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Roland’s new premium digital pianos look like uprights, but are designed to sound and play like acoustic grands

LX-9, LX-6 and LX-5 use a range of technologies to make them feel mighty real

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“He didn’t just work here; he lived and embodied the spirit of the brand”: Mike Lewis, legendary head of the Fender Custom Shop, has died

Lewis had toured with Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones, and owned a guitar store before joining Fender in 1991, and his attention to detail was such that he once gave a '59 Gretsch an actual MRI and CAT scan

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“It was the tune that changed everything” for Noel Gallagher and Oasis, with his greatest guitar solo – but it turns out that Live Forever got a serious guitar edit in the control room

"It was essentially the same solo that’s on the finished version Noel always plays live, but when it went high on the second half all I could think of was Slash in leather kecks with a wind machine on the Grand Canyon"

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World Party and The Waterboys star Karl Wallinger has died, aged 66

Waterboys' leader Mike Scott leads tributes, writing "You are one of the finest musicians I've ever known"

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“It was just another riff, like Into The Fire. We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album": Ian Gillan on the unlikely success story of writing and recording Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water

"The downdraft from the mountains caused the smoke to blow across Lake Geneva, like a film set or dry ice on a stage show. At this point, Roger wrote the words ‘smoke on the water’ on a napkin”

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“Evolving tones that can be finely controlled or left to their own devices”: Erica Synths Hexinverter Mindphaser review

We toast the new incarnation of a Hexinverter staple some thought would never again see the light

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10 mistakes every DJ makes: "DJing is a job and you’re likely better at it when you’re not incapacitated"

From overindulging to peaking too early, how many of these common DJing faux pas have you made?

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What would the Nintendo Switch look like if it was designed by Teenage Engineering? Possibly something like this

As the world waits for the announcement of the Switch 2, say hello to the XP-1…

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"Though these songs have a hard rock edge, blues is the stronger influence in the solos": 3 ways to play like Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin I

Fundamental steps to avoid a communication breakdown

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Beyoncé, A Tribe Called Quest, Madonna and Kanye West engineer/producer Gloria Kaba offers a tour of the legendary Power Station Studio in New York – and her own insight on what it takes to succeed in the job

"To me, there's no real clean distinction between the production and engineering as I approach a project"

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"A kit with some surprising tricks up its sleeve": Donner Backbeat review

A feature-packed mid-range electronic drum set, but are the light up pads a pointless gimmick?

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How to collaborate effectively as an electronic musician: "Remote collaboration can be a great way to break through creative roadblocks and broaden your musical horizons, but it’s also a way to open up new revenue streams"

It’s never been easier to collaborate. Here’s why you should...

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“My God, it’s hard to get in tune when they’re booing": when Bob Dylan faced down his detractors with a Strat and made rock n' roll history

In 1965, Bob Dylan strapped on a Stratocaster, then a Telecaster, and ushered in a bold new folk-rock sound. But he'd actually gone electric six months earlier…

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Not just Ken: Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Ronson join Ryan Gosling as he delivers a showstopping performance of his Barbie anthem at the Oscars

Billie Eilish and Finneas took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for What Was I Made For?

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The ultimate guide to modern dynamics processors: "Where does this technology go from here? Have we pushed it to its potential, or is there more to come?"

Get to grips with the latest compression, gating and hitherto uncategorisable dynamics processors with our guide

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Does Slipknot’s broken drumstick photo confirm that Eloy Casagrande is their new drummer?

The snapped stick points heavily in the former Sepultura drummer's direction, all but confirming what fans think they already know

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"It’s not one of my favourite things. It’s stupid because I produced it, but the keyboards just hit me as wrong": Van Halen's Jump is 40 years old. Here's how the most famous keyboard riff of all time was created (and how you can do it, too)

Or the most irritating? You decide…

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Avid plays catch-up with Ableton as new Pro Tools update brings "music creators powerful new ways to work with MIDI"

Pro Tools 2024.3 also benefits from live re-rendering in Dolby Atmos Renderer and improved integration with Pro Tools Sketch

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What makes an Oscar-winning song? We break down the music theory behind Billie Eilish's What Was I Made For?

We put Eilish's haunting contribution to the star-studded Barbie soundtrack under the musical microscope

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Sampling meets AI: How artificial intelligence can help you manage and organize your sample library

Discover the latest time-saving programs and workflow features that samplists should know

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“I know Pagey made me mix the outro section half a dozen times: ‘Not enough of me, dear boy! Not enough of me, make me louder!’” – Andy Johns on the challenges of engineering Led Zeppelin's Rock And Roll

In 2011 the acclaimed engineer revealed some of the realities behind making Led Zeppelin IV: "John’s got his hi-hat nearly all the way open and that was bleeding all over the place"

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“For creating ambient textures and drones, there’s endless fun to be had”: beetlecrab.audio Tempera review

This granular instrument is unique and slightly baffling, but it’s also hugely rewarding

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"I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music": Yet here are 5 Rick Rubin-produced songs you need to hear

From hip-hop to rock and pop, Rubin has done it all...

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"It should eventually end up in a museum": The true story behind Hans Zimmer and his giant Moog is even more extraordinary than the original photo of them together, and it turns out the monster modular could be the most important synth ever made

The real story is about who owned the synth originally (and that we've unearthed some more cracking shots of it)

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“They just risk everything – every song starts from a point of absolutely no safety net”: Queens of the Stone Age engineer and producer Robert Adam Stevenson on working with Josh Homme, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and recording a very '80s Taylor Hawkins

Interview: Since his own band broke up, Stevenson has taken the producer/engineer route, diving straight into the LA music scene and recording its biggest stars

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