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“Now do it with upstrokes only”: Metallica’s Master Of Puppets has been to the Upside Down but this backwards version might be the Strangest Thing you’ll hear this year

Evile's Ol Drake has played the thing that should not be – Masters Of Puppets, only backwards, and it'll give you whiplash

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 19:17

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Rig Rundown: Starcrawler

Henri and Bill Cash, the brotherly guitar duo behind Los Angeles glam-rock band Starcrawler, linked with PG’s John Bohlinger before their gig at the Pinnacle in Nashville to show off some rose-colored rock tools. Check out highlights of their dazzling setups below, and...

Premier Guitar

22 oct., 18:29

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Sonuscore introduce LUX

Sonuscore's latest offering allows users to control the transition between articulations with their playing, and includes dedicated Key Switch sets aimed at different genres or styles of scoring.

Sound On Sound

22 oct., 18:00

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Living in Purgatory with Big Thief

In his 2017 book The Order of Time, Italian theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli looks to Saint Augustine to demystify the question of how it’s possible to experience music if we are physically rooted to the present—while music, of course, happens over seconds, minutes,...

Premier Guitar

22 oct., 17:17

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"People have this idea of how records are made – I think it’s at once hilarious, but probably mostly rooted in misogyny": Jack Antonoff on the misconceptions surrounding his collaborations with female artists

'One of the funniest things about my job is this total distortion of how it works. It’s so odd to me how everyone has such a clear assumption on how it happened, and they weren’t there. No one was there'

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 17:04

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“It brings studio style compression dynamics to any pedalboard and offers a warm musical response with an exceptionally low noise floor”: Orange’s King Comp is a monster compressor with the feel of an amp

This beastly Class A VCA sibling of the Kongpressor brings us super low-noise performance, abundant headroom running at 18V DC, and it has ample controls for shaping your guitar tone

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 16:40

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“I have a cassette of the session, just a rough mix of us playing, and it’s fabulous!” Vernon Reid on D’Angelo’s everlasting impact on popular music, their session together – and the deep roots of the late neo-soul trailblazer's sound

Reid says his mind was blown by D’Angelo’s virtuoso command of rhythm and just how far he could stay behind the beat, and recalls the bluesy track they made together for a Queen Latifah movie

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 16:10

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“I love Oasis. But sometimes it sounds like Liam thinks he’s in The Beatles, too!”: Wolfgang Van Halen names his favourite Oasis album – and reveals how he got the killer tones for his new Mammoth songs

'Noel is one of my favourite songwriters'

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 15:57

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Is Behringer cancelling synths that have already been announced?

Reports suggest that preorders for the VCS3 and Pro-16 have been cancelled at Sweetwater due to discontinued development

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 13:25

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“He played the role of a bass player very musically. It would be like water, formless, and then crash, and then shape mountains”: Thundercat pays tribute to one of his bass heroes – Sam Rivers

“There’s a special place in my heart for Sam” bassist says

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 12:50

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SSL launch the Super 9000

SSL's second channel strip release of 2025 delivers a faithful recreation of the preamp, EQ and dynamics sections in their renowned 9000 Series large-format consoles.

Sound On Sound

22 oct., 12:30

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“It was just a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song. See if I can get away with it’”: How Jack White created the guitar riff of the century – and what is a Seven Nation Army, anyway?

'It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar'

Keyboard Magazine

22 oct., 12:13

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Finalist from Tim Exile

Built in Native Instruments’ Reaktor, Finalist relies on cutting-edge audio analysis and DSP to carry out automatic mixing, and presents users with a simple set of controls to influence the results.

Sound On Sound

22 oct., 08:30

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Eight Classic Boss Pedals in One

Eight digital doppelgangers of Boss classics can be used simultaneously in a single stomp.BOSS introduces the PX-1 Plugout FX, an innovative hardware platform that captures the timeless BOSS compact pedal experience in one versatile pedal.This convertible stompbox holds...

Premier Guitar

21 oct., 22:41

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Eight Classic Boss Pedals in One

Eight digital doppelgangers of Boss classics can be used simultaneously in a single stomp.BOSS introduces the PX-1 Plugout FX, an innovative hardware platform that captures the timeless BOSS compact pedal experience in one versatile pedal.This convertible stompbox holds...

Premier Guitar

21 oct., 22:41

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Antares release AutoTune 2026

AutoTune 2026 not only introduces a new version of the ever-popular processor, but sees Antares restructure the overall product line-up.

Sound On Sound

21 oct., 20:30

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Gibson ‘Back to the Future’ 40th Anniversary Guitar Collection

In one of the most iconic scenes in film history, a Gibson ES-345™ Cherry Red guitar took center stage in the film Back to the Future—and today, it’s making history again. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the beloved Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film ...

Premier Guitar

21 oct., 20:29

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"We’ve taken what artists love about AutoTune and rebuilt it for a new generation of creators": Antares announces AutoTune 2026 – and discontinues Artist and Access editions

Equipped with an optimized vocal tuning algorithm, Antares says the plugin represents 'the most significant update in the software's history'

Keyboard Magazine

21 oct., 19:25

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Way Huge Doom Hammer Review

Way Huge didn’t leave much to the imagination when it branded this fuzz the Doom Hammer. But that doesn’t mean it's without surprises. Jeorge Tripp’s latest design is based on an op-amp Big Muff that he modified for a client in the 1990s—primarily with the aim to...

Premier Guitar

21 oct., 19:00

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Way Huge Doom Hammer Review

Way Huge didn’t leave much to the imagination when it branded this fuzz the Doom Hammer. But that doesn’t mean it's without surprises. Jeorge Tripp’s latest design is based on an op-amp Big Muff that he modified for a client in the 1990s—primarily with the aim to...

Premier Guitar

21 oct., 19:00

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