Sonicware’s Liven Lofi-12 groovebox takes you back to the gritty days of old-school ‘80s samplers
Dirty sounds and sequencing at an affordable price
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Hawxx: "We definitely have an awareness that the metal and rock scene has a really long way to go in terms of diversity and being a safe gig space for women, trans people and non-binary people"
Interview: Guitarists Anna Papadimitriou and Hannah Staphnill on their musical mission, winning fans, playing fanned frets and joining the Jackson guitar roster ahead of their debut album
Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood guitarist and six-string pioneer, dies aged 75
Johnson inspired a generation of punks with his time in Dr Feelgood, wielding his guitar like a machine gun and using an idiosyncratic style that was all his own
SampleRadar: 485 free tape treated samples
Tape your music to new places with this menagerie of tape-worn sounds
Newfangled Audio says that its Invigorate plugin is a bus compressor like no other
Could it have a revitalising effect on your mixes?
MESA/Boogie adds a 25-watt head and combo to its mighty Badlander amp lineup
The state-of-the-art high-gain tube amp with the same fire-breathing tones, at moderately more manageable volumes, with power switchable down to 10-watts
8 ways to work smarter and save money in the studio
With shopping sprees on hold, it’s time to beat the squeeze by looking within and maximising your current setup
Cherry Audio releases the GX-80, a new synth plugin that emulates the Yamaha CS-80 and the monster keyboard that came before it
“Frankly, this is the instrument that Yamaha should have built,” says composer
"There were guitar players weeping, they had to mop the floor up. He was piling it on, solo after solo" – how Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forever
JIMI AT 80: "When Jimi played with Cream... he walked offstage with this smirk; he knew exactly what he was doing" – we look back at the seismic impact of Clapton and Hendrix on the British guitar scene
Stage invader at Black Crowes show proves hard to handle, gets a guitar to the face
Rich Robinson had to take matters into his own hands
Origin has unveiled its second overdrive pedal of 2022 with the M-EQ Driver and it could be a late winner
Can guitarists ever have enough mid boost?
Zayn Malik looks set to release a ‘collaboration’ with Jimi Hendrix just days before what would have been the guitarist’s 80th birthday
Teaser video appears to feature the former One Direction member singing Hendrix’s 1971 track Angel
Mixed In Key’s Pilot Plugins feature a cast of AI avatars who will help you generate new MIDI and audio files
Artificial intelligence that responds to your feedback
Music industry has become less diverse since 2020, study finds: "We must not take our foot off the accelerator when it comes to driving positive change"
A UK Music report has found that the number of BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) people working in music has fallen since the pandemic
Valhalla DSP’s free Supermassive plugin gets 2 new modes that “sound good on everything”
Developer says that Scorpio and Libra algorithms are as good as any it’s ever created
Elvis Presley's 1968 Fender Telecaster rosewood prototype just went up for sale
This first instrument went to the King, while two others went to George Harrison and Steve Cropper
Who are the five nominees for Producer of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards?
Jack Antonoff, Boi-1da, Dan Auerbach, DJ Dahi, and Dernst “D'mile” Emile II made the final list - but who are they, and who have they worked with?
