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"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025
From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we've picked out 10 ...
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“He is perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England, he is a Glastonbury legend and a personal hero of mine”: Olivia Rodrigo surprises fans during her headline ...
Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her weekend by inviting Ed Sheeran to duet with her on his hit song The A Team in Hyde Park, so when she announced during her Sunday night headline Glastonbury set that she ...
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“Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van ...
He was one of the greatest guitar players the world has ever seen, but when Eddie Van Halen offered his services to Kiss in the early ’80s he was told: “Thanks, but no thanks!” Speaking to MusicRadar, ...
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Excite Audio collaborates with KSHMR to create a new Bloom instrument that brings the sound of Indian music to any DAW, and you can grab the Lite version for just $5
The sounds of traditional Indian music are now finding their way into all manner of creators’ hands, but how do you make them fit with your cutting-edge electronic music productions? The answer is ...
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“It's absolutely not necessary – people can get by their whole careers without knowing music theory": Producer Lawrence Hart on the mixed blessings of classical training ...
Come In Out Of The Rain, the debut album by London-based electronic musician Lawrence Hart, is a joyful mix of hooky synth lines and nostalgia-invoking vocal loops. Described by Hart as an ‘emotional ...
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The beginners guide to virtual instruments: What are 'VIs', 'plugins' and 'VSTs' anyway? And how can you make the best use of them in your music?
PLUGIN WEEK 2025: Here at MusicRadar, we're on a quest to detail every aspect of making music in as clear and concise a way as possible, focussing on opening up routes to making music that everybody – ...
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“They are the three classics that I love to listen to, and they all remind me of certain times in my life”: McCartney names his all time top three albums
Paul McCartney has named his three favourite albums and not surprisingly has named one he has long talked up as the greatest all of time. The ex-Beatle was replying to a fan query on his own website.
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The ultimate soft synth showdown: Serum 2, Pigments 6, Phase Plant, Vital and Massive X: But which is best?
And so with all this power, reliability and innovation we're in the midst of something of a golden age for synths where, for just a couple-of-hundred quid/dollars/euros, you can purchase the most ...
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“I pretty much haven't worked since 2020”: How the effects of Long COVID have harmed professional musicians and DJs
COVID pandemic had many negative effects on the music industry, an underreported aspect is how Long COVID has left some ...
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8 things you can do with Ableton Live's updated Auto Filter device
Given a major overhaul in Live 12.2, Auto Filter features a variety of creative filter types, new modulation options and real ...
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Digitakt II’s new firmware update adds a major user-requested feature – and finally lets it step out of the shadow of the original
It is precisely these features that Elektron has addressed with the new Slice machine. Digitakt II users can now divide a ...