Electro-Harmonix goes unashamedly metal with its new Hell Melter Distortion pedal
Of course, you can use its Burn mode for bossa nova jazz fusion too
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Superbooth 23: Reason’s ‘organic’ Objekt synth promises sounds that you can’t create anywhere else
Could this be the instrument that makes you fall in love with physical modelling?
Sting weighs in on the Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud case and why he's not worried about AI songwriting: "It's soul work, and machines don't have souls"
"No one can claim a set of chords," he says of the recent court case in a new Music Week interview
Ed Sheeran shows Howard Stern how he played his guitar to help win the Let’s Get It On case: “You can’t copyright a chord sequence - you just can’t”
He also reveals how the Unplugged version of Layla inspired him to be a musician and led to a friendship with Eric Clapton
Superbooth 2023: PWM’s Mantis is a Wasp-style synth with an OSCar-inspired filter
Hybrid-analogue instrument was a collaboration with the late Chris Huggett, and turned out to be the legendary designer’s final synth
Google's text-to-music AI MusicLM is now open to the public: "Experiment today by describing a musical idea and hearing it come to life"
After being unveiled in January, MusicLM is now available for the public to test out through Google's AI Test Kitchen
Was Eric Johnson's unreleased PRS prototype guitar the precursor to the Silver Sky?
It was on display at the Dallas International Guitar Festival
Superbooth 23: Teenage Engineering’s TP-7 is a beautiful portable recorder that’s designed “to do one thing well”
Tape-style device promises a “rewarding man-machine experience” thanks to the “intuitive muscle reflex control”
Superbooth 2023: Erica Synths’ Steampipe is an 8-voice physical modelling synth with no conventional oscillators
Superbly named instrument focuses on generating organic, ‘real’ sounds
Musician told she'll be fined £5,000 for playing any instrument in her own home
Lewisham Council issued Fiona Fey a noise abatement notice forbidding her from singing, playing her guitar and flute
Superbooth 2023: Roland’s S-1 Tweak synth is like a polyphonic SH-101 that you can fit in your pocket
Another of Roland’s vintage big-hitters gets a super-small reboot
Superbooth 2023: Arturia’s MicroFreak synth gets a Stellar update - new look, sampling capabilities and 3 granular engines
Limited-edition hardware for newbies and a free firmware update for existing users
James Hetfield on Metallica's new creative era: "I don't want to sit there and create the songs with Lars anymore – I want everyone to be a part of it and be in it"
The frontman is candid about the need for new approaches in an interview with Metallica's fanzine
Superbooth 2023: Elektron turns up the Analog Heat with a new +FX model of the acclaimed stereo distortion processor
Real circuitry meets a collection of digital processors
Best saturation plugins 2023: bring your mix to life with these studio secret weapons
Ignite individual tracks or give your mix the finishing flourish with our pick of the best saturation plugins from SoundToys, FabFilter, Brainworx, and more
Superbooth 23: Tempera is a beguiling granular instrument that can create dreamy sample-based soundscapes
A demo of an alpha version has got us very interested
"This is one of the best amps I've ever played" – new video investigates the Fender Twin Reverb Kurt Cobain used on Nirvana's Bleach
Jack Endino's modded Fender amp was Cobain's go-to for Nirvana's debut album
Superbooth 23: Oberheim’s OB-X8 desktop module is smaller and cheaper than the keyboard version, but sounds just as good
Compact instrument says au revoir to the Fatar, downsizing the price and form factor in the process
Hand-select your very own bundle of T-RackS plugins for as low as €49.99 courtesy of IK Multimedia
Seriously improve your mixing game and score a slew of plugin essentials with IK Multimedia’s impressive T-RackS bundle offer
