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Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 914 - Firmware Hacking “SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the recording studio and on the road.

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 912 - Live Tech And DMNO ON Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 913 Scanner, UVI And Sledgehammer SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the recording studio and on the road.

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 911. -Relic Synth and OPMZ Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 910 - Eventide H910 Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 909 - Guitars and DAWS Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 908 - Roland Melody Flip and Human Response Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 907 - Polyend QWERTY Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 906 - Memorymode 2 and more Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 905 - Field Recording & Sysex Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 904 SV-2, MPE - William Orbit Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 903 - KARST and Luxury Studios Our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 902 - Loopop 3D, Oak Sampler Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 901 - SinTH2, Super*Saw Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 900 - Akai S900 And more Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 899 - Cupid and Pysche Live Stream of our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 898 - New MPC Gen2 - Flat Wound Watch The episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8213Z9pFHCo Live Stream of our weekly music technology show.

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 897 - Holiday Synths, GForce P5 and Cherry ESQ-1 SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the recording studio and on the road.

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 896 - Juno 106 Day Covering the latest in synthesizers, software, recording, DAW and music production - news, techniques and stories on the road and from the recording studio.

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 895 - Ableton SDK Guests Paulee Alex Bow - Magical Synth Adventurer and vintage digital specialist Moray AKA Cephid - Musician, composer, performer Matt Thomas - Musician and Cold War Synth Bunker owner Watch The…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 894 - NI & InMusic, Soothe 3 & AI Guests Amanda Whiting Gerstle - DJ, Producer, PR strategist [Ty Unwin]( https://Media Composer) - Composer, producer and musical director Watch The episode on YouTube…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 893 - More Superbooth and Devin Belanger Guests Devin Belanger - Artist, songwriter, YouTuber [Ty Unwin]( https://Media Composer) - Composer, producer and musical director Watch The episode on YouTube…

Sonic TALKVoicesSonicTALK 892 - Post Superbooth Guests Paulee Alex Bow - Magical Synth Adventurer and vintage digital specialist Gaz Williams - Musician, performer (bass, modular), Rack Records Matt Hodson - Performer, educator and artist On…

Sonic TALKVoicesTALK 891 - Vaporwave Guests Richard Nicol - Synth designer Pittsburgh Modular Charles Chicky Reeves - Composer, Mix Engineer Paulee Alex Bow - Magical Synth Adventurer and vintage digital specialist YouTube Version…

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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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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.