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Gibson harkens back to its past with a 12-fret version of an acoustic classic

This new L-00 is a handsome, small-bodied acoustic that sings with a retro voice. This model is effortless to play and makes ...
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"It's been beloved by artists and engineers worldwide for over 40 years": Focusrite's ISA C8X brings the ISA preamp to an audio interface for the first time

Equipped with two ISA mic preamps based on Rupert Neve's original designs, ISA C8X fuses classic sound with a modernized ...
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“That song killed Styx. It was truly awful”: The synth-rock anthem that sold a million but derailed a superstar rock band

Artists “It was a hard song to record. It changes time signatures and keys as it goes along”: How A-ha combined classic pop ...
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“I heard somebody say, ‘Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out?’": Billie Eilish explains why her brother had become a "Rapunzel" figure in her touring ...

Finneas and I thought it would be an underrated song. It was one of my favorites, but I was like, ‘This isn’t gonna be the ...
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"If someone creates an AI-generated version of Taylor in a jumpsuit with a guitar, now Swift has a federal trademark claim": Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voic…

In another sign of the times, Taylor Swift has filed three trademark applications relating to her voice and appearance in a ...
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"After the Grammys, I was stood in McDonald's waiting in line and a guy came up to me and said, ‘You bought me my house’": Jimmy Jam on sampling, AI, and his new …

Alongside co-producer Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam shaped the sound of the '80s and '90s. Now he’s got the future in his sights ...
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“Grassroots music venues cannot keep being expected to survive on goodwill and admiration alone. Our goal is clear; don’t just fund problems, fix them”: Music Venue Trust ...

You may have wondering what the Music Venue Trust has been doing with all those £1s it's been saving up from the levy some arena and stadium artists have been placing on their shows. Well, good as its ...
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What on earth is Fremmede Sprog and what has it got to do with the Rolling Stones?

“FREMMEDE SPROG,” meaning “Foreign Tongues” — the new Rolling Stones album title — appears on a big billboard in Manchester ...
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“Nedra’s voice, style and spirit helped define a sound that would change music. Her contribution to the group’s story and their defining influence will live forever ...

The final curtain has fallen on an era for girl groups, with the news that the last surviving member of the Ronettes, Nedra ...
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“China has a model called technological leapfrogging, where they tend to lag behind in one technological development so they can innovate on the next”: The revolution…

Despite a reputation as an electronics manufacturing powerhouse and a history with synthesizers going back to the 1970s, it ...
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“I’ve heard tracks where someone took a Massive preset and just added a snare and some chords and that’s all they did”: How Native Instruments’ Massive became the …

This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its ...
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5 amazing stock synths that come bundled with your DAW

Why search for the ultimate soft synth when the very DAW in front of you might well include everything you need? It's time to ...