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Touch Tone Timbres, ARKARION, Fan Oscillators: Synth Journal
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
In this week’s Synth Journal: Make Noise explores touch tone sounds, CubuSynth announces an impressive synth voice, and a CPU fan becomes an oscillator. The post Touch Tone Timbres, ARKARION, Fan Oscillators: Synth Journal appeared first on gearnews.com.
Hayley Williams Shares ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ Album in Order It’s Meant to Be Played
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The record originally arrived as 17 singles that fans built their own tracklist with
5 of the Best 4-Channel Fader Mixers: Still the Heart of the Club
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Get hands on with these four-channel fader mixers, the best ones on the market today. The post 5 of the Best 4-Channel Fader Mixers: Still the Heart of the Club appeared first on gearnews.com.
“It might not be to all tastes, but its retro charm and sonic potential are compelling indeed”: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Bass review
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Squier reissues an oddity from Fender's bass archives, complete with a Wide Range humbucker – is this its time?
See System of a Down Honor Ozzy Osbourne With ‘Snowblind’ Cover at New Jersey Show
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
More than 25 years after contributing Vol. 4 song to The Osbournes soundtrack, SOAD revisit Black Sabbath classic at MetLife Stadium
Our highest-rated online guitar lessons just dropped by 65% for Labor Day - up your game for only $10.47 per month
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
With over 11,000 lessons online, plus tutor feedback, there’s no better way than Guitar Tricks to learn remotely right now
Universal Audio Labor Day Flash Sale: Get The LA-2A Plugin For Free!
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Until September 1, you can get some major savings with the Universal Audio Labor Day Flash Sale and get the LA-2A plugin absolutely free. The post Universal Audio Labor Day Flash Sale: Get The LA-2A Plugin For Free! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Save up to 30% on gear you won't find anywhere else in the Guitar Center Labor Day sale, including $500 off a Gibson Les Paul
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Including a slew of limited edition finishes, the Guitar Center Labor Day sale is the place to go to stand out from the crowd
“This is the way rock stars die, OxyContin”: Pete Townshend opens up about the health challenges he encountered and overcame before The Who's final bow
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The Who have embarked on their final North American, with their final date wrapping up at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 28
Bad Cat Ocelot: Compact Tube Amp with a Studio-Ready Roar
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Bad Cat Ocelot delivers powerful, pro-level sound in a portable tube amp The post Bad Cat Ocelot: Compact Tube Amp with a Studio-Ready Roar appeared first on gearnews.com.
SSL Revival 4000: A Channel Strip to End All Channel Strips
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The SSL Revival 4000 is a complete console-style channel strip designed for modern recording, mixing, and music production workflows. The post SSL Revival 4000: A Channel Strip to End All Channel Strips appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I said, ‘Oh, when did you get Eric Clapton to play on that?’ He said, ‘He’s not playing on it. That’s me’”: Paul McCartney guitarist Robbie McIntosh on the time he mistook John Mayer’s guitar playing for Slowhand’s
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
McIntosh joined Mayer’s band and played a starring role on his acclaimed live album, Where the Light Is
SONICWARE Lofi-12 XT Groovebox Sampler – Update to 1.5 Firmware!
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
SONICWARE's Lofi-12 XT has just received a significant update to v1.5, bringing a bunch of very cool new features! The post SONICWARE Lofi-12 XT Groovebox Sampler – Update to 1.5 Firmware! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“Spinal Tap was getting ready for one of its shows. Paul McCartney was in another room rehearsing, and he happened to walk in one day”: Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner on the real-life encounter that inspired a scene in the highly anticipated sequel
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will see Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls reunite after 41 years – alongside on-screen appearances by McCartney and Elton John
Instruo Pocket Scion: Make Music with Plants and Mushrooms
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Instruo Pocket Scion is a pocket-sized synth controlled by plants. Sounds crazy? Let yourself be enchanted by its wondrous sounds! The post Instruo Pocket Scion: Make Music with Plants and Mushrooms appeared first on gearnews.com.
“Tony Iommi didn’t want a song by another guitarist on a Sabbath record.I never saw the money. But hearing Dio perform my song was unforgettable”: Jimi Bell may have lost out to Zakk Wylde in his Ozzy Osbourne audition, but he has no regrets
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The drummer turned guitarist remains grateful for what Sharon Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Joan Jett and Randy Rand did for him, as he preps original music from his Deep Purple tribute band
“Your guitar playing was on point”: 10-year-old guitar prodigy backed by Kiko Loureiro nails Joan Jett classic during America’s Got Talent quarter final
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
After a stunning audition, the “mini rock star” is back with a new guitar and some feisty playing
“The timeless Boss experience in one versatile pedal”: Boss crams 16 beloved effects into the convertible PX-1 Plugout FX – a multi-FX that looks like the one of the firm’s standard compact pedals
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Boss unveils its answer to the Line 6 HX One and TC Electronic Plethora X1 as it seeks to revolutionize the compact pedal experience
“It suffered a broken headstock, was completely refinished, refretted and had P-90s replaced with humbuckers”: Untangling the history of Jeff Beck’s Oxblood Les Paul, the most expensive Gibson Les Paul ever sold at auction
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Will we ever know the true story of this fabled guitar? For some it’s iconic, for others it was simply a cobbled-together working tool for a master
“Not a hair out of place... A faultless, well-tuned and well-voiced working guitar”: Manson MD-3 Mikey Demus review
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
This UK-made MD introduces a new pickup set that piles on the beef. But, as we find out, it’s no one-trick pony
FASTER MASTER with David Guetta & Nicky Romero: One-Click Mastering in Seconds!
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Mastering The Mix FASTER MASTER reduces complex processes to just a few clicks and saves time without compromising on sound quality. This is mastering in 2025. The post FASTER MASTER with David Guetta & Nicky Romero: One-Click Mastering in Seconds! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Boss PX-1 Plugout FX: Sixteen classic Boss pedals in one Stompbox!
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The new Boss PX-1 Plugout FX combines 16 Boss classics in one pedal. DS-1, CE-2, SD-1—they're all there! The post Boss PX-1 Plugout FX: Sixteen classic Boss pedals in one Stompbox! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Plugin Alliance SPL Vitilizer Mk3-T: A Recreation of a Modern Classic
🗓️ August 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Plugin Alliance SPL Vitilizer Mk3-T plugin has been developed by Brainworx, carefully modelled on the analogue hardware version. The post Plugin Alliance SPL Vitilizer Mk3-T: A Recreation of a Modern Classic appeared first on gearnews.com.
“These are weird niche instruments, but they are so inspiring”: Misha Mansoor has got another custom shop Jackson Surfcaster – and we could be creeping towards a potential signature run release
🗓️ August 27, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Mansoor might have reached the peak of his Surfcaster experiments with his third Custom Shop model
The Best Budget 500 Series modules for Home Recording
🗓️ August 27, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Tired of analogue modeling software plug-ins? We check out some of the best budget 500 series modules for producing music at home. The post The Best Budget 500 Series modules for Home Recording appeared first on gearnews.com.
“It’s like walking in to a Walmart to see Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads politely sharing Hendrix riffs”: Underrated guitar hero Danny Gatton to be honored with release of first new album in nearly 20 years
🗓️ August 27, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Danny Gatton and Funhouse – Live at the Holiday Inn finds the unsung rockabilly maestro tearing through jazz standards from a gig in 1987
Are You Prepared For Mule Piano? – Sounds and Presets
🗓️ August 27, 2025 | Source: Gear News
A gorgeous prepared piano in the form of Mule Piano, plus sounds for Pigments 6, OB-X8 and the Moog Muse! The post Are You Prepared For Mule Piano? – Sounds and Presets appeared first on gearnews.com.