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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.

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Diosynth Wind Synth: - ASM - Knobcon 2026Sonic State · 2026-09-16

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Missing Link Uno: CircuitHappy - Knobcon 2026Sonic State · 2026-09-16

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Has this ever happened to you?Danny Sapko · 2026-09-15

“She was selling off her son’s guitar because he wasn’t studying enough!” Kartik Pillai’s Jaguar HHGuitar World · 2026-09-15

TECH TUES! Jaxon is back! 🪩🪩🪩#techtuesday #syntaur #synthwizardsSyntaur · 2026-09-15

The right sample can take you track somewhere completely new. 🤝Native Instruments · 2026-09-15

I Finally Defeated Every Copyright Claim on My Channel (ft. LegalEagle)Rick Beato · 2026-09-15

I talk with Billy Joel about Paul McCartney #billyjoel #paulmccartneyRick Beato · 2026-09-15

I’ve Asked for This for Years… Is the New Audient Horizon the Perfect INTERFACE?Produce Like A Pro · 2026-09-15

Introducing UAD Spark StudioUniversal Audio · 2026-09-15

The Warning guitarist Daniela "Dany" Villarreal Vélez shows off her axes!Guitar World · 2026-09-15

Introducing LUNA Play | A Faster, Simpler Way to RecordUniversal Audio · 2026-09-15

Introducing LUNA 3.0 | Stem Separation, Audio-to-MIDI, and More!Universal Audio · 2026-09-15

Simple Vocal ChainWaves · 2026-09-15

Your Recordings Will Never Sound the Same Again | UAD Spark StudioUniversal Audio · 2026-09-15

Introducing UAD Spark StudioUniversal Audio · 2026-09-15

How Jim-E Stack arranged the guitars heard on ‘SABLE, fABLE’ Mix with the Masters · 2026-09-15

John Lennon Wanted To be Tied To The Roof For This Song!Produce Like A Pro · 2026-09-15

Did NOT expect how good some of these sound in my guitar!Andrew Huang · 2026-09-15

Gibson Changed How Its Acoustic Guitars Sound Plugged InPremier Guitar · 2026-09-15

Schwabe Digital HiFAL 2 is FREE! The Best Tool Ror Your Top End!MixbusTV · 2026-09-15

MiniFreak | New firmware 5.0 | ARTURIAArturia · 2026-09-15

What's new | MiniFreak 5.0 Update | ARTURIAArturia · 2026-09-15

Martin Have Raised The Bar! Martin 16 Series Acoustic GuitarsAndertons · 2026-09-15

This riff will change the way you think about chordsGuitar World · 2026-09-14

Working With Lou Reed, John Zorn & U2; From Metal To Jazz With Marc UrselliProduce Like A Pro · 2026-09-14

Make collaboration more spontaneous with Link AudioAbleton · 2026-09-14

Viewer Comments & Questions Live - 14 September 2026That Pedal Show · 2026-09-14

@itsjohnmarknelson using Volt 476PUniversal Audio · 2026-09-14

14 September 2026Spitfire Audio · 2026-09-14

Creating Six Different Songs from the Drums! 🥁 @KennyAronoffOfficialSweetwater · 2026-09-14

I tested 6 fuzz pedals ($29 vs $270) to find the ultimate toneGuitar World · 2026-09-14

Inside Neumann's Factory: Minimizing Monitor DistortionProduce Like A Pro · 2026-09-14

J Scott Rakozy spots a scene and maps a cue to picture | Spitfire AudioSpitfire Audio · 2026-09-14

Clairo’s feature on Danny L Harle’s album Mix with the Masters · 2026-09-14

How much did Bob Dylan's 1966 "Judas!" rig cost? 🤔 Let's find out! #bobdylan #guitar #musichistoryReverb · 2026-09-14

I'm not doing so great.Venus Theory · 2026-09-14

Tone City - New Pedals, New Sounds & High Specs Range!Andertons · 2026-09-14

NORD LIVE: London Sessions: Joe PriceNord Keyboards · 2026-09-14

Skipping scaleNahre Sol · 2026-09-14

Sonic TALK 908 - Roland Melody Flip, Supernova ROM, LumaWeb, Piezo. Full video in link below ⬇️Sonic State · 2026-09-14

Don’t miss out. Only 6 days left :) #musicproduction #newplugin #musicproducerIn The Mix · 2026-09-14

"We'll Do It Live!" Ep.1 Heavy Weighs the KingRick Beato · 2026-09-13

POV Mixing Jesús Molina Piano On My SSL 4KProduce Like A Pro · 2026-09-13

How to succeed as an Instagram musicianDanny Sapko · 2026-09-13