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Neil Peart called him 'the Wood Whisperer' and now he's blended metal and timber in DW's new SonicPly shells
By Daniel Griffiths published
Fusing up to 12 plies of wood with two plies of aluminum they promise presence and power like no other

Piano basics: the black notes - what are they for and how do you use them?
By MusicRadar published
Fear of a black key?… Don't be afraid. Adding flats and sharps to your music will give it a new lease of life.

"A tape delay plugin that finally sounds like the real thing": Heritage Audio takes on the legendary Echoplex with its TAPEoPLEX plugin
By Matt Mullen published
Favoured by Brian May, Jimmy Page and Joe Satriani, the Echoplex is one of history's most iconic effects units

“Pigments is becoming so powerful it risks making the V Collection look obsolete”: Arturia Pigments review
By Si Truss published
With physical modelling and a vocoder among the additions for Pigments 6, we explore why Arturia’s flagship softsynth is very much worth your time in 2025

Omar recalls the unusual reason why his first attempt to record with Stevie Wonder came to nothing
By Ben Rogerson published
“So that was the end of that session,” he remembers

Arturia launches MiniFreak Vocoder Edition and drops firmware update for existing owners
By Matt Mullen published
The new edition of MiniFreak comes in a white/orange paint-job with a detachable 30cm gooseneck mic - but if you already own a MiniFreak, you can still use the new vocoder

“Due to digital, music now has a terrible sort of housewifely tidiness”: Brian Eno on sonic perfectionism, Bowie and his new collaborative double album
By Danny Turner published
We visit Brian Eno in the studio to find out more about Luminal and Lateral, a collaborative project with conceptual artist Beatie Wolfe

Codec, one of our favourite free lo-fi plugins, just got an update
By Matt Mullen published
Lese's Codec repurposes a real-time audio coding standard designed for internet voice communications to produce a crunchy, chaotic and digitally degraded sound

“A highly flexible yet portable unit that is easy to use but can also be configured to taste”: Zoom H6 Essential review
By Jon Musgrave published
Compact location recorders with six inputs are a rarity. Let’s see what this latest Zoom design has to offer

“Ribbon tweeters are sometimes criticised for their limited vertical dispersion, here this is not noticeable unless you are sitting very close”: Adam Audio D3V Monitor
By Jon Musgrave published
If you want quality monitoring but space is limited, Adam Audio’s latest monitors could be the answer
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