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.

← XLR MAG Archive

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & plugins

UAD Luna 3.0: A major upgrade introducing Luna Play and new smart features

September 16

UAD has launched a major update to its award-winning DAW Luna (macOS and Windows). The update brings a slight name change, new workflows, and AI-powered smart features.

New producers & collectives

Read at Bedroom Producers Blog ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

UAD Luna 3.0: A major upgrade introducing Luna Play and new smart features

Related

ScenesPremiere: Aubory Bugg Shares New Single “just embers now” Under the Radar

ScenesPremiere – Dimitri Andreas’ jazz-slanted house chugger ‘Mahu’ Juno Daily

AmericasCómo se grabó ‘Mar’, el debut de Leo García, un hito del pop local que cumple 25 años Rolling Stone Argentina

GuitarsTJ Koleoso Lays Down a Relentless Broken-Beat Groove on Ezra Collective’s “Black Flag” No Treble

ScenesPremiere: Anna Shoemaker Shares New Single “Landmine” Under the Radar

Guitars“I’ve had a talk box since I was 16. To me, it’s right up there with the Cry Baby Wah”: MXR debuts signature talk box for Slash Guitar World