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Bass · 39 stories, +32 vs last week

Bass: 39 stories in seven days, +32 on the week before.

GuitarsCar Bomb bassist John Modell on how a support slot with Meshuggah went from band joke to reality Guitar World

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Lighting&Sound AmericaLive & DJSingularity, UK Firm, Launches PENpal, Cybersecurity for Lighting Networks The UK firm Singularity has launched PENpal, a cybersecurity device for entertainment lighting networks.

Lighting&Sound AmericaLive & DJJerry Harvey Audio Launches Universal Plus, Bringing Custom Personalization to Universal-Fit IEMs Jerry Harvey Audio (JH Audio) announces Universal Plus, a new personalization program bringing many customization options available for JH Audio custom IEMs to its universal-fit range.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsCar Bomb bassist John Modell on how a support slot with Meshuggah went from band joke to reality Car Bomb have never been particularly interested in doing things the conventional way. Since releasing their debut album in 2007, the Long Island outfit have carved out a reputation for some of the…

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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