Best free plug-ins this week: SQ8ROM, SevenDelay and KLANG

This week's free plug-ins let you delve into the vintage glory of the Ensoniq SQ80, create smooth delays with SevenDelay and get experimental with the KLANG series from Cinematique Instruments.

Best free plug-ins this week: KickOne, Multi Drummer and Drive

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins includes two virtual instruments for your drum tracks and a great little waveshaper / distortion. Say hello to KickOne VST, Multi Drummer and Drive!

Best free plug-ins this week: Brutal 2, London Atmos and Rough Rider 2

This week, our list of the best free plug-ins starts off with a cool 3-oscillator synth. There's also been a new Spitfire LABS release (yay!). Check out Brutal 2, London Atmos and Rough Rider 2.

Best free plug-ins this week: LowBitMonoSyn, Full Bucket Phaser and African Gyl

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins features a nice little phaser, a funky chiptune synth and some authentic sounds from Africa. Here's Full Bucket Phaser, LowBitMonoSyn and African Gyl.

Best free plug-ins this week: Efektor, Room Piano V2 and Cyclotronic Signals

This week’s lineup of free plug-ins: A graphic EQ, a tasty lo-fi piano, and an awesome electromagnetic interference instrument. Check out Efektor, Room Piano V2, and Cyclotronic Signals - Aurora.

Best free plug-ins this week: Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, SP22

This week, we have two awesome free sound libraries for you, as well as an unconventional sample recorder / editor. Check out Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, and SP22.

Best free plug-ins this week: ANA-1000, Reviber, Dyno

In this week's roundup of the best free plug-ins for your DAW, we have a virtual analog synth, an enhancer, and an "intensenator". Check out ANA-1000, Reviber, and Dyno!

Best free plug-ins this week: Time Tracker, GT Analyser, and ambient drums

It's time for this week's selection of the finest free plug-ins! Check out Time Tracker, GT Analyser, and some great free Ambient Electronic Drum Machine Sounds.

Best free plug-ins this week: Three awesome free synths for your DAW

This weeks selection of free plug-ins is all about synths: A semi-modular vintage synth and pattern sequencer, a drum synth and an awesome Roland Jupiter emulation for NI Reaktor.

Make your Cheap Squier sound like an American Fender: Upgrade your Potentiometers!

The tonal secrets of your guitar are often hidden in the controls and this is where cheaper guitars often fall down. The humble potentiometer can unleash your guitar's potential!

Make your cheap Squier play like an American Fender: Three easy upgrades

Make your Squier Stratocaster play like an American Fender with a few simple upgrades - these three tips focus on tuning stability to help propel your Squier guitar into the big leagues.

How to make a cheap Squier play like an American Fender

With this easy to learn guitar setup trick you can really make your cheap Squier play like an American Fender and you won't need any specialist tools to do the job either!

Andrew Huang does Burial – with beats from a crashing piano

Andrew Huang uses audio sampled from a piano being dropped from 20 ft to create a cool beat, and makes the whole process look so impressively easy, spontaneous and intuitively musical.

How to replace the knobs on a Roland Boutique SE-02

Many people are finding the knobs on the Roland Boutique SE-02 a bit too tiny and fiddly. Don't worry, there are alternatives that could make the synthesizer experience a much happier one.

Top 5 Eurorack modules of 2017

So many modules, so much voltage to be controlled and audio to modulate. What sort of splicing, morphing, sequencing, gristleizing and filtering delights have caught my attention in 2017?

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier vs Line6 Helix: Can you hear the difference?

Take this blind test and see if you can hear the difference between a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier and a Line 6 Helix LT.

Jef’s Tips to help your Gibson Les Paul play like a dream, Part 3: Lock it down

When you want to lock down your tone and add extra stability to your Les Paul, locking hardware is the perfect upgrade for your guitar and won't damage your guitar

DeepMind 12 and Jupiter 8 Shoot-out: How close can you get?

How close can Behringer's low-cost synth get to the sounds of classic instruments like the Jupiter 8? A new video pits the DeepMind 12 against Roland's classic, and offers tips on how to mimic the original.

Build Your Own Record Player!

Making your own record player - what could be easier? These audio wizards use household materials like Lego, Knex or just paper to build real, working record players.

Black Rooster Audio – Cypress TT15 Free amp plugin

Free guitar amp plugin for Mac and PC which looks very familiar indeed!

How to spot a fake Fender Stratocaster

Kennis Russell shows how to avoid getting duped into buying a 'fake' Fender Stratocaster.

Budget guitar recording, Pt. 4: Free amp software plugins

OK, you cannot always mic up a guitar amp at home. Here is my list of my favourite virtual guitar amps - best of all they all cost nothing!

Budget guitar recording, Pt. 3: Recording your guitar amp

This week I cover some microphone techniques and share my love for small guitar amps!

Budget guitar recording, Pt. 2: Choosing an audio interface

Time to look at your room and choose an audio interface for your recording. But what should you be looking for?