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Monday January 5, 2026. 01:15 AM
his “Pro-quality results at semi-pro cash”: IK Multimedia Precision 6 MkII review
IK’s iLoud Precision speaker range has just received a MKII upgrade and a price downgrade. Is it too good to be true?
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Sunday January 4, 2026. 06:00 PM
not State of the Stomp: In Defense of the Mono Pedal
If you scroll through the comments section of most pedal demo videos, you’ll see a familiar refrain: “Why not stereo?” And while stereo has its merits, I’m here to defend the mono signal chain. Before treating stereo as an automatic upgrade, it’s worth taking a...
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you Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter Review
Any effect can color a guitar’s personality and language. But Boss’ new XS-1 Poly Shifter literally stretches the instrument’s vocal range. With the ability to shift input by +/-3 octaves or semitones, it can turn your guitar into a bass, a synth, or a baritone, or...
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guitar Polarity Modular from Soniccouture
Polarity Modular has been designed in collaboration with UK-based synthesist Ian Boddy, and has been built around 250 custom waveforms created with his extensive collection of modular gear. 
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Saturday January 3, 2026. 05:00 PM
into Recording Dojo: How Samplers and Loopers Create Beautiful Chaos
Most people think of samplers as drum machines with delusions of grandeur—four-bar loops, predictable patterns, and neatly sliced bits living forever in the prison of the grid. But for me, samplers and loopers are something completely different. They’re instruments of...
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Friday January 2, 2026. 04:00 PM
stereo Listening and Looking with Steve Tibbetts
There is a specific thread of experimental musician whose real motive is to deal in mystery and wonder. Think conceptualists like Brian Eno and David Bowie, sonic conjurers Sunn O))), transcendent improvisers as varied as Alice Coltrane and Loren Connors, song mystic Annette ...
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just Courtney Cox Breaks Down Burning Witches Guitars, Tone, and Touring Gear
Burning Witches guitarist Courtney Cox joins the Axe Lords to talk technique, tone, and the realities of life as a modern touring guitarist. She breaks down how the band writes and records across borders, works under brutally short studio timelines, and balances locked-in...
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out “I lay on my floor one night and wrote the whole thing": 40 years on – the making of West End Girls
From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station… Here's all the ups, downs, history, mystery, studio secrets and more of Pet Shop Boys' biggest hit
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pro audio Behringer introduce the UB-1 Micro
Behringer’s latest synth release promises to deliver an Oberheim-inspired sound, but only occupies a tiny enclosure that’s small enough to fit into your pocket. 
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audio “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'
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Thursday January 1, 2026. 04:00 PM
music The Lowdown: Why Do We Never Take Lessons as Professional Musicians?
In late 2015, I basically quit playing bass and spent a year traveling with the Bryan Brothers as their fitness coach. For those not familiar with the tennis world, they’re the most successful doubles team of all time, with 119 titles as a team, 16 Grand Slams, an Olympic...
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news “It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio”: How Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit transformed the contemporary pop landscape
And as soon the adulation began, a backlash kicked in…
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proaudio “I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis
He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way
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musician “There’s just one catch. The kid with the PC in the bedroom can’t play his instrument”: Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers
“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued
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studio “I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all. I sing it at every show”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die
And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band
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pro audio news GRM Tools Atelier from INA GRM
The latest addition to the GRM line-up draws on the company’s extensive experience, but rather than bringing a new effect or processor to the table, uses their technology to power a new sound-design instrument. 
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Wednesday December 31, 2025. 04:00 PM
pro audio news headlines “Everybody used to say how great Clapton was, but I remember saying to Eric, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight minutes!’”: How rock legends Status Quo stole a riff from The Doors and built an entire career out of it
'That song is where the Quo twelve-bar boogie shuffle came from'
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his “I didn’t even want it on the album. I remember a lot of people going, ‘Please, please, please’. So I said, ‘OK…’”: How Alanis Morissette created her biggest hit
“I see words as paint, so I play with them,' she said
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not “Icontend that I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff – before the rest of the boys”: How Courtney Love created the grunge classic that was released during her darkest hour
Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide
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you VSL expand Synchron Special Brass
VSL have recently introduced four new Single Packs for their acclaimed Synchron Special Brass sample library series, further expanding the palette of brass instruments recorded in the large Stage A of their Vienna Synchron Stage.
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