From Zildjian Cymbals to BFD-Powered Realism If you have ever played an electronic drum kit and felt like the cymbals sounded flat, abrupt, or machine-gunned, you are not alone. For decades, digital cymbals have been the hardest part of an...

Avedis Zildjian Co. and Alesis Drums have officially joined forces in a strategic partnership that unites the most iconic name in cymbal manufacturing with a pioneer of digital percussion technology. By capturing hand-selected cymbals directly from Zildjian's exclusive Artist Vault,...

Gibson designed the Les Paul Junior to be the cheapest guitar in the catalogue. One pickup, no carved top, no binding, no fancy inlays — a student model for beginners who could not afford a real Les Paul. It was,...

If you love tube amps, you have probably had this conversation more than once. Someone tells you that amps are over, that everyone tours with a floor unit now, that you are being stubborn, and that you should just sell...

Every developing band has the same person in it. The one who owns the interface, learned the DAW, and ends up doing all the recording. They set up the mic, hit record, run back to their instrument, play the take,...

There is no shortage of people who know exactly what an MPC is, love the idea of owning one, and then stall completely when they look at the range. Right now Akai sells a compact battery-powered sampler, a grid-based performance...

You have probably seen one without knowing what it was. That long, thin microphone sitting on top of a camera, or dangling on a pole just above an actor's head, always pointed at whoever is talking. It is called a...

There is a moment every new record collector has. You bring the album home, slide it out of the sleeve, put it on, and the first note arrives with a physical weight that streaming somehow never manages. Then a few...

Somewhere in the last month, your band has probably had this conversation. There is a song you want to play, and it has an organ part, or a string pad, or a synth line running underneath the whole thing —...