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“We would like to leave the verdict of price versus value to the customers”: Is the Roland TR-1000 really too expensive?

At $2,699, Roland’s new analogue drum machine is certainly not cheap. But does the TR-1000 deserve the backlash against its price? We spoke to Roland, its customers and other manufacturers to find out

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“I got a hacksaw and I chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How the right-handed Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed as a young drummer – with inspiration from two fusion legends and some drastic DIY

"It was all disco in 1975 – pretty simple"

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“I wasted a lot of time and money”: How Moby made the record that saved his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

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“Lily arrived with the song titles, which is really unusual. She would come in and say, ‘I want to write a song called Dallas Major,’ and we’re like, ‘OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl

“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies

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"It's a pain that every producer knows: a desktop full of old sessions, forgotten mixdowns, and endless folders": Struggling to keep track of your DAW projects? This free app can help

SessionDock is a genius project organization tool for macOS, designed to help you stay on top of a mountain of unfinished tracks

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“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff, all those great Mahavishnu Orchestra records. There’s so much there musically. I just admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the band’s wild early days and the players who inspire him

"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"

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“I sent him some songs… he recorded something and sent it to me. And it was… well, it made me cry”: Charli XCX on how a phrase John Cale once used about the Velvet Underground’s music led to their new Wuthering Heights collaboration

House was released on Monday 10 November

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“I think that’s what grabbed people – the fact that there were real moments of humanity in it. And the melody was catchy, the rhythm and my vocal was hypnotic”: The story of Cyndi Lauper’s first No.1. hit – later recorded by Miles Davis

She delved deep into her personal life to create four minutes of pop brilliance

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“We wrote the biggest-selling single that Rod ever had, and it took us an hour to put it down. It ended up selling millions all around the world”: When Rod Stewart and drummer Carmine Appice created a controversial disco-era smash hit

It all started when Rod said, "I want something like Miss You by the Stones"

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“Roland has always been extremely good at marrying the playability of its samples with the physical feel of its hardware - this kit is no exception”: Roland VAD316 review

Roland’s new 3 Series offers a staggering level of features previously only available with the flagship 7 Series

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“For percussionists who want to take matters into their own hands when it comes to effects”: Walrus launch the DFX-1, an effects unit built for drummers

Because why should guitarists have all the fun?

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“If you can live with just two channels, there’s a lot that impresses about this DJ controller”: Native Instruments Traktor MX2 review

NI releases its first proper mixing controller since 2019, but does it have anything new to offer?

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Waves is teasing a free plugin release for Black Friday – sign up today to be first in line

Cyber Weekend is fast approaching, and Waves is preparing to give away its annual freebie to anyone signed up to its mailing list

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“To quote Prince, ‘If the first words out of an artist’s mouth when they hit the stage aren’t heard, you’re a horrible engineer’”: Drake’s live sound engineer on why he had to be at the top of his game from first song to last on his recent European tour

“I cater my mix to whatever the music is, so it’s a very dynamic show,” says Demetrius Moore

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“Practise late at night, rehearse in silence, or warm up on the go – all without losing the soul of your sound”: IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?

IK Multimedia expands its Tonex ecosystem with the ultimate practice amp, with access to over 40,000 amp/ pedal rigs, tuner, metronome, Bluetooth. And it can be used as an audio interface

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Steinberg unveils Cubase 15, a "major leap forward" for its flagship DAW with new instruments, effects, modulators and AI-powered stem separation

Cubase 15 also introduces an overhauled Expression Maps system, a new Melodic Pattern Editor and DAWproject support

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Everything In Its Right Place: Radiohead switch up their setlist on the second night of reunion tour

They’re making it interesting for everyone

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“I don’t know what that is – but it is an awesome guitar and I love it to bits”: Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones on the high-performance shred machines behind their heavyweight metalcore sound

Backstage at this summer's Tons Of Rock festival, the Scottish high-gain stalwarts explained what they needed from their Caparison and ESP/LTD S-styles, and pondered the use of the whammy bar

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“This is a step in the right direction”: Ed Sheeran gives thumbs up to government’s national curriculum changes

Singer had called on PM to put resources into music education

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"A substantial, non-trivial percentage appear to be the work of a sprawling network of Bot Accounts": Class action lawsuit claims Spotify claims has overlooked billions of fraudulent streams of Drake's music

The case's sole defendant, Spotify, is alleged to have profited from fake streams

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“If you're looking for a do-it-all acoustic guitar for well under $500, then there really aren't many better options”: Harley Benton CLG-650SM-CE review

High-gloss finish, superb playability, on-board pickup system and all-solid wood… at $339?

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Planet-friendly power for your rig? Ernie Ball declares war on single-use batteries with USB-C rechargeables that promise “consistent, full-voltage performance” for pro musicians

Pedals, active pickups, tuners, wireless packs... Ernie Ball's USB-C AA and 9V batteries are designed for them all. They have status LEDs and can be replenished simultaneously via the bundled cable

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“We’ve played some big shows in England, but I don’t know about that one": Lindsey Buckingham claims not to know if he’s ever played Glastonbury as he reacts to Florence and the Machine’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain at the 2010 festival

Could that be a subtle indication that plans are afoot, or are we reading too much into it?

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“For the majority of producers the iMac probably isn’t the right choice”: Apple iMac M4 review

An all-in-one desktop computer that's gorgeous, capable, and just a little conflicted

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"Metamorph isn't about replacing the human voice – it's about expanding what's possible when human creativity meets responsible AI": Antares unveils MetaMorph voice modelling plugin

Equipped with 12 ethically-trained voice models, MetaMorph is designed to transform the timbre of vocals in your DAW without relying on cloud-based processing

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