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“Ideal for beginner guitarists chasing heavier sounds”: Sire Larry Carlton X1 review

The jazz-minded session ace goes heavy metal with his latest wallet-friendly collaboration with Sire, and it’s heavy in both senses of the word

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“Oasis’ schedule is booked”: According to a source, the Gallaghers’ masterplan for 2027 is already in place

Monday will mark 30 years since the original Knebworth gigs

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“I found my old PS4 controller collecting dust in a drawer and I had an idea”: MIDIpad transforms your gamepad into a musical instrument and MPE controller – and there’s a free version

"What if playing music could work more like playing a video game?"

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“Next year should be a pretty interesting year, because I think quite a few things will reveal themselves”: Lindsey Buckingham teases some possible Fleetwood Mac activity in 2027

Guitarist says making Apple TV doc has been “healing process” for surviving band members

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“Will there be music in the future? Absolutely”: Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean are positive that the Fugees will record again

But that’s unlikely to involve Pras Michel

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“There are these fun, crazy sessions where everyone's wild and something comes out of it and then there are ones that are a struggle and suddenly there's a breakthrough –I just enjoy them all”: We look back at a classic William Orbit interview

In the wake of the news of William Orbit's death, we revisit a recent interview in which he told us how the joy of painting and a beginner's guide to Pro Tools got his production mojo back...

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William Orbit, the production genius behind Madonna’s Ray Of Light, has died, aged 69

He died at home last month, his family and friends have confirmed in a statement

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Nikki Sixx admits that Mötley Crue do use backing tapes, but says that the band members always play their instruments: “Since we saw Queen using some during Bohemian Rhapsody live, we understood that we could bring in elements that we could not do"

“It’s better for the fans and we enjoy being able to do what we did in the studio live," he argues

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Brain me in: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #16

You're just 10 quick music biz quiz questions away from greatness…

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Arturia's Pigments Play is a free version of one of the best soft synths around – and it's more powerful than you might expect

Pigments Play features 100 presets and is equipped with the same six synth engines, 68 filter modes and 20 effect algorithms as the paid-for version

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“The music just comes to me. It’s like that movie Amadeus”: Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album – and you can hear him unleash the fury on new single Now Or Never

Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here

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“That's the version I wish came out originally. You're going to hear a lot of jazz chords, ladies and gentlemen”: Charlie Puth reinterprets his back catalogue – including his huge 2015 US number one – as he performs at the Tiny Desk

“I've heard these arrangements in my head and I've been saving them for this," he explained

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We speak to the noise music creatives pushing out at the extremes of sound: “It's somehow a kind of fetish”

Noise music can be powerful and unpredictable. Learn how to bring noise techniques like feedback and extreme gain into your own productions

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“The ‘90s are back”: Steinberg celebrates 30 years of VST with the Classics Collection, a new free plugin bundle that includes the first ever VST instrument

Relive the early days of software instruments, or experience what they were like for the first time

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Fender CEO clarifies his controversial comments comparing cover songs to AI: “My intent was to talk about how technology can help artists and players learn and grow”

Edward “Bud” Cole’s comments likening cover music to “analogue AI” did not go down well with musicians – but he still believes AI can be a useful tool for players

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Alesis and Zildjian forge a "perfect" partnership that they hope will "raise the bar for electronic drums"

First Zildjian sound expansion pack is available now for Alesis users

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“He never rated himself as highly as everyone else did": New documentary in the pipeline about Rush’s Neil Peart

No One’s Disciple will be screened on Canadian TV in September

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Producer claims Kanye did use AI on Bully and sues for unpaid wages: “Despite nearly two years of demands, the defendants have refused to compensate plaintiff for plaintiff’s services”

Ye originally said he didn’t

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“I was on the road with Guns, so we went off and finished what we were doing. And then, all of a sudden, I got that phone call”: Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together

The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together

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Eno’s Music For Airports to be performed in full… at an airport

Original album was the first in his ambient series

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6 steps for perfectly capturing a real drum performance in your DAW

Inject some feel into your tracks by recording a real human drummer (no jokes, please). It's easier than you think

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“It feels like the most ‘us’ thing we’ve ever done – Suno isn’t coming up with that anytime soon”: Sylvan Esso on the making of Ow ∞, their self-built Betty's studio and why they pulled their music from Spotify

Grammy-nominated electronic duo Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn dive into the story behind their first new album in four years

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“This guitar means the world to me. My first El Dorado was a gift from my father”: Marcus King’s signature Epiphone is a stunning dreadnought acoustic inspired by his first-ever guitar – and it has the coolest pickguard ever

This limited run all-solid dreadnought comes with ample mojo, a cool back story, a custom hard-shell guitar case and LR Baggs electronics

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“We played that what must have been 1000 times to work out what it was”: Phil Collins admits that there was one famous drum fill he just couldn’t unpick when he was recording his Motown covers album

"We didn't get that one," he says

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“Since we debuted Motion at NAMM, the anticipation has been off the charts”: Fender’s Motion MIDI controllers have finally landed – and they come with a free copy of the Fender Studio Pro DAW

Fender's first entry into the pad controller market, Motion 16 and Motion 32 pair polyphonic aftertouch-equipped FATAR pads with deep Studio Pro integration

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