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Don’t DAW us, get to the (virtual analogue) chorus: You can now buy Reason’s iconic Rack of virtual outboard as a standalone plugin

NAMM 2026: The Reason Rack plugin is now available as a standalone purchase or subscription, and there's a price drop for Reason too

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“While tracking a very quiet vocal, I found myself double-checking to confirm the mic was even active. This level of noise performance is seriously impressive”: Shure shakes up its KSM condenser microphone line

NAMM 2026: A trio of new offerings in the KSM series claim to sport some ‘impossibly low’ self-noise

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“This sector has done all it can to keep music live in our communities, it now needs permanent protection”: Annual Music Venue Trust report reveals sector is “fragile” and “one shock away from a crisis”

CEO calls on government to make grassroots levy mandatory

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I can go for that: Roland releases an official plugin version of the CR-78 drum machine

NAMM 2026: You’ve heard it on hits by Phil Collins and Hall & Oates

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“Whether tilting the neck to swell a delay, raising the body for a filter sweep, or leaning back to unleash distortion, it opens a new world of expressive, intuitive stage performance”: Is Casio’s Dimension Shift a game-changer for your pedalboard?

NAMM 2026: The Dimension Shifter allows guitarists to control stompbox parameters wireless simply by moving their guitar strap

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“Lou sang his vocal to a girl that just walked into the studio. Everybody thought she was with our group and she wasn’t – but Lou fixated on her and the vocal was done in one take”: How Foreigner and super-producer Mutt Lange created a classic rock ballad

“We put ourselves under a lot of pressure making that record”

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“He had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time”: Tributes paid to Midnight Oil founder Rob Hirst

Drummer has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 70

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“I often say ‘keep the faucet running’ when it comes to songwriting – it’s so important to stay in a creative headspace to get to the really good stuff”: PRS and Ed Sheeran team up for SE Hollowbody Piezo Baritone featuring pop superstar’s own artwork

NAMM 2026: Limited to 1,000 instruments worldwide, the Ed Sheeran SE Hollowbody Baritone 'Cosmic Splash' has a unique build and look and comes with an 8" by 8" signed print

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“I wanted to fix every issue I’ve ever had dialling in metal tones on similar pedals or even the original”: Warm Audio has just made Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce its first ever signature pedal and he explains why, yes, the world needs another overdrive

NAMM 2026: The Fluff Drive was inspired by the Maxon TS-01 but features a suite of contemporary updates to make it work gangbusters with extended-range guitars

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“A perfect choice for podcasters, streamers and music users”: AKG C-Series microphones review

We associate AKG with quality mics, but can their new and most affordable mics to date really deliver? Let’s find out

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“Roger was a bit resentful of the fact that whenever Eric Clapton got up and played a solo, the place would erupt”: Old colleague of Pink Floyd spills the beans on his relationship with band members

Tim Renwick was school friend of Syd and Roger Waters

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“Camaraderie, chaos, and resilience”: Trailer for new Take That Netflix documentary is online

But will it be as candid as 2005’s For The Record?

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“A good combination of comfort and sonics in a lightweight design”: Rode NTH-50 review

One model has dominated the on ear headphone market for years. Let’s see what these new arrivals have to offer

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“A new benchmark for professional DJ performances”: Rane’s System One is a standalone DJ system with motorised platters aimed at scratch and open-format DJs

NAMM 2026: Rane's new flagship two-channel DJ device runs on Engine DJ and includes a built-in touchscreen

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“Represents the evolution of everything we've learned from decades of innovation in music production”: Akai’s MPC XL is its new flagship – watch our first look review

NAMM 2026: The MPC XL massively ups the power of the MPC X; but is it better than last year’s Live III? We get hands-on and find out

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“Simple design is its key: just the straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange Amps rolls out the OR60, a single-channel 60-watt tube powerhouse officially approved by Down/COC’s Pepper Keenan

NAMM 2026: Orange says it is the most versatile single-channel amp it has ever made

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“A bad faith effort to distract from publishers’ and songwriters’ legitimate right to enforce against X’s illegal use of their songs”: Elon Musk is suing US music publishers association

He says they’ve used ‘monopoly power’ to force him to license music

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“I told Céline that if she recorded the Titanic song, it would ruin her career. I didn't like the song - I still don't. So I didn't produce it. I turned it down”: Music legend David Foster says that he passed on producing Céline Dion's biggest hit

"If it ever gets around to Céline, it's, ‘Oh, I love that Titanic song.' Then I have to say, ‘Well, I didn't produce that'"

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“We’re the Ozempic of the music industry – everybody is on it and nobody wants to talk about it”: Co-founder of Suno defends the use of AI in music

AI music is all a matter of taste, he says

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“It gave us loads of publicity. The kids who did want to buy our records were like, ‘Oh cool! The religious right are burning their records! I better buy half a dozen!’”: The controversial Iron Maiden classic featured in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

“Six six six, the one for you and me!”

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“Heard on recordings by icons like Rory Gallagher, Brian May, and Marc Bolan, this pairing helped define the sound of rock’s formative years”: Vox unveils “re-engineered” treble booster with all the tone and none of the inconsistency of vintage units

NAMM 2026: Vox's VTB-1 Treble Booster in inspired by vintage Rangemaster units but remixes the circuit recipe and promises lower noise and a more robust performance

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AlphaTheta’s DJM-V5 is a compact and more affordable take on its flagship V10 DJ mixer with advanced effects that “enable entirely new styles of performance”

NAMM 2026: The three-channel V5 comes equipped with four-band EQ, channel compressors, send effects and multiple filter modes

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"I remember all the guys learning to play it and everybody thinking how cool a rhythm it was. I remember everybody in the studio just loving that song”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic later covered by The White Stripes, Beyoncé and more

“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said

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“Whether you’re chasing that famously haunting Wicked Game intro or carving out a completely new sound, it gives you inspiration from the moment you plug in”: Silvertone resurrects the cult guitar loved by Elvis Costello, Hubert Sumlin and Chris Isaak

NAMM 2026: A long-lost catalogue classic is back from the dead and it might be the coolest release you'll see all year

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“It’s all anyone is talking about on the Strip”: Deal for Metallica Sphere residency is “90 per cent” there

Plus new, smaller, Sphere announced for Washington DC

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