This month’s Local Frequency looks at local musicians and bands and the new music they’re putting out, including punk, ...

It’s been a while since the last installment in our Know Audio series, in which we investigated distortion as it applies to ...

The level of quality stretches to the knobs, which feel very solidly applied. There’s zero give when you push them around, ...

As I greet Mike Dean over a video call, it’s five days until the closing of the first round of voting for the 2026 Grammy ...

Overview:  Ribbon microphones bring unmatched warmth and natural tone, making them essential for capturing vocals, guitars, ...

There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how ...

Jon Batiste is a musical chameleon as evidenced on his new "Big Money" album. He talks with us about music, love and late-night TV.

If we put our technical heads on for a moment, a microphone is a form of transducer; this technical term describes a device that converts one form of energy to another. In essence, the sound which we ...

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I was at the bar recently and caught the eye of the gorgeous guitar player I’ve idolized since I was in Grade 9. He used to come home with my older sister and they’d disappear ...

One of the big themes in 2024 is msi Project Zero where the cables in your pc connect to the back of the motherboard, instead ...

For a short spell before the pandemic, things were unusually quiet for Christian Larson. When the world shut down, he turned ...

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