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The best plugins for re-creating the grit and punch of classic analog drum machines

If you love the sound of an analog drum machine, but don’t want to splash-out on vintage hardware, here’s our pick of the best vintage machines, in hardware and software form

MusicRadar · Jun 24

Sample YouTube, Spotify or any other app with a single keyboard shortcut – this time-saving tool captures system audio with minimum hassle

AudioRoute looks like one of the most streamlined solutions for recording system audio that we've seen yet, letting you sample any app without leaving your DAW

MusicRadar · Jun 24

“Just because some of your university friends defaulted to it at karaoke doesn’t act as a strike against it”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Oasis’s Wonderwall

We put Wonderwall under the musical microscope and explore how the song became a standard for beginner guitarists

MusicRadar · Jun 24

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Honey, it’s shrunk the orchestra!: How KeyComp is reducing the number of musicians in the musical theatre pit

And existing musicians are increasingly doubling-up instruments

MusicRadar · Jun 24

“If you can’t make payments, you’re forbidden from using the software”: Thinking of making your next music tech purchase on a rent-to-own plan? Read this first

Rent-to-own is often touted as the good alternative to plugin subscriptions but there are still reasons to be wary. Here are seven things to consider before signing on the dotted line

MusicRadar · Jun 24

“We were debating whether George Michael or Bon Jovi should sing it, but Carlos was like, ‘I like this guy’s voice’. Clive loved the idea of getting this older guitar player together with newer generations”: Rob Thomas explains the genius of Clive Davis

Even if everybody around him said, ‘I don’t get it,’ he would say, 'You don’t have to get it’”

MusicRadar · Jun 24

“Thom's always looking for new ways to try and express different personae”: How to get Radiohead’s resonant National Anthem vocal effect in software

On Kid A, Radiohead went resonant with some severe vocal processing - although complex at the time, the incredible results can now be easily achieved in software

MusicRadar · Jun 24

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“I kind of sabotaged my earlier success. I couldn’t quite manage the whole pop thing - I wasn’t good with it”: Three decades since her debut, Beth Orton speaks to us about the road to her self-produced new album

Once labelled 'the comedown queen', Beth Orton has embarked on an eclectic career over the last 30 years, The Ground Above is the latest chapter in an ever-expanding canon

MusicRadar · Jun 24

“The show must go. on. I nearly f***in’ fainted up there, I’m telling you”: Rod Stewart has to steady himself with a blast of oxygen during show in Utah

Venue was 4,300 feet above sea level

MusicRadar · Jun 24

"Some of the best things I've written were quite naive, where I didn't know what I was doing. That’s why I collect instruments I can't play": Ital Tek on creating ‘sonic worlds’ and new album Mind Abandon

Watch the Planet Mu mainstay breakdown album highlight A Hidden Path in his Oxford studio

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Well balanced and sit wonderfully with each other in terms of pitch”: Zultan Alaris Cymbals review

Zultan continues to expand its already impressive range of cymbals with the new Alaris Series

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Be transparent on costs or risk action”: Are you one of StubHub's 50,000 customers due a ticket refund?

Platform tried to sneak through hidden fees

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Think of the processes like cars on a motorway. Our CPU has one lane for traffic to flow; the GPU has thousands of lanes”: Can GPU really unlock limitless music production potential?

The key to more powerful plugins may be the graphics processor that you already have in your computer. We discover how three developers are making this happen right now

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“This guy walks up to me. I thought he was gonna ask for a picture and I'm like, oh yeah, that's cool, but he goes, ‘You are so beautiful – can I take you to dinner?’”: Olivia Rodrigo on the making of Stupid Song – and an unlikely power ballad inspiration

She's also announced a new music festival with an impressive all-women line-up

MusicRadar · Jun 23

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MusicRadar · Jun 23

"There’s all this discourse online about how everything is out of tune on that track, but we need imperfection!": Oscar Scheller on his chart-smashing, Zara Larsson-featuring remix of PinkPantheress' Stateside

The London-born producer's PinkPantheress remix soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and topped Spotify's global chart earlier this year

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“The tube is a slippery little sucker!”: Build your own expressive talkbox with plugins

If you love the sound of the talkbox, but grapple with the practicality of the hardware, we have some top tips for recreating the classic sound with plugins

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Artie would be singing it, people would stomp and cheer, and I would think, ‘That’s my song, man. I wrote that’”: How Simon and Garfunkel created their transcendent masterpiece – with tension rising and emotions running high

“That song had two writers – Paul Simon and God”

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“It’s bittersweet to be parting with these guitars but I want them to go to new homes and new people who will love them as much as I have”: Johnny Marr is auctioning off his most-famous guitars

After documenting them in Marr's Guitars, the indie icon couldn't bear consigning them to storage once more, and they'll be auctioned via Christie's in September

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MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Sylvian then felt justified in mixing our work alone – which by any other name would be known as hijacking”: The destructive breakdown of a band that reached artistic greatness only to fall apart due to internal tensions – twice!

While Rain Tree Crow was an unlikely second chapter for Japan, its existence proved that their collective talent was too rare to walk away from

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“It belongs to the people, and it was a magical moment between the people and the players”: Wonderwall looks like being England’s anthem for this World Cup and Noel Gallagher is right behind it

Declan Rice describes singing it with fans as “special”

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“Its success was something no one could have expected”: How Oeksound's Soothe became one of modern production's most ubiquitous plugins

A decade on from its debut, Oeksound has unveiled Soothe3. We talk to the plugin's creators about the runaway success of this studio staple

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“The visionary who transformed dreams into reality, leaving an indelible mark on music and lives worldwide”: Clive Davis, music industry veteran and mentor to the stars has died, aged 94

He worked with Springsteen, Santana, Whitney Houston and many more

MusicRadar · Jun 23

We urge you to check out this fantastic treasure trove of free glitch plugins

Inear Display generously made its entire catalogue of audio tools available as pay-what-you-want downloads

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“I wanted to dislike it, I really wanted to dislike it, but I couldn’t!”: Why Joe Bonamassa finally opened up to digital amps

“I’ve got to be honest with you and admit when I’m wrong”

MusicRadar · Jun 23

“The sample is quite timeless - I think the power of the beat itself is what people really like about it”: How to recreate the ’90s-channelling energy of a PinkPantheress banger

The infectious Illegal dominated the pop landscape last year, and PinkPantheress was open about how its central Underworld sample was integral to its making. Let’s take it apart and rebuild it ourselves…

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