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Harley Benton just dropped an 8-string for southpaw players that has a multi-scale build, high-gain humbuckers – and it offers change from 300 bucks

On the eighth-string the scale length measures 27.2”, with a more regulation Fender-esque 25.5” on the high E. The ...
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“Offers power, warmth, charm and usability, in a highly convincing virtual analogue reproduction, with real heart and soul”: Cherry Audio SH-MAX review

Continuing its Japanese homage, Cherry Audio reignites three of Roland’s finest synths from the '70s, in a single soft-synth ...
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“I just wanna know when Led Zeppelin's gonna be in the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame. 'Oh, you can't do that?' Oh, really?”: Gene Simmons mouths off on The Rock & Roll Hall …

Gene Simmons has never been short of opinions, and he unleashed a few more during a recent appearance on the Legends N’ ...
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Mix, match and morph both audio and CV with ease, using ADDAC’s matrix mixer

The ADDAC 814 is, at its heart, a mixer but one that is based around a matrix, rather than straight channels, giving it a whole lot more opportunity for creativity and experimentation. A matrix is far ...
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“I walked in… and Joni Mitchell was in baby blue pyjamas. She said, ‘Have a seat.’ And we talked about music. I wrote You Get What You Give the same day”: How a weird ...

You may like “I played it with the band and it sounded like a bag of…”: How Neil Finn created Crowded House's classic hit “I ...
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MusicRadar deals of the week: We round up all the best Presidents' Day discounts from Guitar Center, Musician's Friend, and Sweetwater

Welcome to MusicRadar's deals of the week, where we'll share with you the very best offers from around the web on some of our best-rated musical equipment. As the name suggests, we'll bring you a new ...
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“This whole song came from a mistake”: The fateful circumstances that led to Coldplay’s biggest ever song

Music and political writer John Harris noted, in his 2004 Britpop-tome The Last Party, that for better or for worse, Coldplay ...
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“It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his ...

Queen made so many great albums in the ’70s – Sheer Heart Attack, News Of The World, Jazz, A Day At The Races and, most famous of all, A Night At The Opera. But for Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad ...
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“Who do we really support, and what kind of ecosystem do we want for live music in Europe?”: New research shows the vice-like grip four companies have on Europe’s li…

Some new research published by Live DMA, a Europe-wide network that represents promoters and live music stakeholders, has ...
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Ableton Live 12.4 introduces Link Audio and updates Erosion, Delay and Chorus-Ensemble devices

Ableton Live 12.4 enters public beta today, bringing wireless audio streaming, updated audio effects, improved stem ...
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"It’s the full power of the Quad Cortex, just in a smaller box": Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review

Something that the Quad Cortex mini (and bigger Quad) does better than other modellers is in the Synth sound. It works as an ...
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“The legendary sound and feel, now reimagined for your DAW or desktop”: Amp modelling titan Fractal Audio unveils its first guitar plugin suite

The ICONS series is created using the same algorithmic magic as Fractal's Axe-Fx modelling units, and its debut Fullerton ...