Steinberg is celebrating two of the biggest milestones in computer music history this month, marking 30 years of Virtual Studio Technology (VST) and 25 years of the HALion synthesizer and sampler ...
It had to happen eventually. Fender’s Stratocaster copyright campaign has spent months working its way through boutique builders, retailers and the odd household name, and now it has landed on the ...
Yngra Skye puts Steinberg’s spectral editor through its paces on an older Windows 10 machine, digging into vocal isolation, stem separation and everyday usability. I am new to SpectraLayers, though ...
When we published our first article on the Fender cease and desist campaign in mid May, we argued that the legal foundation of the campaign was weak, that the Düsseldorf default judgement would not ...
A look at how Yamaha’s numbering systems have changed over the decades, and why our new checkers sometimes can’t give a definitive answer Anyone who has tried to date an older guitar will know the ...
Use this tool to find the year and factory of manufacture for your Yamaha acoustic, classical or electric guitar. Simply enter select the type of guitar, either acoustic & classical or Electric, ...
The latest in our ongoing coverage of the Fender cease and desist campaign. Previous articles: Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four · Part Five When a legal dispute stays inside courtrooms and ...
In early 2026, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation secured a legal ruling in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, that established copyright protection for the Stratocaster body shape under ...
Native Instruments GmbH, the Berlin‑based developer behind Kontakt, Maschine, Traktor and the wider Soundwide group (including iZotope, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx), has entered preliminary ...
Yamaha has introduced two new Pacifica SC models, the PACS+11S Standard Plus and the PACP11S Professional. Both instruments follow the Pacifica SC design language but differ in specification, ...
To mark sixty years of Yamaha guitar production, the company has released a limited Revstar RSP20B 60th Anniversary Edition. This model builds on the existing Revstar Professional platform while ...
Yamaha has introduced a limited FG9 60th Anniversary Edition to mark sixty years of its FG acoustic line. The model draws on traditional materials and Japanese design influences, with the aim of ...