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From plugging in to wigging out, here’s a step-by-step guide to getting started with your new audio interface - for both Windows and Mac OS

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Practical music theory: how to build a simple hook in 3 easy steps

"When you're staring at a blank piano roll, how are you supposed to start programming your masterpiece?"

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“It's a song with enough twists and quirks to make it stand out from the pop landscape”: A music professor breaks down Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!

We put Chappell Roan's breakthrough hit under the musical microscope

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His musical career has taken him from blues to pop, reggae, country and back again as we hone in 4 key chords from the career of old Slowhand himself to help you mine some inspiration for yourself

D major triad of your love

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"It's not just about having the ripped jean look": The one crucial thing that relic guitar haters might be missing out on

And it's not about aesthetics

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“He was a very melodic player. He wasn’t always just pulling things out of his bag of licks”: Duane Betts pays tribute to his father and shares what he learned from him

In a new interview, Betts reflects on the legacy of his father, Dickey, the influence he had on his own playing, and what made the late Allman Brothers Band co-founder such a special guitarist

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Two guitarists have the ultimate 4th July cookout as they crank two Marshall stacks in an empty warehouse and let rip with The Star-Spangled Banner

Two gear nuts go full on Strats ’n’ stripes in a deserted 250,000 sq ft warehouse, and it sounds magnificent

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YouTuber buys the cheapest Squier Strat he can find – proves age-old truth about tone, but also something else

Where you invest your money in the signal chain matters

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“The pinnacle of compact stereo phrase looper development”: With hi-def audio, 35 mins of onboard stereo looping, DigiTech’s JamMan Solo HD is a super-powered stompbox for solo performance, practice and writing

Powered by a next gen 32-bit audio converter, the JamMan Solo HD is a feature-stacked looper that allows you to transfer and manage loops, and sync up with other loopers

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"It was kind of like being in a Def Leppard production with Mutt Lange": Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson talks playing guitar for Ghost and avoiding a blood explosion in the studio

We caught up with the super Swede after Opeth's set at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway

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“I’ve played some new Gibson and Fenders that really nail it”: Joe Perry says guitar making is as good now as it was in the golden era – and explains why you don’t need to spend $7000+ on a vintage Klon

The Aerosmith guitarist has a formidable stockpile of vintage gear but argues you that the new gear is just as good, and more affordable too

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Chromeo left all of their synths in the studio on their latest tour - except this one: “This was the easiest way to recreate all of the sounds that we have on the album”

Chromeo's P-Thugg gives us an exclusive tour of their live rig and shows us the ins-and-outs of their hybrid electronic/band set-up

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Kiasmos on the “perfect mono synth”: “It doesn’t need anything on the chain and it still sounds great, which you can’t say about most synths”

The Nordic duo bringing modern classical into dance on vintage Korgs, orchestral mixing and their love of the iPhone mic

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Steinberg’s free X-Stream synth can “turn any samples into smooth evolving soundscapes and textures”

Instant gratification for ambient and cinematic soundtrack producers

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"There’s a contingent of people who somehow think I’m depriving the world and other players of gear": Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations

"Anything in my collection, with the exception of maybe 20 pieces, you could source from somewhere else"

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“Huge storage and ability to load your own loops make it an instrument in its own right”: DigiTech JamMan Solo HD review

We welcome back another DigiTech staple with massive storage and stereo-looping capabilities

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“It’s like having your own James Bond theme. They’ll play that at my funeral one day”: Eddie Murphy on Axel F, which has been re-recorded using the original synths for Netflix’s new Beverly Hills Cop movie

“We went right back to the origins by getting the same instruments that were playing it, the same sounds,” says composer Lorne Balfe

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Sonicware's new LIVEN Ambient Ø synth is designed for creating immersive ambient soundscapes

Sonicware continues its excellent run of affordable and portable synthesizers with an instrument that'll take you into the stratosphere

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How to design a mixing chain that'll work on any vocal

Follow this simple step-by-step tutorial to create a vocal chain

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"People are so misinformed": Sepultura is the one metal reunion that hasn't happened but Max Cavalera seems to now have the final word on the matter

"It was a lot of betrayal and a lot of stuff that people don't know about"

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“We’re confident we’ve nailed this synth”: Behringer says that its PPG Wave clone is nearly ready, but we’ve heard that one before

We were told that the “third and final prototype” was being beta tested in 2022

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"Live 12.1 puts real-time pitch correction within reach for anyone working with vocals": Ableton update brings a new vocal tuner and drum sampler to Live

Live 12.1 also features improved MIDI editing, automatic sample tagging and updated Limiter and Saturator devices

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"I'm just noticing my fingers are getting a little harder to keep moving a lot”: 95-year-old Las Vegas pianist announces that it’s finally time for him to retire

Don Friend played his final show at the Atria Seville Assisted Living Center earlier this week

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"I wanted to be able to do that because if he doesn't know who I am now, he will know who I am in the future" – While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar

"It's probably in the bin" Sean jokes as we meet at Oslo's Tons Of Rock festival, but the moment at Download festival was a genuinely touching one between two creative guitarists

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“Bad mics, in-ear monitor situations, drowned out vocals”: Who or what was to blame for the Glastonbury sound problems?

Glastonbury sound problems - who's to blame?

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