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“Enough power to keep you in business for at least the next 10 years”: Apple MacBook Air M4 review

Apple's latest lightweight laptop makes a great case to be the centre piece of your studio

2 oct., 19:00

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“I was sitting outside playing guitar very badly to myself and he said: ‘Let me show you some shapes.’ I said: ‘Wow, you’re good!’”: When Jeff Beck gave Imogen Heap an impromptu guitar lesson she had no idea who he was

“A week later I got a message from my manager asking: ‘Did you meet Jeff Beck?’”

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 18:41

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Sweetwater Rocks Out with GuitarFest Event

This past weekend, Sweetwater had the pleasure of welcoming guitar enthusiasts to our Fort Wayne, Indiana, campus for GuitarFest. The event featured over 70 manufacturer booths, more than 20 world-class guitarists, and numerous industry leaders, all coming together for a...

Premier Guitar

2 oct., 18:29

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Machina Bristronica: Show Round-up

The SOS team went along to Machina Bristronica 2025 to see what’s new, and managed to get some overviews and demos from a handful of the event’s exhibitors.

Sound On Sound

2 oct., 18:00

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Vernon Reid: Gathering Signals from Across the Musical Universe

“Avant-garde, jazz, pop, rock ’n’ roll... if some aspect of the human condition comes through in the music, that’s what animates me,” Vernon Reid says about his approach to sound. “It animated me before I even picked up the instrument. And it has animated me all...

Premier Guitar

2 oct., 17:57

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Sweetwater rock out with GuitarFest

Hosted at the Sweetwater's campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, GuitarFest brought together over 70 manufacturers, more than 20 world-class guitarists and numerous industry leaders for a day-long celebration of all things guitar.

Sound On Sound

2 oct., 17:48

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“Most pop music is just rubbish now, but we can get back to the way records were made back in the day, which have dynamics, and are pleasurable listens”: Legendary drummer Simon Phillips on his role as producer for progressive rock supergroup DarWin

“I love the sound of records. Good-sounding records”

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 17:41

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“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free

Placing the punchy, vintage tones of the Fender Showman in your DAW, Showtime '64 is free until October 31st

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 17:17

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VegaTrem Introduces VT1 Special With Brass Block

VegaTrem has unveiled the VT1 Special, a new take on the company’s iconic VT1 UltraTrem blueprint. The VT1 Special utilizes a new brass block at its core, offering a friendlier price point while retaining all the key attributes that have made VegaTrem an essential choice...

Premier Guitar

2 oct., 17:02

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"There’s something incredibly satisfying about playing through this amp": Laney Lionheart Foundry Super 60 112

This Laney might be tube-less, but still manages to deliver the roar we’ve come to expect from its fan-favourite Lionheart combo

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 16:51

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Tommy Emmanuel on Onstage Curveballs, Recording Stories & Tone Philosophy

The Certified Guitar Player chats (and jams) with John Bohlinger about recording his new album Living in the Light, detailing his philosophy on tone and live sound, his focus on song arrangements and melody, hitting the onstage curveballs, and why he’ll never retire from...

Premier Guitar

2 oct., 16:20

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“I didn't even want it to be on the record, honestly. How wrong could I have possibly been?”: How Linkin Park created their biggest song that has now racked up billions of streams

Chester Bennington was a little on the fence as to whether Linkin Park’s most enduring track was strong enough to be on their debut

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 16:12

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“A truly go-anywhere production box that’s determined to keep you away from a laptop at all costs”: Akai MPC Live III review

With massively upgraded power, expressive pads and new sequencing tools, Akai’s latest MPC is a DAW-in-a-box powerhouse

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 16:00

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“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone

There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the guitar tone on You Really Got Me

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 15:31

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“I had this ridiculous fantasy of being like Slash with the top hat, no shirt, on stage shredding a Les Paul, but that wasn’t supposed to be me”: Mark Ronson says that he had to come to terms with the fact that he would never be a great guitar player

“I remember thinking, ‘that’s what being a guitarist sounds like. I need to find a new thing’”

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 15:14

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“For the first time, we’re moving beyond samples”: Splice unveils free plugin and virtual instrument platform with hundreds of free presets

INSTRUMENT features 1200+ multi-sampled presets built on sounds from Spitfire Audio, the British virtual instrument developer recently acquired by Splice

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 14:53

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Ableton introduce rent-to-own plan

Ableton have announced the introduction of a new rent-to-own option for their flagship DAW software package, significantly reducing the upfront cost for those looking to make the move over to Ableton Live 12 Suite.

Sound On Sound

2 oct., 13:30

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“I didn’t think that Oasis were very good songwriters. This obsession with Britishness just didn’t really compute with us”: Placebo on drugs, Bowie and standing out from Britpop ‘like a sore thumb’

Band have a new documentary coming on

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 13:00

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“Lars has a thing that every time they’ve done an album, he comes and plays it to me, and hopes that I nod and say, ‘That’s a good lad’. I said, ’You forgot the bass!’“: Flemming Rasmussen is still confused by Metallica’s bassless ...And Justice For All

Part of it was to annoy Jason Newsted, producer speculates

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 12:43

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“I wanted to sculpt something off-kilter, a shape that’s equal parts eye-candy and ‘what the hell is that?’”: KHDK has made killer pedals for Scott Ian, Chino Moreno, Gary Holt and more – now it is making electric guitars, with artist collabs coming

KHDK Electronics supremo David Karon debuted his new designs at Guitar Summit, in Mannheim, and while they are not all über-metal, the 'all pointy' Model 101 certainly is... metal

Keyboard Magazine

2 oct., 12:33

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