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

The wire their own posts, translated

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.

Library/Pedals

PEDALS

Stompboxes, in the order they usually sit between the guitar and the amp. A common starting chain: rules are there to be broken.

A classic of each kind

TunerBoss TU-3boss.info ↗ WahDunlop Cry Baby Standardjimdunlop.com ↗ CompressorMXR Dyna Compjimdunlop.com ↗ OverdriveIbanez TS9 Tube Screameribanez.com ↗ DistortionPro Co RATmaker page to be verified ↗ FuzzElectro-Harmonix Big Muff Piehx.com ↗ ChorusBoss CE-2Wboss.info ↗ PhaserMXR Phase 90jimdunlop.com ↗ DelayBoss DD-3Tboss.info ↗ ReverbStrymon BigSkystrymon.net ↗

Each pedal opens its maker’s page, checked 2026-10-07 · no prices · the order above is a convention, not a law · news: pedals & effects shelf

Sources · checked 7 October 2026

BOSS, TU-3: chromatic tuner.
Dunlop, Cry Baby Standard Wah (GCB95): wah pedal.
Dunlop, MXR Dyna Comp: compressor.
Ibanez, TS9 Tube Screamer: overdrive.
Pro Co, RAT: distortion. The maker’s site (procosound.com) did not load for our check on 7 October 2026, so this entry is to be verified.
Electro-Harmonix, Big Muff Pi: fuzz / distortion / sustainer.
BOSS, CE-2W: chorus.
Dunlop, MXR Phase 90: phaser.
BOSS, DD-3T: digital delay.
Strymon, BigSky: reverb (Strymon’s BigSky page; the range now also lists BigSky MX).
The chain order is the common convention the design shows, offered as a starting point.