5+ day, 14+ hour ago (303+ words) Sponsor Content Created With Plugin Boutique Excite Audio Evolve Elastic Lite - FREE for a very limited time for MusicRadar readers with coupon MusicRadarElastic (ends 1st December) Black Friday is almost upon us, and if you've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to level up your studio without breaking the bank, this is your chance. End date: 1st December 2025 Check out FabFilter Pro-Q 4 at Plugin Boutique. UAD Mix Tape Pro lets you pick 10 plug-ins from a curated selection of 50 legendary UAD titles, including vintage compressors, EQs, tape machines, reverbs, and channel strips. Whether you want to craft memorable mixes, add analogue warmth, or experiment with creative effects, this bundle gives you the flexibility to build a personalized studio toolkit. End date: 30th November 2025 Check out Universal Audio Mix Tape Pro at Plugin Boutique. End date: 3rd December 2025 Check out u-he Diva at Plugin Boutique. End…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (415+ words) You might want to crack a window open before playing this custom Les Paul. It is equipped with the late Spaceman's onboard smoke machine The custom Les Paul that the late Ace Frehley played on his last-ever tour with Kiss is headed to auction, and when we say "custom" we mean this is one of the Spaceman's electric guitars that modded with an onboard smoke machine. Forget coil-taps, top-wrapping the strings, swapping out the tuners" Adding a Floyd Rose tremolo! Frehley's preferences for the Les Paul leaned were altogether more spectacular. Some of them, such as his 1957 Black Beauty Les Paul Custom, were retrofitted with rocket launchers. Others, such as this custom build, being auctioned via Gotta Have Rock And Roll, were all about the smoke " and preferably no fire. But that's not to say the so-called "Smoker' guitars would…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago (426+ words) AlphaTheta suggests that users temporarily downgrade to Ver3.20 to ensure "stable operation" AlphaTheta has withdrawn a recent Ver3.30 firmware update for its Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000 DJ player following complaints that the software was "deleting" playlists and tracks from customers' USB drives. Over the weekend, multiple artists shared reports on social media of problems with the CDJ-3000. "Pulled up to a gig with a USB I haven't touched since last weekend (it worked then). Nothing was showing, no playlists, not a single track, fully empty", reads a post on X from Polish DJ/producer VTSS. "Connected it to Rekordbox now - it reads perfectly, also with the history for a week before. WTH?" "This new CDJ update is the dumbest fucking thing on earth," reads a post from dubstep artist Modestep. "Warning DJ friends: if you haven't updated to latest Rekordbox then your USBs…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago (451+ words) Designed to "capture the essence of classic sequencing with the flexibility of modern modular workflow", BQ-10 brings MIDI support and Eurorack compatibility to Korg's vintage sequencer Behringer has announced the release of BQ-10, an analogue semi-modular sequencer based on the classic Korg SQ-10. Having first teased BQ-10 all the way back in 2023, Behringer has made the instrument available worldwide this week. BQ-10 shrinks down the 1978 Korg SQ-10's functionality into a portable package with a few modern enhancements thrown in, most importantly MIDI support and Eurorack compatiblity " the BQ-10 operates standalone but can be taken out of its desktop enclosure and integrated into a Eurorack set-up. Looking at BQ-10, the first thing you'll notice is that the SQ-10's three rows of 12 steps have been cut down to size: Behringer says that it's done away with the SQ-10's "quirky…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago (317+ words) I'm the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I've been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I've also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it." The best Cyber Monday TV streaming deals for musicians, ranked 1. Disney+/Hulu bundle (with ads) - $4.99 a month for 12 months 2. Paramount+ Premium - $2.99 a month for 2 months UK users: Get Standard for "3.99/month for the first 3 months on a monthly plan or "35.49 for the first year on an annual plan. After that, the regular price will apply ("7.99/month or "70.99/year). Or get Premium for "5.49/month for the first 3 months on a monthly plan or "48.99 for the first year on an…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago (502+ words) A "complete reimagining" of the Ocean Way Studios plugin launched in 2013, the Deluxe version now features emulations of the studio's reverb chambers designed by UA founder Bill Putnam Sr. Launched in 2013, Universal Audio's Ocean Way Studios plugin introduced the concept of "dynamic room modelling" and studio emulation. The technology seeks to bottle the sound of a studio " a combination of the acoustics of its rooms and the sonic character of its mics and mixing console " in software, giving music-makers working at home the opportunity to record as if they were working in a hallowed studio space; in this case, the historic Ocean Way Studios. Often referred to as America's Abbey Road, Ocean Way was based on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard, playing host to a dazzling list of iconic artists throughout its multi-decade history, first as United Western Recorders and then as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (596+ words) Cubase 15 also introduces an overhauled Expression Maps system, a new Melodic Pattern Editor and DAWproject support Steinberg has launched the next generation of Cubase, bringing a new Expressions Maps system, Melodic Pattern Sequencer and set of six extra Modulators to its well-established flagship DAW, along with stem separation and a raft of new plugins. Cubase's Pattern Editor has been upgraded with a Melodic Pattern Sequencer, joining the beat-focused Pattern Sequencer introduced with Cubase 14. With step input, custom scales, shape generators, randomization, it's designed for crafting expressive melodies in both polyphonic and monophonic modes. Also introduced in Cubase 14 were a set of six Modulators that can be used to modulate parameters across instruments, effects and the DAW itself. Cubase 15 brings six more Modulators to the table, spanning randomization, wavefolding, crossfading, sample and hold and more. Cubase's revamped Expression Maps are now…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago (314+ words) Save up to $187 on Ableton Live Suite, Standard and Intro at Sweetwater Switching over from one DAW to another isn't an easy task. Learning how to use an entirely new piece of software takes time and effort " especially when it's something as complex and multifarious as a DAW " and there will be plenty of keyboard shortcuts to memorize, workflows to reroute and headaches to overcome before you're up and running. Once you are up and running, though, getting to grips with a new DAW can be both inspiring and rewarding, and it could even radically change the way that you make music. That was my experience when I switched from Logic Pro to Ableton Live a couple of years ago: as someone that primarily makes electronic music with MIDI instruments and samples, Ableton was much more of a natural fit…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago (409+ words) Grab yourself one of ten plugins totally free with this amazing Black Friday deal from Universal Audio As well as being the best time of the year to pick up a Black Friday plugin deal, Cyber Weekend is also a great time to pick up free gear. Most of the time you won't get much choice on which plugins you can get for free, but Universal Audio has an amazing offer this year where you can get one of ten plugins completely free of charge. This will be my fourth year covering the sales and this year I've seen more and more companies offering free software, but this is the first time I can recall anyone offering a choice of free plugin without you actually having to buy something. It's super value for music-makers, because there's bound to be one…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago (264+ words) It's his first unheard music for two years Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin, appears to have uploaded two new tracks to his Soundcloud page. That page isn't officially under his name but simply "user18081971' " James was born on August 18 in 1971, you see. Anyways, the two tracks are versions of the same song, titled, in the characteristic wi-fi password-style that Aphex has used for many a year, as "Zahl am1 live track' and "Zahl am1 live track 1cf760m1 unfinshd'. And written in the description is the following message: "Got many requests for this one from a few years back. Italy, pic with my love from Sicily recently. Need sun, relentlessly raining in the UK. Mixed down on the Z'hl, think there are better mixes, will upload them if I find them." You can hear them below. It's the first new music James has released…...