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Universal Audio launches a major update to the free Luna DAW that the company is calling its “biggest software release to date”

Available in both free and paid-for tiers, Luna 3.0 introduces a raft of new features, including AI-powered stem separation, ...
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“It wouldn't be a young generation, but I do believe that there are ways to do a new Big Four”: So who would be in Dave Mustaine’s new big four of thrash metal?

The Megadeth mainman was asked that very question by the Czech outlet Ocko and came up with some interesting choices: "Well, ...
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“By the end, you go ‘Oh my god, I love this guy”: We speak to director Garth Jennings about capturing Pulp’s remarkable return in a new film

Oasis might have stolen the headlines, but Britpop veterans Pulp’s return has been equally as triumphant. Now, the Jarvis Cocker-led outfit’s entire journey is recounted in a new film by acclaimed dir ...
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“No one is quite sure how the acid got inside the synth”: Can using psychedelics make you a better musician or producer?

A growing body of research is showing that psychedelics may deliver quantifiable boosts to creativity. Could tripping out really help us make better music?
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“I reached out to Biggie. He came through. He sat in the studio and vibed, no paper, just listening to the music and rapping off the top of his head”: Jay-Z recalls his ...

I didn’t have to work at it,” Jay-Z said. “I’ve always rapped, like recreation. It wasn’t like I was doing it for any reason.
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“I asked him ‘Can you play this lick on the sitar? And it took him 20 minutes or half an hour to get the lick down”: Hear an early version of The Beatles’ Norwegian ...

Recorded in October 1965, there were two versions of Norwegian Wood. This is the second and is closer to what eventually ended up on Side One of the album. You can hear John Lennon counting the band ...
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"Superb playability, a versatile sound set, and pretty unbeatable value": Shergold Telstar Standard ST14 12-String review

The Shergold Telstar ST14 12-String is an affordable instrument that blends classic guitar designs into something fresh and ...
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“It’s the first long-form video - I can’t think of a band that would let their lead guitarist fall flat on his face in the opening scene”: Giles Martin on the enduring ...

Acerbic one-liners and childish in-jokes between the four (and Paul’s ‘very clean’ Grandfather, played by Wilfrid Brambell) sold to audiences around the world that the Liverpool lads had a solid ...
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“It’s the only guitar that I’ve ever had stolen, and the neck was like a ’50s Les Paul. It was amazing”: Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr have a theory about ...

Strats might not play a starring role in Oasis history but Marr sold Gallagher a pre-CBS ’65 model that ended up on Don’t ...
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"Engineers no longer need to lock themselves into proprietary plugin ecosystems": Audient launches Horizon, a new line of Thunderbolt interfaces with sub-millisecond latency ...

The Horizon range features no onboard DSP, instead relying on host processing and a Thunderbolt 3 architecture that's said to achieve 0.99ms round-trip latency at 192kHz, a figure the company tells us ...
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“Addiction is a disease and it's terrifying... my family and my future had to come first": Elbow drummer Richard Jupp on why he walked away for a life of sobriety

Richard Jupp – who was drummer with Elbow for over 25 years – has been talking about his battles with addiction and the ...
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“My message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality”: Pink, Joe Bonamassa and Foo Fighters are all drawn into kerf…

Macklemore made an impassioned speech saying that he wanted Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank to know “they have ...