With several spectacular new releases, 2025 was a great year for groove machines! We check out the best samplers and drum machines of the year.
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We explore the psychology of loudness within the context of live sound, with some techniques to help you get more clarity and overall impact.
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This week’s round-up brings you not one, but three useful free clipper plugins: Mesa Lite, KLYP, and XMTape&Clip. Free plugins of the week!
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Like many, your first guitar isn’t anything special. I didn’t think that mine was, but years later, here’s why mine is the most special in my collection.
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Broaden your range of expression and explore MIDI polyphonic aftertouch with these five hardware synths with MPE.
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These are some of the best drum box pedals that you should look at. Is the metronome driving you mad? Here are 5 convincing beat machines to keep you in time.
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We explore the art of distortion, delving into ways of using harmonics, saturation, and clipping to add colour, texture, and definition to your mix.
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Elektron Tonverk is a hardware workstation that combines sampling, sequencing, and granular sound design, inspiring both studio and stage. Here’s my review.
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This week, Full Bucket Music serves up ‘80s nostalgia with FB-02, an emulation of the classic Yamaha FB-01 FM sound module. Free plugins of the week!
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These accessories for guitarists will make your Christmas shopping easier. Know a guitarist in your life? Then they’ll probably appreciate some of these.
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