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“The first pedal emulation that truly captures the mechanical yet wildly organic nature of these oddball machines”: Strymon’s Olivera is a vintage oil can delay without the oil, without the mechanics, and with a lot more control over your tone

Vintage sounds from 21st-century tech, the Olivera has a powerful ARM processor under the hood, giving us 300 presets, stereo, MIDI, while a discreet Class A JEFT input preamp keeps things real

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“You don't need all the latest plugins and everything else. I think that my best instrument is the mind”: Adam F on making '90s DnB classic Colours

“We went to the Hit Factory in New York, which was 10 or 15 grand a day. I preferred the mixdowns that I did in my bedroom in Watford”

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“The average upright contains around 12,000 parts - and 80% of those are moving”: How to record a real piano perfectly

Nothing adds organic character to a track like live piano, but recording one isn’t easy. We lift the piano lid and talk about pianistic logistics!

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Neo-soul pioneer D’Angelo has died, aged 51

He released three of the greatest albums of the past 30 years

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“The CLF-50E is as much a statement piece as it is a versatile performance tool”: Harley Benton’s new acoustic guitar is a compact parlour with a solid Sitka spruce top, onboard electronics and metallic colour finish – and it is just over $250

With five colour finishes to choose from, the CLF-50E is an eye-catching, couch-friendly but stage-ready acoustic electric for players on a budget

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"The rebirth of phase distortion": Behringer releases its Casio CZ-1 clone, the CZ-1 Mini

A diminutive take on Casio's '80s classic, CZ-1 Mini squeezes the CZ series' phase distortion engine into a $89 mini-synth

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“He was like, ‘Ronnie just had dinner with Paul McCartney, and Paul recommended that you be our producer, so what do you think?’": It took an intervention from Paul McCartney for Mick Jagger to offer Andrew Watt a job with the Rolling Stones

“This is some crazy dream as a kid with a guitar to have those names talking about you,” says Watt

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“Subtle changes to note timings at certain points can have a greater impact than you might expect”: 37 heavyweight bass production tips

More than three dozen priceless nuggets of bass recording and production wisdom

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“I never realised just how difficult it was for Alex. He had to rethink everything”: When Geddy Lee’s obsession with synthesizers made Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson feel sidelined in his own band

"The guitar suffered in a lot of the mixes," Lifeson said

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"We've completely reimagined what's possible in a compact controller": Akai unveils MPK Mini IV with pitch and mod wheels, new keybed and full-size MIDI output

The next generation of Akai's portable and affordable MIDI controller is here

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Creating chords for electronic music: 3 ways to generate more interesting progressions in Ableton Live 12

Let’s explore how Live’s MIDI effects can help us write better progressions

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“This series is built for players who demand reliability, versatility and performance at the highest level”: Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with the American Professional Classic range

Featuring vintage-voiced Coastline pickups, Faded finishes in much-loved Fender colours, plus a host of player-friendly details... And they've been road-tested by US hardcore superstars Turnstile

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How To: Get prepped and make the most of Spotify Wrapped

It’s the perfect time to engage with fans

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“In the studio, I’ve had a few moments where men seem to be shocked if I know how to do a certain thing, like, ‘Comping my own vocal - yes, I can do that’”: Sabrina Carpenter songwriter Amy Allen on the challenges faced by women in the music industry

The Espresso and Manchild co-writer also says that she likes to “go off of emotion” rather than writing to a formula

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How Beck and Nigel Godrich’s “simple and clean” philosophy produced one of the best-sounding albums of the 21st century

Beck’s surprising 2002 pivot was defined by its immaculately-recorded acoustics, and is often cited as a choice reference test by audio enthusiasts

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“She grabbed a mic, I grabbed a bass, and we jammed for like 30 minutes. After she left I built the whole thing out and sent it to her. She was like, ‘Damn, this is amazing!’”: Kid Harpoon on Miley Cyrus' Flowers

The high-flying hitmaker reflects on the making of Cyrus' Grammy-winning chart smash

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“The best placement for a vocal mic is actually slightly above your vocalist, as it forces them to tilt their head back slightly”: 25 recording tips and tricks everyone should know

Get better takes in the studio and on the stage, with our essential advice for producers and DIY music-makers

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“Everybody knew Jeff was a great drummer. It was the same when I joined The Who to replace Kenney Jones – and when I was with Mick Jagger, playing the Stones tunes that Charlie played”: How Simon Phillips succeeded in replacing Jeff Porcaro in Toto

"They didn't want somebody to come in and try to imitate Jeff"

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“When we sat down and started playing some of the Rush stuff, I realised how hard it was to play these songs”: Alex Lifeson makes a surprise admission

Bedroom guitarists are doubless nodding in agreement

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“Allows you to do away with stacks of insert or return effects and potential high processor loads”: iZotope FXEQ review

It’s a multi-effects plugin that’s as easy to use as a standard EQ, and costs less than 50 bucks…

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“This scheme is the envy of the world”: Irish culture minister hails expansion of a basic income scheme for musicians and creatives

Another 2,000 places are to be opened up next year

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“He was tired and ready to leave, so he just started hitting anything on the keyboard. I was like: ‘that’s it right there!’ Then I just went in the booth and did the record”: The story of Get Ur Freak On, the bhangra-sampling hit that almost didn’t happen

A lean, mean, speaker-rattling ode to freakdom, Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On is one of this century's most progressive pop songs. We explain its enduring influence

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“Before we knew it we had a sound no one had ever heard before”: How David Bowie created one of the greatest songs of all time via a range of innovative recording techniques

One of Bowie’s highest watermarks, Heroes continues to sound utterly timeless due to its layered production and passionate vocal performance

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“I've spent a lot of time sort of trying to bully AI into being interesting”: Jacob Collier says that the problem with using AI for music making is that “it’s almost too perfect”

“It can't learn a perspective or a sense of humour or an attitude,” he argues

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"Stick with it. Focus… You've gotta put the time in”: Lars Ulrich’s advice to young artists

Drummer was speaking at festival screening of new Metallica doc

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