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Avid opens pro tools to third-party workflows with new extensions format
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Eckroth Music names Brad Shaw president
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Waves and Steinberg collaborate to bring ILLUGEN sample creation to Cubase 16
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Behringer Polyeight synthesizer expands Korg Polysix design with two additional voices
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AES Show reports attendance growth in Nashville
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Sony targets creators with $249 Smartphone Spatial Audio mic
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JBL ships 3 Series MKIII Powered Studio Monitors with class d amps
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Avid opens pro tools to third-party workflows with new extensions format
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Fender celebrates Brent Mason’s Nashville legacy with new Telecaster finish
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Steinberg surprise-releases Cubase 16 with instrument stacks and new vocal tools
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Polyend opens Tracker firmware source code and adds new synths
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XLN Audio releases RC-20 Retro Color 2.0 with Echo module and new…
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JBL Professional introduces 3 Series MkIII monitors and subwoofer
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Guitars & Fretted

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Waves and Steinberg collaborate to bring ILLUGEN sample creation to Cubase 16
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Sterling releases premium Music Man session series with stingray basses
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Yamaha releases ACompass60 acoustic amplifier for singer-songwriters
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JBL ships 3 Series MKIII Powered Studio Monitors with class d amps
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Fender celebrates Brent Mason’s Nashville legacy with new Telecaster finish
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Drums & Percussion

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Dreadbox ships Alecto analog percussion synthesizer in kit and assembled forms
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Gretsch Drums releases Catalina EVO electronic drum series
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Erica Synths shows open-source LXR-02 desktop drum synthesizer
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KORG adds la studio drums to module
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Teenage engineering OP-XY Os 1.2.0 adds Drumline synth, multichannel USB audio
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People Moves

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Eckroth Music names Brad Shaw president
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Pearl Corporation names new president
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AC-ET named UK stocking distributor for Nexo loudspeakers
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Neumann outlines monitor demos and service appointments for Nashville
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Proel appoints FutureNow distributor in Poland
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