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Japan-made · 52 stories, +33 vs last week

Japan-made: 52 stories in seven days, +33 on the week before.

EuropeYamaha CK76: Leichtes Stage Keyboard mit 76 Tasten für Live-Gigs delamar

EuropeAkai MPC 3.10 llega con soporte para el nuevo MPK Mini Plus II, vista de arreglos mejorada y más Hispasonic

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UK Jazz NewsEuropeJustin Hicks – ‘Man of Style’ For listeners encountering Ohio-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter Justin Hicks for the first time, Man Of Style is a captivating introduction to an artist who refuses to be constrained by genre.

DJ MagLive & DJSerato DJ launches on mobile for the first time The new iOS app brings two-deck mixing, stem controls, Lucid Beatgrid, and hardware and DVS support to iPhone and iPad

DJ MagLive & DJArca shares video for ‘XXXXX’ album track, ‘Fxck’: Watch The 16-track ‘XXXXX’ album came out in July via XL Recordings

DJ MagLive & DJTechnics unveils new SL-1210MKX direct-drive turntable Designed for DJs, the SL-1210MKX will be available from January 2027 at an RRP of £1,299

MatrixSynthSynthsMiniFreak 49 Effects Section | Sequencer & Arpeggiator | Oscillators & Filter Overviews MiniFreak 49 | Effects Section | ARTURIA video upload by Arturia "Join Alex for a deep dive into MiniFreak 49’s three-slot effects section, exploring everything from chorus, phaser and delay to…

FOH OnlineLive & DJElectro-Voice EVOLVE G2 Portable Powered Column Speaker Systems Electro-Voice has added its EVOLVE G2 portable column loudspeaker series to the EVOLVE line of products that debuted in 2017.

Guitar PlayerGuitarsJoe Bonamassa has damaged modern blues, claims fellow guitarist: “It is devoid of soul” Robin Davey has accused Joe Bonamassa of damaging modern blues, claiming the guitarist’s influence has left a generation of players making music that is commercially driven, creatively stagnant and…

MatrixSynthSynthsUDO DMNO | Exploring The Envelope Follower video upload by UDO Audio "Join Hazel for part one of a two-part series taking you through some creative and interesting ways to use the flexible external audio routing options on the DMNO.

MatrixSynthSynthsClank Uranograph Works #3 - Weave | Francesco Gennari video upload by Clank "A performance on the Clank Uranograph, controlled via MIDI with the @ExpressiveE Osmose. Every sound comes from the Uranograph.

No TrebleGuitarsMichael Shuman and Queens of the Stone Age Debut “Where The Goth Girls At?” on Fallon Michael Shuman joined Queens of the Stone Age for the live debut of “Where The Goth Girls At?” on Fallon, ahead of the band’s new album Perfecth due October 30.

MusicRadarGearStevie Wonder’s '70s synth guru Robert Margouleff on the moment he knew their partnership was over Stevie Wonder’s four-album run in the early ‘70s is widely considered to be one of the greatest in music history, but he didn’t create these records in isolation.

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· Trade shows and launch events, this week's stories from each corner of the industry, and what its press is covering.

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This week, from that corner the newest stories from the corner of the industry you picked

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How records get made in 2026 from the industry's own reports

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About

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.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: 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.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.