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“I don’t know why I’m apologising for Korg on their behalf…”: There’s a lot we love about Korg’s latest DIY synth – but it has one significant problem for owners of the original

Watch our video review and demo of Korg’s budget-friendly, build-it-yourself Nu:Tekt NTS-1 mkII

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"You'll never read a manual again": How AI can help you learn to use your gear and instruments

Mylar Melodies explains how Google's Notebook LM can digest product manuals, help you get to grips with your gear, and... launch your podcasting career?

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“The few who’ve played it say it's like having a spiritual experience with their guitar”: The $14,999 “urban myth” amplifier co-designed with Joe Walsh is finally available to order

But with no sound samples online, when will be able to hear G-Craft Audio’s built-to-order GC-1 3 Band Opto Compressor Amplifier?

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“The ‘gray bottoms’ have a little more high output – they have a punchier sound to them”: Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan put pre-CBS tones on the menu with “Greenburst” Stratocaster pickup set

The hottest mod of the year? These replicate the same gray-bottomed single-coils in the ’64 Stratocaster that stopped Bonamassa in his tracks at Norman’s Rare Guitars

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“I sent this to Strandberg to get the wiring done and when they sent it back they included this”: Plini shows us his modded signature Strandberg Boden – but what’s that hiding in the tremolo springs?

Plini was hanging around at ArcTanGent 2024 waiting for his set to start. We asked him what was new with his Strandberg, pointed a camera at him, and this is what he told us....

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“What if we made a record with guitars?”: Charli XCX teases new “Lou Reed” rock direction for her next album

After taking over the world with Brat’s hard-edged pop/electronic sound, is it time for something new?

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“He would lead you down the garden path with quite a bog-standard chord structure and then suddenly go AWOL”: From David Bowie to Radiohead and Steely Dan, here’s some of popular music’s most outlandish theory choices

No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves

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“I want to shout from a mountain top about this incredible technology”: Is Dreamtronic's Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro really the first artificial vocalist to finally nail the fake factor?

Its makers claim to have reached “the holy grail of vocal synthesis” with MIDI/text singers that are indistinguishable from the real thing

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“The highest quality and most flexible polyphonic synthesizer ever created in a pedal format”: Meris has unveiled the Enzo X – is this “fully polyphonic monster” a game-changer for synth pedals?

It's not cheap but with five modes, polyphonic pitch detection, 99 user presets, and transformative sounds with no special pickup required, it might be the synth pedal you've been waiting for

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“There was a full moon and the curtains were open. Every time I looked up for ideas, I looked at the moon”: How teen prodigy Kate Bush created her timeless classic Wuthering Heights

“Those shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief,”said John Lydon

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“These things work for me and I am finding out a lot of other guitar players like ‘em too”: Paul Reed Smith loved his Charcoal Phoenix so much that PRS has released this rare bird in strictly limited numbers

This collectible stunner was inspired by the John McLaughlin Private Stock signature model and has been thoroughly road-tested by the PRS Guitars founder

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“The crown jewel of grand pianos”: Native Instruments’ Claire: Avant creates avant-garde soundscapes out of the world's largest grand piano currently in production

Channel your inner John Cage with a new Kontakt instrument that reimagines the sounds of the 10-foot Fazioli F308

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“I owe it to my brethren in metal not to have a Spotify account because they don’t pay people”: Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth amps up music’s increasingly anti-Spotify sentiment

Update – Spotify responds: "£20!? Spotify has paid out around a million dollars in revenue to Cradle of Filth’s rightsholders."

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“You would get suspended for even having a guitar”: Brian May says it was “illegal” to have a guitar at his school – but he and his friends played during lunch hour anyway

May was reminiscing about the early days of learning on acoustic as he presented his new signature SJ-200 12-string at the Gibson Garage London and performed with Arielle

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"Fall in love with his royal badness all over again": Purple Rain gets new Dolby Vision and Atmos audio makeover for a one-night-only cinema rerelease

On 5 March fans can relive Prince’s 1984 heyday in 8K video and multi-channel Atmos audio at select US and UK cinemas

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“He is the only one who knew when his songs were finished… And I will continue to respect that”: Final Avicii collaborator slams new posthumous release

‘New’ posthumous material from Avicii has appeared, but the track’s vocalist Sandro Cavazza isn’t happy

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“Three simple controls and one toggle that offer a wide range of sounds, perfect for beginners and professionals alike”: JHS Pedals expands mega-value $99 3 Series with Tape Echo, Rotary Chorus and Oil Can Delay

The Kansas stompbox company presents vintage analogue sounds for your pedalboard without the expense

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Is pop music really being dumbed down? A music professor explains what the science really says

Scientific studies claim that modern music is growing simpler than ever before - both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

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"A great drummer whose innovative patterns helped shape our songs": Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after a short illness

The drummer, alongside Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton was the essential power behind the 1970s pop/punk/new wave 'fire and skill' triumvirate

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“You can even buy and create models of instruments that are impossible to build in the real world”: Don't know where to start with virtual instruments? We're here to help

In today's world of music production, pretty much everything you can dream of will have a virtual counterpart. Let's explore

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Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential BBC department "purely for making bonkers noises"

BBC Radiophonic Workshop VST features a vast collection of recordings of vintage gear, tape loops, found sounds and archive material from the Workshop's four-decade history

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“Meeting your heroes can be disappointing, but not with Bon. It was our first real tour, and he was great to us”: Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott pays tribute to the late, great AC/DC singer Bon Scott

Leppard opened for AC/DC on the Highway To Hell tour

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“I want to continue to have something that’s not microwavable in a world today where our attention span is pretty much lost”: Kendrick Lamar officially becomes the world's biggest hip-hop artist

Following a globally acclaimed half-time show at the Super Bowl earlier this month, interest in Kendrick Lamar has surged to record-breaking levels

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"It's a theremin on steroids": Soma Laboratory's Flux brings the theremin into the 21st century with sixteen dimensions of control over a supercharged synthesizer

Flux uses magnetic "bows" held in each hand to offer multi-dimensional control over pitch, modulation and synth parameters - without ever touching the instrument itself

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“Gibson was able to put the universe on it… the planet Mercury is here, and that is a little nod to a friend of mine”: Inspired by the stars and co-designed by the Queen guitarist, Gibson unveils exquisite Brian May SJ-200 12-String

Just look at those stunning agoya shell star inlays and that planetary-themed pickguard

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