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Electric guitars & amps · 119 stories, +51 vs last week

Electric guitars & amps: 119 stories in seven days, +51 on the week before.

IndustrySLASH HONORED WITH THE 2026 LES PAUL SPIRIT AWARD DURING INTIMATE HOLLYWOOD CELEBRATION Music Connection

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FOH OnlineLive & DJ2026 Nashville AES Show is a Hit with Exhibitors and Attendees New York, NY — The Audio Engineering Society (AES) celebrated a successful AES Show Nashville 2026, held October 30 – November 1 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

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Mix OnlineGeariZotope Releases GPU-Accelerated Stem Separation App Boston, MA (November 6, 2026)— iZotope has launched Photon , a new GPU-accelerated standalone app and ARA plug-in for AI-powered stem separation and audio enhancement powered by 12 cutting-edge…

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Guitar PlayerGuitarsAnika Nilles wants Rush to bring back a song they haven't played live in 40 years: “I told Geddy…” Anika Nilles has a particular Rush song she'd love to bring back to the band's set list — one that hasn't been performed live in more than 40 years.

BillboardIndustryFrom JENNIE to Lil Baby, Jack Harlow & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! The first New Music Friday of the penultimate month of the year has arrived! JENNIE of BLACKPINK leads this week’s roundup of new singles with “Someone to Hold,” her disco-streaked soundtrack…

Mix OnlineGearNaturl Audio AL-1 Limiter Plug-In – A Mix Mini Review The Basics: Newcomer with a unique architecture that focuses on musicality, $229. The Apps: Okay, mastering engineers, who wants another limiter? Still open to try one?

PollstarIndustryLatin Mafia, Mötley Crüe, Milo J, Carla Morrison Headlining Mexico City’s 2027 Vive Latino The 27 th edition of the popular Mexican festival Vive Latino will be headlined by Latin Mafia, Mötley Crüe, Milo J, Carla Morrison and Ed Maverick.

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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.

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.