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SampleRadar: 167 free processed 808 and 909 samples
Roland's iconic TR-808 drum machine celebrated its 45th birthday last week, so we're marking the occasion with an 808-themed ...
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"He's not using a guitar amp. He's using a Tascam 424": JHS Pedals puts a Portastudio in a pedal to help you recreate Mk.gee's "elastic, lo-fi tones"
The 424 Gain Stage is a preamp pedal designed to recreate the sought-after sonics of a Tascam four-track cassette recorder ...
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“We’ve redefined the balance between heritage and innovation”: Fender combines old-school mojo with 21st-century playability on the American Ultra Luxe Vintage series
Love vintage and modern guitars? Have it both ways with compound radius fingerboards, stainless steel frets, Pure Vintage pickups and Heirloom lacquer finishes in classic Fender colours ...
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“Our first true multi-effect, a little museum of the rare and strange for you to wander around”: Chase Bliss invites adventurous players to rummage around the Lost + Found ...
Lost + Found is a typically inventive design from Chase Bliss that will present its fair share of surprises – and a bewildering array of options for transforming your tone, and presets to save 'em!
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“They were unfairly dismissed by critics and listeners with ‘good taste’ as mindlessly primitive”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Black Sabbath's Iron Man
Iron Man is not named after the Marvel comic, which wasn’t available in the UK at the time that Sabbath wrote the song. (This hasn’t stopped Marvel from using it in movies and trailers.) Guitarist ...
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Taylor Swift announces new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, and drops a strong musical hint that Max Martin is back in the producer's chair
It’s just eight months since her record-breaking Eras tour came to a close last December. But in that time she’s written and recorded a new album, which was announced earlier this morning on her ...
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"Once I’ve played those four notes, then I can start to improvise”: Mark Knopfler on the Dire Straits song he's come to accept that he has to start in the same way every time
Mark Knopfler doesn’t give many interviews and when he does he tends to skirt around the subject of his greatest commercial triumph. We're talking, of course, about Brothers In Arms - the album that ...
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"We’ve been working on something different": Auxy launches macOS version of mobile music-making app and teases forthcoming hardware instrument
Auxy Studio is one of our favourite music-making apps for iOS. Launched in 2014, it offered users a simple, uncluttered ...
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Kind of moo: Dairy farmers are playing their cows jazz music in a bid to improve their milk yields
The idea being that – like all of us mammals of a higher intelligence – cows respond better when they have a good soundtrack ...
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“If you’re given the choice between boxing kangaroos and John Lennon you choose John Lennon”: The strange, brief existence of the John Lennon-fronted supergroup hidden ...
Back in 1968, Lennon, Keith Richards and an unlikely collection of musical cohorts tore through a White Album highlight ...
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Eventide is giving away a killer $99 distortion plugin for free
A lo-fi powerhouse with a few tricks up its sleeve, CrushStation delivers everything from "creamy saturation to brutal sonic assault" ...
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“We’ve had the privilege of working with many remarkable talents over the years, but this visit was truly special”: Bob Dylan spent two days recording in Albany last week
Anyway, the studio’s CEO David Bourgeois seemed suitably chuffed that Bob was using White Lake. “We want every artist and guest to feel relaxed and at home,” he beamed. “We’ve had the privilege of ...