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"Some friends of mine said 'you should definitely have one of these in your arsenal'": Mike Dean shows off his "crazy rare" wavetable synth that everyone wanted in the '80s
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (574+ words) The super-producer and analogue aficionado praises the "messed up" sound of the PPG Wave 2. 3, one of the few digital synths in his extensive collection SYNTH WEEK 2026: One of pop and hip-hop's most renowned producers, Mike Dean has a discography that…...
"For blues players and fingerstyle enthusiasts especially, it's hard to imagine a better-suited companion": Gibson L-00 Century 12-Fret review
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (1375+ words) This new L-00 is a handsome, small-bodied acoustic that sings with a retro voice. This model is effortless to play and makes the perfect sofa companion. Okay, yes, it's not the loudest guitar in Gibson's lineup, and it certainly doesn't have…...
If you need a hammer, that's a hammer, and everyone needs a hammer: Fender releases the Brian Fallon '59 Telecaster Custom, a high-end replica of the guitar that built the Gaslight Anthem sound
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (518+ words) The Brian Fallon '59 Telecaster Custom has Righteous Sound "Fourth Man" pickups, Dual Stack wiring, a Journeyman Relic finish and an eye-watering price tag Fender has rolled out the Brian Fallon "59 Telecaster Custom, a super high-end Custom Shop replica of the…...
China has a model called technological leapfrogging, where they tend to lag behind in one technological development so they can innovate on the next: The revolutionary history of Chinese synths
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (1540+ words) This is the complete history of China's synthesizer industry, from Cultural Revolution to globalisation SYNTH WEEK 2026: Despite a reputation as an electronics manufacturing powerhouse and a history with synthesizers going back to the 1970s, it was only recently that China produced…...
I looked down mid-song and realised my fuzz box wasn't plugged in " my guitar sounded like a banjo for the entire performance: The Primitives' PJ Court on his live TV guitar tone fail during a performance of their '80s hit single, Crash
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (549+ words) The song had a "second life" after it was reworked and included in Dumb and Dumber One of the few UK indie bands to find any sort of success in the late 1980s were The Primitives. The Coventry-based four piece enjoyed…...
“I heard somebody say, ‘Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out? ’": Billie Eilish explains why her brother had become a "Rapunzel" figure in her touring band, and says it was a "miracle" that she won her latest Grammy for Wildflower
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (306+ words) \u201c Finneas and I thought it would be an underrated song. It was one of my favorites, but I was like, \u2018 This isn\u2019t gonna be the hit"...
Sequential at Synth Week 26: "It’s amazing to have a pro, vintage sound in such a small package!" Fourm isn’t trying to be everything. And that's kind of the point
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (15+ words) Sequential's compact, fully analog synthesizer asks a simple question: What if expression matters more than excess?...
"It's been beloved by artists and engineers worldwide for over 40 years": Focusrite's ISA C8 X brings the ISA preamp to an audio interface for the first time
14+ hour, 18+ min ago (497+ words) Equipped with two ISA mic preamps based on Rupert Neve's original designs, ISA C8 X fuses classic sound with a modernized workflow Focusrite has announced the release of the ISA C8 X, the first audio interface in the company's ISA range, a…...
That song killed Styx. It was truly awful. I mean, that was about the dumbest idea ever: The synth-rock anthem that sold a million but derailed a superstar rock band
16+ hour, 11+ min ago (899+ words) It was dismissed by so many people because it was so doggone catchy and clever," the singer claimed In the early "80s, Styx were flying high as one of the most successful rock bands in America " until they came unstuck when…...
Grassroots music venues cannot keep being expected to survive on goodwill and admiration alone. Our goal is clear; don't just fund problems, fix them: Music Venue Trust launches programme of small venue upgrades
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (354+ words) This is where that "1 arena show levy has been going You may have wondering what the Music Venue Trust has been doing with all those "1s it's been saving up from the levy some arena and stadium artists have been placing…...