drum sets from Yamaha for beginner, intermediate and pro drummers
- Creating your first patch with the Boss GX-100
- NAMM 2022: Blackstar launches the 10-watt CV10 Carmen Vandenberg signature tube combo
- The freshest new acoustic guitars you need to play in 2022
- The hottest new snare drums for 2022
- The hottest new electronic drum sets of 2022
June 7
- ThorpyFX’s new Scarlet Tunic is an analogue amp emulator with Syd Barrett’s Selmer Treble ’N’ Bass 50 up its sleeve
- Epiphone releases made-for-metal signature six and seven-string Les Paul Customs designed with Matt Heafy of Trivium
- Softube channels Roland’s SH-101 for its Model 82 synth plugin
- The electric guitars you need to play in 2022
- Positive Grid Spark vs Spark Mini: Which of these clever practice amps is right for you?
- The highly-rated Koala Sampler now has a Split Stems feature for separating your audio
- Jack White has a new custom Fender Jazzmaster and it has an onboard pitch-shifter
- The best new guitar amplifiers for 2022
- The essential new stompboxes of 2022
- Best bass amps 2023: 13 top choice amplification options for bassists
- NAMM 2022: Yamaha reveals fresh finishes for its groundbreaking THR30II Wireless desktop guitar amplifier
- Apple makes M2 promises as it releases new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro
- Teenage Engineering releases free Pocket Operator for Pixel: sample-based audio/video groovebox comes to Google phones
June 6
- NAMM 2022: Melbourne Instruments reveals its Nina synth, which comes with motorised encoders
- Best guitar VSTs 2023: guitar plugins and software to supercharge your guitar recordings
- NAMM 2022: Neve unveils the 88M USB audio interface, promising flagship console sound for your DAW
- It looks like Myles Kennedy is playing a new PRS guitar we've never seen before: is it the T-style answer to the Silver Sky?
- NAMM 2022 LIVE: All the big music gear news as it happened - new guitars, amps, synths and more
- 8 new drum machines and grooveboxes you need to know about in 2022
- Our pick of the new basses for 2022
- NAMM 2022 VIDEO ROUND-UP: The best Guitar gear on show
June 5
- Jackson goes all-in with its updates for X Series guitars and basses
- Original Bon Jovi bassist Alec John Such has died aged 70
- The best new plugins for 2022
- The most desirable new DJ gear for 2022
- NAMM 2022 VIDEO: Artiphon announces Orba 2, an upgrade on its dinky synth/looper/controller
- NAMM 2022 VIDEO ROUND-UP: The best Tech gear on show
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi goes for the double with another guitar debut, this time from his own brand Abasi Concepts
June 4
- NAMM 2022: Eastman gave us the Romeo guitar, now it brings us Juliet
- NAMM 2022: Pete Thorn has a new HSS signature guitar with Suhr
- NAMM 2022: Groove Synthesis unveils the 3rd Wave, a modern homage to classic wavetable synths
- NAMM 2022 Kirk Hammett's new V-shape signature guitar isn't a Gibson
- See Stone Roses guitarist John Squire join Liam Gallagher onstage for performance of Oasis classic Champagne Supernova at Knebworth
- NAMM 2022: Focal announces new Solo6 and Twin6 studio monitors, plus a complementary Sub12 subwoofer
- NAMM 2022: Apogee’s Soft Limit is a “simple but effective” free plugin for adding tape-style analogue warmth
June 3
- NAMM 2022: Ibanez announces new signature guitars for Steve Vai, Nita Strauss, George Benson, Joe Satriani and more
- NAMM 2022: "It’s a design I’ve been building towards for the past 30 years" – BluGuitar's hugely ambitious AMP X pedal amp nears completion
- NAMM 2022: Meet the Rising-G Pro, the Donner strummer that is made of carbon fibre
- NAMM 2022: Austrian Audio’s €99 OD303 dynamic vocal mic is “almost indestructible” and promises class-leading sound
- Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band: “Derek is one of the best guitar players in the world and for me to be in a band with him is kinda surreal”
- NAMM 2022: Donner's DST line offers four s-type guitar models with serious value for beginners and experienced players
- NAMM 2022: Mix engineer Manny Marroquin joins Audeze and readies the high-end MM-500 signature headphones
- NAMM 2022: Fluid Audio says that its Image 2 gives you “two studio monitors in one”
- NAMM 2022: Two Notes unveils flagship cab and effects software ecosystem GENOME for guitarists and bassists
- NAMM 2022: Mixland bounces back with a new version of its Rubber Band Compressor plugin
- UK maker Sunbear is offering Firebird-style pickups in P-90 and full humbucker sizes
- Blues and folk guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps dies aged 62
- NAMM 2022: Go wild with the West Pest, Cre8audio’s buzzy new semi-modular synth
- NAMM 2022: Donner makes its debut at the show with the DMI Smart guitar that could help you play better
- James Blake pays tribute to Dave Smith: “about 99% of my songs involve one of his keyboards”
- The hottest new MIDI controllers for 2022
- The must-have new hardware synths for 2022
June 2
- Welcome to Gear Expo Summer 2022
- NAMM 2022: Ernie Ball Music Man uses its guitar string experience for a new Heat Treated pickups
- NAMM 2022: Tosin Abasi and Ernie Ball Music Man collaborate on Kaizen seven-string guitar
- NAMM 2022: Soldano has just made a $249 Mini version of its classic SLO Super Lead Overdrive 100 amp – see George Lynch demo it
- NAMM 2022: Martin reveals its 2.5 Millionth Guitar - and it features 436 diamonds
- NAMM 2022: iZotope brings a whiff of Trash to Neutron 4, its even smarter auto-mixing software
- NAMM 2022: Auto-Tune Vocal EQ is the only dynamic EQ plugin with Antares’ pitch tracking technology baked in
- NAMM 2022: Walrus Audio reveals with new ways to bring delay and reverb together with the LORE Reverse Soundscape Generator pedal
- NAMM 2022: Martin announces Rich Robinson Custom signature D-28 acoustic guitar
- NAMM 2022: D'Angelico revamps its Excel Series acoustic guitars for 2022
- Synth legend Dave Smith, designer of the Prophet-5, dies aged 72
June 1
- See Eric Gales demo his 2022 guitar rig and 'Darth Vader' tone
- Berklee, Ableton and Elektron combine for new Electronic Digital Instrument Summit
- 9 guitar gear questions we want to see answered at NAMM 2022
- NAMM 2022: Audient’s iD44 MKii audio interface promises "console sound on your desktop"
- NAMM 2022: Focusrite joins the podcasting conversation with new Vocaster audio interface range
- Best budget signature guitars 2023: sound like your guitar heroes for less
- Issue 384 of Future Music is out now
- Open up a world of musical possibilities with up to 50% off EastWest virtual instruments right now at Thomann
- “I remember I was at an awards ceremony and I actually heard Tony Iommi say it was his favourite riff ever" – Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson tell the story of Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak
- Laney Amplification at Gear Expo Summer 2022: Three Eras of delay in one powerful engine
- Gear Expo Summer 2022: Exhibitor A-Z