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The Leviasynth rises! Hydrasynth’s successor is finally here. Has ASM created one of the decade's best synths?

NAMM 2026: The anticipation was high, but will the Leviasynth be a worthy follow-up to ASM’s incredible 2020 debut?

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Squier unveils huge expansion of its Sonic Series, offering super-affordable, beginner and child-friendly versions of classic Fender electric guitars and basses

NAMM 2026: There are Sonic Mustangs with dual-humbuckers, vintage and modern colour finishes, classic Strats, HSS Strats... A 3/4-sized Strat too. But you'll have to wait until July

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Dubreq wants you to "sample the world" with the Stylophone Voice portable sampler

NAMM 2026: The Stylophone takes another evolutionary leap forward with Stylophone Voice, a pocket-sized sampler equipped with the same style of touch-sensitive, two-octave keyboard as its synthesizer cousins

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"I see 8-year-olds playing Right Here Waiting on the piano and posting videos on TikTok. Are you kidding me? That song’s almost 40 years old. That’s a privilege": Richard Marx says he no longer cares about being labelled a balladeer rather than a rocker

“It took a while for me to look at myself and go, ‘Really, dude? Just relax, just chill’”

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“All of these guys were behind the glass looking at me like, ‘You better bring it, kid’: Steve Lukather remembers his high pressure first solo for Toto

He nailed Hold The Line in one take

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“It’s the exact same model Paul McCartney played on Yesterday during the Beatles’ ’65 Ed Sullivan TV appearance. I’ll always treasure that guitar more than anything”: The heavy metal star whose most prized guitar is an acoustic

Peter Frampton also played this legendary acoustic guitar on a number of classic tracks

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“There’s a truism that ‘a band is only as good as its drummer’. Any band that Josh graced with his presence on the kit was fortunate indeed”: Josh Freese to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Drum Workshop

NAMM 2026: Award to be presented at the NAMM show this week

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“I realised then that everything could tumble, and when you're in Colorado, and you're surrounded by these incredible mountains, you think 'avalanche'": How being alone in snowy Aspen inspired the sleeper hit that saved Fleetwood Mac

Landslide Is back in the charts due to Stranger Things

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“It does not have the right to be on the top list”: Sweden bans AI-generated song from its charts

Jag Vet, Du Ar Inte Min was credited to ‘Jacub’

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“Pretty sure that's the SexyBack snare. Timbaland, thank you": Producer Ryan Tedder on the classic Justin Timberlake drum sound he used in Tate McRae's Greedy - and the Omnisphere preset that features throughout

“I used to do these beats all the time because I was signed to Tim for two years,” he explains

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“No AI, no loops, no MIDI”: Celemony’s Tonalic puts a world-class session player in your DAW that intelligently adapts to your arrangement

NAMM 2026: This hybrid of virtual instrument and session player combines the organic feel of live performance with the flexibility of DAW-based editing

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Clavia unveils Nord Electro 7 with fully-fledged synth section, redesigned interface and much more

NAMM 2026: Nord's Electro 7 stage keyboard promises to be the most versatile model in the Electro line to date

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“It was an obscure song with no drums or bass and was never released as a single”: Moby is happy and “surprised” his 1995 album track has gone viral via Stranger Things

So he’s recorded a new version of it

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“I took inspiration from Iron Maiden’sRun To The Hills. And for the lyric, the story of the last days on Earth, I went back to David Bowie’sSpace Oddity”: A rock band’s global No.1 hit – before grunge turned their world upside down

“We were thrown into this weird pop world – it was madness”

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Korg Kaoss Pad V reimagines a beloved effects powerhouse with dual-touch control, vocal processing and expanded connectivity

NAMM 2026: This long-overdue update makes the Kaoss Pad an even more powerful tool for creative sound design and live performance

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“I imagined he could plug it into the Tardis console and play very loudly and badly like a teenager”: Peter Capaldi on how he found Doctor Who’s “junk shop” Yamaha electric guitar on Denmark Street

What better guitar for a time-travelling Time Lord to play than a cult electric nicknamed the Flying Samurai...

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“Artists don’t want this type of technology to replace their creativity. They love the notion of it helping them when they need it”: Apple explains its approach to implementing AI in Logic Pro, and why MIDI is still the bedrock of its Session Players

The company's flagship DAW is about to get more AI-powered tools, but where does it all stop?

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“I just was not expecting the look on people’s faces. It was really just vicious – the most shocking, awful things you could hear from people”: The powerful and controversial Tori Amos song that her record company hated – before the club remix hit No.1

And was this song really an attack on Courtney Love?

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“You’ll smile broadly at the ease with which you can land on astonishing results”: Native Instruments Absynth 6 review

The trailblazing soft synth that we’d all but given up hope on has made a glorious comeback, but how does Absynth fit into a changed music production landscape?

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“The band has to get from 10/4 to 4/4 to 7/4 to 4/4 to 10/4. This all happens spontaneously and without prior discussion”: The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir in five songs (and a jam)

Bob Weir was not an obvious candidate for one of the biggest rock stars in the world, but as the most visible steward of the Dead's legacy, that’s what he became

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“I am extremely excited to see my Uncle Norm enter into this new chapter in his life and career”: Joe Bonamassa gives his blessing as Norman Harris sells Norman’s Rare Guitars and says the future of his iconic LA store has been secured

TNAG Global, which owns Carter Vintage Guitars, is the buyer, and under CEO Ben Montague, it promises to preserve the soul and grow the business of one of the world's most-loved guitar stores

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‘Hey guys - how’s everyone doing?’: Korg’s Liano Live! is a portable piano that promises to make livestreaming your performances as easy as smashing that like button

NAMM 2026: Simple 88-note portable keyboard comes with a built-in mixer, mic and one-touch sound effects

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Korg’s new compact audio interface is also a standalone analogue synth filter – and you might be tempted even if you don't need the I/O

NAMM 2026: The microAUDIO 22 and 722 also pack onboard dynamics DSP and come bundled with Korg's new filter plugin

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“Musicians are more than mere producers of sound. They are vital members of our communities, our culture, and our social fabric”: Bandcamp has banned AI music

Any music “wholly” or in “substantial part” AI-generated is not permitted, it says

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“Pro-grade sound in ultra-portable platforms for practice, recording, and performance”: Boss tackles budget rivals head-on with feature-packed entry-level GX series multi-effects pedals for guitar and bass

NAMM 2026: The GX-1 and GX-1B have hi-res displays, assignable footswitches, AIRD tech and the all-new Gear Suite feature for super-easy amp and effects settings

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