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Reference tracks can be your secret weapon when mixing - but be mindful of replicating other artists' creative decisions

Comparing your mix to another can nudge you into a safe technical zone, but remember to maintain your originality

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“It’s always a guy... It’s like, we’re playing with wireless. Are you an idiot?”: Haim hit back at keyboard warriors who accuse them of not playing their instruments live on stage, and the rock establishment’s refusal to accept them

“If we use one synth or one poppy thing they’re like, ‘They’re a pop band’”

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“Ableton allows me more room for playful experimentation - it’s more creatively fulfilling than Logic”: Maria Somerville on the DAWs, uilleann pipes and vintage Korg drum machines behind new album Luster

Danny Turner speaks to Maria Somerville about how collaboration and a longing for home shaped the dreamlike atmospheres of her sophomore full-length

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“As far as we’re concerned, the band never really broke up”: Are Talking Heads about to announce a reunion 50 years to the day since their first gig?

That’s the enticing prospect being dangled via the band’s social media

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“Each time I pressed Enter on the Akai S1000 I saw my life changing”: Air’s Nicolas Godin reveals the secrets of their Sexy Boy

Here’s how the band used a talkbox and a Leslie effect to create their '90s trip-hop masterpiece

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“He was a master of the cryptic instruction. He’d say, ‘This song, can you loosen its tie a little?’”: How The Strokes created the most influential rock song of the early 21st Century

It inspired The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and countless other bands

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“When we first opened, we never imagined that we’d still be in London three years on”: Abba: Voyage just got four new songs to mark its third anniversary

New fan favourites join the virtual gig’s all-hits line-up following an all-star anniversary party

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“Well suited for everything from bluesy porch pickin’ to speakeasy swingin’”: Gretsch drops two limited edition Jim Dandy parlour and concert acoustics with solid spruce tops and off-the-charts vintage mojo

They're small-bodied, budget-friendly, inspired by ye olde Rex catalogue pre-War models... Get 'em while they're hot, people

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“A good-looking kit which won’t break the bank”: DrumCraft Urban Beats review

DrumCraft adds a one-size-fits-all three-piece kit to its remarkably affordable drum lineup

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“It's built in Jack White's spirit, with abundant potential for dialling in sounds that range from the practical and useable to wild and anarchic”: Donner x Third Man Hardware Triple Threat review

This Jack White collab collects high-gain distortion, phaser and echo in one $100 unit. It's big on value, but how does it sound?

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David Lynch’s collection of studio gear is up for auction, and it includes a classic ‘80s sampling keyboard, a Fender Rhodes and the original affordable pocket synth

If you’re hoping for a bargain, though, we suspect you’ll be disappointed

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“Gracefully injects authentic grit and harmonic girth into our developing tracks”: Arturia Tape J-37 review

Harness the beloved character of a remarkable reel-to-reel via this faithful reproduction of Studer’s tube-driven legend

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"No menu diving. No friction. Just expressive control at your fingertips": Excite Audio's Motion: Fractal plugin is a granular powerhouse for twisting, stretching and scattering sounds

The latest effects plugin from Excite Audio bolsters dual granular engines with a trance gate, beat repeat and reverb modules, all controlled via a unique hexagonal interface

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SampleRadar: 533 free MIDI orchestra samples

Chintzy but characterful orchestral-inspired sounds from vintage synths and samplers

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"It’s a weird kind of tech-bro nightmare future... the economic structure is morally wrong": Thom Yorke says AI steals from artists and devalues humanity

"Is AI capable of genuine original creative thought? I have yet to see that," says the Radiohead frontman

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“You know, I could sing into the stratosphere. Now, I've lost a little of that, but I've gained other things”: Daryl Hall reflects on how his singing voice has changed, and why he thinks it’s now “more appropriate sounding”

“It came from wisdom and experience. And a few whiskeys, too"

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“My hair caught fire, and my hearing was never the same again”: When Keith Moon overdid the pyrotechnics for the Who’s most explosive television moment

The blast left a lifelong mark on Pete Townshend’s hearing…

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Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: TDR Nova

If regular EQ and compression aren’t delivering, then dynamic EQ might be the answer – and we have the perfect free plugin

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“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument

About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"

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“I thought, ‘He’s given me the riff of the century!’”: The classic song that Stevie Wonder wrote for Jeff Beck — but ended up saving for himself

The clavinet was a fresh and distinctive sound — and its most iconic recorded moment was on Superstition

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Rod Stewart just accidentally confirmed who’ll be joining him on stage for this year’s Legends slot: “We're gonna do Glastonbury together”

With a history of duets as long as his list of exes, Stewart has no shortage of superstars to pick from

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“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version. I lobbied very much to the record company”: As Taylor Swift finally takes ownership of her original master recordings, John Fogerty has re-recorded 20 of his greatest songs, note-for-note

Get ready for The Creedence Clearwater Revival revival...

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“If it was my piano, I’d chop it up and use it for kindling”: The ‘not great’ instrument that created Adele’s Set Fire to the Rain

Fraser T Smith reveals the gear behind his work with Adele, Kano, Dave, Kae Tempest and more

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“I’m proud to finally share this with everyone": Jean-Michel Jarre to release ‘audio visual record’ of his Bratislava mega-gig, which featured an appearance by Brian May

Live In Bratislava is out in September

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Thanks to Pearl Jam, Shawn James and a-ha, The Last Of Us season 2 made a big impact on budding guitarists, new data suggests, but here's why fans of the game may have learned the songs already

Ultimate Guitar reports huge rises in views of Last Of Us-related tab

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